The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1h 24m
DocumentaryWar
6.7

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.

Cast

Chet Huntley
Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
McGeorge Bundy
Self
Leslie Groves
Self
John J. McCloy
Self
John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent

Crew

Fred Freed
Director, Writer, Producer
Len Giovannitti
Director, Associate Producer
John Teeple
Editor
Ken Bauer
Editor
Robert Garland
Editor
Irving Gitlin
Executive Producer
Leroy Anderson
Camera Operator
Joseph Vadala
Camera Operator
Gerald Yarus
Camera Operator

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