The Decision to Drop the Bomb (movie)

The Decision to Drop the Bomb (movie)

  • User score: 6.7
  • Production country: United States of America
  • Producer: Fred Freed , Len Giovannitti
  • Production companies: NBC News
  • Genre: Documentary, War
  • Release date: 1/5/1965
  • Run time: 84 min.

Movie description

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

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J. Robert Oppenheimer

J. Robert Oppenheimer

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McGeorge Bundy

McGeorge Bundy

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Leslie Groves

Leslie Groves

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John J. McCloy

John J. McCloy

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