The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Starring: Chet Huntley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, McGeorge Bundy, Leslie Groves, John J. McCloy
Writer: Fred Freed
Release Date:
January 5, 1965
January 5, 1965
Ratings:
6.7 / 10
6.7 / 10
Director:
Fred Freed & Len Giovannitti
Fred Freed & Len Giovannitti
Companies:
NBC News
NBC News
Overview
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.
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