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

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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Language English
Gneres Documentary , War
Production Company NBC News
Release Date 5 January 1965
84 mins
Cast
Chet Huntley
Chet Huntley Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer Self
McGeorge Bundy
McGeorge Bundy Self
Leslie Groves
Leslie Groves Self
John J. McCloy
John J. McCloy Self
John Rich
John Rich Self - Special Correspondent
Crew
Directors
Fred Freed
Fred Freed
Len Giovannitti
Len Giovannitti
Writer
Fred Freed
Fred Freed
Producer
Fred Freed
Fred Freed
Executive Producer
Irving Gitlin
Irving Gitlin
Editors
John Teeple
John Teeple
Ken Bauer
Ken Bauer
Robert Garland
Robert Garland
Camera Operators
Leroy Anderson
Leroy Anderson
Joseph Vadala
Joseph Vadala
Gerald Yarus
Gerald Yarus