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.
Genre: Documentary, War
Stars: Chet Huntley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, McGeorge Bundy, Leslie Groves, John J. McCloy, John Rich
Crew: Fred Freed (Producer), Fred Freed (Director), Len Giovannitti (Associate Producer), Fred Freed (Writer), Leroy Anderson (Camera Operator), John Teeple (Editor)
Country: United States of America
Language: English
Studio: NBC News
Runtime: 84 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Jan 05, 1965
IMDb: 4.3
Keywords:world war ii, nuclear weapons
