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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

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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.

Date: 01/05/1965
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Chet Huntley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, McGeorge Bundy, Leslie Groves, John J. McCloy, John Rich

Chet Huntley as Self in The Decision to Drop the Bomb Chet Huntley

J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self in The Decision to Drop the Bomb J. Robert Oppenheimer

McGeorge Bundy

Leslie Groves as Self in The Decision to Drop the Bomb Leslie Groves

John J. McCloy

John Rich as Self - Special Correspondent in The Decision to Drop the Bomb John Rich