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The Decision to Drop the Bomb(1965)

January 5, 19651h 24m

Documentary War

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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.

Director: Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti
Writers: Fred Freed

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Chet Huntley
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J. Robert Oppenheimer
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Leslie Groves
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John Rich
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Status: Released
Original title: The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Original language: English
Production: NBC News

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Keywords

world war ii
nuclear weapons