The Decision to Drop the Bomb

The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

  • Runtime

    1h 24m

  • Language

    EN

  • Production Countries

    United States of America

  • Release Date

    1965-01-05

Overview

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.

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