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.

Chet Huntley
Self

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self

McGeorge Bundy
Self

Leslie Groves
Self

John J. McCloy
Self

John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent

Fred Freed
Producer / Director / Writer

Len Giovannitti
Associate Producer / Director

Leroy Anderson
Camera Operator

John Teeple
Editor

Ken Bauer
Editor

Joseph Vadala
Camera Operator

Irving Gitlin
Executive Producer

Robert Garland
Editor

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
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