The Decision to Drop the Bomb
1965 • Documentary | War
6.7 (3)
Fred Freed
Director
Fred Freed
Writer
Len Giovannitti
Director
Status
Released
Release date
January 5, 1965
Duration
84 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.4537
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
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.
Cast
Chet Huntley
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Leslie Groves
John Rich
