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.
Unfortunately the movie The Decision to Drop the Bomb is not yet available on Disney Plus.
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 |