The Decision to Drop the Bomb
6.7
1965
1h 24m
HDDocumentaryWar
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.
Top Cast
Chet Huntley
Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
M
McGeorge Bundy
Self
Leslie Groves
Self
J
John J. McCloy
Self
John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent
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