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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

6.7 average rating
6.7
English / 84 MIN. / 1965

The Genres

The Synopsis

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.

The Cast

Chet HuntleyJ. Robert OppenheimerMcGeorge BundyLeslie GrovesJohn J. McCloyJohn Rich

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