The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)
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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Chet Huntley
as Self
as Self
J. Robert Oppenheimer
as Self
as Self
McGeorge Bundy
as Self
as Self
Leslie Groves
as Self
as Self
John J. McCloy
as Self
as Self
John Rich
as Self - Special Correspondent
as Self - Special Correspondent
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Fred Freed
Producer
Producer
Fred Freed
Director
Director
Fred Freed
Writer
Writer
Len Giovannitti
Director
Director
Len Giovannitti
Associate Producer
Associate Producer
John Teeple
Editor
Editor
Robert Garland
Editor
Editor
Ken Bauer
Editor
Editor
Joseph Vadala
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Leroy Anderson
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Gerald Yarus
Camera Operator
Camera Operator
Irving Gitlin
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
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