The Decision to Drop the Bomb (2023)

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Audience Score
60
The Decision to Drop the Bomb
NR 1 hr 24 minJul 14th, 2023Documentary, 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.
StarringChet HuntleyJ. Robert OppenheimerMcGeorge Bundy
DirectorsFred FreedLen Giovannitti
WriterFred Freed

Movie Details

On Digital & Streaming:July 14th, 2023
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Irving Gitlin
Production Companies:NBC News
The Decision to Drop the Bomb on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
world war iinuclear weapons