The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Release date: 01/05/1965

Genres:

Documentary, War

Countries:

United States of America

Rating:

6.7

J. Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this NBC News documentary. Originally produced and televised in 1965, two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, it was re-released in 2023 with an epilogue by Michael Beschloss, NBC News Presidential Historian.

Actors

Chet Huntley

Self

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Self

Leslie Groves

Self

John Rich

Self - Special Correspondent

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Actors

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