The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1965 ★ 6.7 84 min IMDb English Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti
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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Chet Huntley

Chet Huntley

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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McGeorge Bundy

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Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

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John J. McCloy

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John Rich

John Rich

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