The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965)
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.
Directors: Fred Freed, Len Giovannitti.
https://www.nbcnews.com/now/video/oppenheimer-the-decision-to-drop-the-bomb-188513861605
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Chet Huntley as Self |
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J. Robert Oppenheimer as Self |
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McGeorge Bundy as Self |
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Leslie Groves as Self |
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John J. McCloy as Self |
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John Rich as Self - Special Correspondent |
| Production | Fred Freed | Producer |
| Directing | Fred Freed | Director |
| Production | Len Giovannitti | Associate Producer |
| Writing | Fred Freed | Writer |
| Camera | Leroy Anderson | Camera Operator |
| Editing | John Teeple | Editor |
| Editing | Ken Bauer | Editor |
| Camera | Joseph Vadala | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Len Giovannitti | Director |
| Production | Irving Gitlin | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Robert Garland | Editor |
| Camera | Gerald Yarus | Camera Operator |
