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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

1965-01-05 Documentary 1hr 24m

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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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

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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.

  • Released
    1965-01-05
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 24m
  • Genre
    Documentary, War
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    0
  • Production
    NBC News

Crew

Fred Freed
Director
Fred Freed
Writer
Fred Freed
Producer
Keywords:
world war ii nuclear weapons

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