The Decision to Drop the Bomb
(1965)
January 5, 1965• 1h 24m
67%
TMDB ScoreOverview
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.
Fred Freed
Director
Top Billed Cast
CH
Chet Huntley
Self
JRO
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
MB
McGeorge Bundy
Self
LG
Leslie Groves
Self
JJM
John J. McCloy
Self
JR
John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent
