Film
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
1965Directed by Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti
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- Released
- 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
