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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

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Calorie Rating: 118
Released: 1965-01-05
Running Time: 84 Minutes
Homepage: https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/oppenheimer-the-decision-to-drop-the-bomb-188513861605
Studios: NBC News,


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 / Directors

Fred Freed
Director


Cast

Chet Huntley
Character: Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Character: Self
McGeorge Bundy
Character: Self

Leslie Groves
Character: Self
John J. McCloy
Character: Self
John Rich
Character: Self - Special Correspondent


Production and Crew

Fred Freed
Producer
Len Giovannitti
Associate Producer


Joseph Vadala
Camera Operator
Leroy Anderson
Camera Operator
Gerald Yarus
Camera Operator

Irving Gitlin
Executive Producer