The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Name: The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Genre: War, Documentary
Released: 1965-01-05
Duration: 84 min
Cast: Chet Huntley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Leslie Groves, John Rich, McGeorge Bundy

NR1965•84 min

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War Documentary

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.

Rating:

6.7

Directed by:Fred Freed