The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)
1h 24m
Running Time
January 5, 1965Release Date
The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)
1h 24m
Running Time
January 5, 1965Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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 & Crew.
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
Chet Huntley
Self - Narrator
McGeorge Bundy
Self
Fred Freed
Director
Leslie Groves
Self
John J. McCloy
Self
John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent
Irving Gitlin
Executive Producer
Joseph Vadala
Camera Operator
Len Giovannitti
Director / Associate Producer
John Teeple
Editor
Robert Garland
Editor
Ken Bauer
Editor
Leroy Anderson
Camera Operator
Gerald Yarus
Camera Operator
Media.
Details.
Release DateJanuary 5, 1965
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 24m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
world war ii
nuclear weapons