The Decision to Drop the Bomb 1965

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

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Documentary War

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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Chet Huntley

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

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McGeorge Bundy

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Leslie Groves

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Homepage https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/oppenheimer-the-decision-to-drop-the-bomb-188513861605
Release Date 1965-01-05
Runtime 1h 24m
Directors Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti
Producers Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti, Irving Gitlin
Writer Fred Freed