The Decision to Drop the Bomb

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Chet Huntley Self

J. Robert Oppenheimer Self

McGeorge Bundy Self

Leslie Groves Self

John J. McCloy Self