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The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)

6.7/10 1h 24m Jan 05, 1965
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 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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Movie Details

Original Title The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Original Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1

Cast

Chet Huntley
Chet Huntley
Self
Popularity: 0.1
J. Robert Oppenheimer
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
Popularity: 0.3
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McGeorge Bundy
Self
Popularity: 0.1
Leslie Groves
Leslie Groves
Self
Popularity: 0.1
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John J. McCloy
Self
Popularity: 0.1
John Rich
John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent
Popularity: 0.7

Key Crew

Producer Fred Freed
Director Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti
Writer Fred Freed
Editor John Teeple, Ken Bauer, Robert Garland
Executive Producer Irving Gitlin

Production

NBC News
US

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Backdrops
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Keywords

world war ii nuclear weapons

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Details
Release Date January 5, 1965
Runtime 1h 24m
Language EN
Status Released
Popularity 0.1
Links
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