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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1965Directed by Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti

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Released: January 5, 1965
Runtime: 1h 24m

About The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Documentary
War

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.

Directors: Fred Freed
Len Giovannitti
Writer: Fred Freed

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