The Decision to Drop the Bomb

6.7 1965 84 min
Documentary War

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…

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Directors
Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti
Writer
Fred Freed

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Chet Huntley Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer Self
McGeorge Bundy Self
Leslie Groves Self
John J. McCloy Self
John Rich Self - Special Correspondent

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