The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Name: The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Genre: Documentary, War
Released: 1965-01-05T00:00:00.000Z
Duration: 84 min
Rating: 6.7
Cast: Chet Huntley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, McGeorge Bundy, Leslie Groves, John J. McCloy

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.

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Chet Huntley

J. Robert Oppenheimer

McGeorge Bundy

Leslie Groves

John J. McCloy

John Rich

Fred Freed

Fred Freed

Fred Freed

Len Giovannitti

Len Giovannitti

John Teeple

Robert Garland

Ken Bauer

Joseph Vadala

Leroy Anderson

Gerald Yarus

Irving Gitlin

The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Chet Huntley

J. Robert Oppenheimer

McGeorge Bundy

Leslie Groves

John J. McCloy

John Rich

Fred Freed

Fred Freed

Fred Freed

Len Giovannitti

Len Giovannitti

John Teeple

Robert Garland

Ken Bauer

Joseph Vadala

Leroy Anderson

Gerald Yarus

Irving Gitlin