The Decision to Drop the Bomb

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.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Documentary,

War

Duration:

84 minutes

Year:

1965

Director:

Fred Freed

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Company:

NBC News

Cast:

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Crew:

Producer

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