The read
It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
TMDB6.7/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Fred FreedDirector
- Fred FreedWriter
- Len GiovannittiDirector
Cast
- Chet HuntleySelf
- J. Robert OppenheimerSelf
- McGeorge BundySelf
- Leslie GrovesSelf
- John J. McCloySelf
- John RichSelf - Special Correspondent
Stills
Themes
world war iinuclear weapons