The Decision to Drop the Bomb
The Decision to Drop the Bomb

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

January 05, 1965 | 84 min

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.

Genres

Documentary War

Cast

Naomi Scott

Chet Huntley

Naomi Scott

J. Robert Oppenheimer

Naomi Scott

McGeorge Bundy

Naomi Scott

Leslie Groves

Naomi Scott

John J. McCloy

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