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

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

January 5, 196584 min★ 6.7EN
DocumentaryWar

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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Cast

Chet Huntley
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert OppenheimerSelf
McGeorge Bundy
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Leslie Groves
Leslie GrovesSelf
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloySelf
John Rich
John RichSelf - Special Correspondent