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The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

War Documentary
Release Date: 1965, January 5
Directors: Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti
Countries: United States of America
Production: NBC News, NBC News
Cast: Chet Huntley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, McGeorge Bundy, Leslie Groves, John J. McCloy

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.

Keywords:

world war ii nuclear weapons