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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

January 5, 1965

1h 24m

Documentary War

Directors

Fred Freed,Len Giovannitti

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Chet Huntley,J. Robert Oppenheimer,McGeorge Bundy,Leslie Groves,John J. McCloy

CountryUnited States

LanguageEnglish

Release dateJanuary 5, 1965

Official siteshttps://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/oppenheimer-the-decision-to-drop-the-bomb-188513861605

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Synopsis & Plot Summary

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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