The Decision to Drop the Bomb
1965
- Len Giovannitti,Fred Freed
- 1h 24m
- January 5, 1965 · United States of America
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 5, 1965
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- NBC News
- Director
- Len Giovannitti,Fred Freed
- Writer
- Fred Freed
- Producer
- Irving Gitlin,Fred Freed
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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