1156468
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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1965-01-05
6.7
en 84m
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.

Producer

Fred Freed

Director

Fred Freed

Writer

Fred Freed

Camera Operator

Joseph Vadala

Camera Operator

Leroy Anderson

Camera Operator

Gerald Yarus

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Status

Released

Countries

  • United States of America

Companies

  • NBC News