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