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.
Community
Vote on scenes, quotes, and characters for The Decision to Drop the Bomb (1965).
The moment that still lives in your head.
Starters for The Decision to Drop the Bomb
Your take
Rate this title
Tap half or full stars · 0.5–10 scale
Be the first Cinemoood rating
Open communitySign in to save your rating.
None yet
See allJ. Robert Oppenheimer
Self
