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.
Crew
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Fred Freed
Producer
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Fred Freed
Director
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Fred Freed
Writer
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Ken Bauer
Editor
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Len Giovannitti
Associate Producer
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Len Giovannitti
Director
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John Teeple
Editor
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Irving Gitlin
Executive Producer
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Leroy Anderson
Camera Operator
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Joseph Vadala
Camera Operator
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Gerald Yarus
Camera Operator
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Robert Garland
Editor
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