The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)
The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)
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 As: Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer J. Robert Oppenheimer As: Self
McGeorge Bundy McGeorge Bundy As: Self
Leslie Groves Leslie Groves As: Self
John J. McCloy John J. McCloy As: Self
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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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Genres: Documentary, War

Language: English

Release Date: 05 January 1965

Country: US

Runtime: 84m

Company Credits

Company: NBC News

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Production Crew

Fred Freed

Fred Freed

Producer

Irving Gitlin

Irving Gitlin

Executive Producer

Len Giovannitti

Len Giovannitti

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Joseph Vadala

Joseph Vadala

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Leroy Anderson

Leroy Anderson

Camera Operator

Gerald Yarus

Gerald Yarus

Camera Operator

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