TMDb Rating
6.7/10
3 verified votes
The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)
DocumentaryWar
84 min
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.
Director
Fred Freed
Top Cast
Chet HuntleyJ. Robert OppenheimerMcGeorge BundyLeslie GrovesJohn J. McCloy
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