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  • NBC White Paper The Decision to Drop the Bomb
  • TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary

NBC White Paper

The Decision to Drop the Bomb
TV Episode | 90 min | Documentary
J Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this rare NBC News documentary. Originally produced two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, ...See moreJ Robert Oppenheimer and other key figures involved in the decision to drop the first atomic bomb discuss their motivations in this rare NBC News documentary. Originally produced two decades after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, this presentation features new insight from NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss. Written by NBC See less
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Writer
Fred Freed (writer)
Producer
Fred Freed (producer)
Editors
Ken Bauer (film editor) | Robert Garland (film editor) | John Teeple (film editor)
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Status
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Updated Jan 5, 1965
Release date
Jan 5, 1965 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
Won 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations

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2 cast members
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Chet Huntley
Self - Narrator Self - Narrator   See fewer
I Cheated the Law (1949)
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John Rich
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