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Release
05/01/1965
Rating
⭐ 6.7/10
Runtime
84 min
Status
Released
Genres
DocumentaryWar
Languages
English
Production
NBC News
Links
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The Decision to Drop the Bomb

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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