The Decision to Drop the Bomb
1965, English. Directed by Fred Freed & Len Giovannitti.
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.
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- 1h 24m
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- English
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- 5 January 1965
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The Decision to Drop the Bomb isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 5 January 1965. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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If you liked The Decision to Drop the Bomb, try Why We Fight: Prelude to War, Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie, Father Soldier Son.
Who directed The Decision to Drop the Bomb?
The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965) was directed by Fred Freed and Len Giovannitti and stars Chet Huntley, J. Robert Oppenheimer, McGeorge Bundy.