
1965
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.

Chet Huntley
Self

J. Robert Oppenheimer
Self

McGeorge Bundy
Self

Leslie Groves
Self

John J. McCloy
Self

John Rich
Self - Special Correspondent

The Pilot: A Battle for Survival

Soldier of Orange

Lancaster

Downfall

Closely Watched Trains

Night and Fog

People of Russia

Pearl Harbor

The Tin Drum

Valkyrie

Two Mothers

John Stevens: Storming the Beach

Days of Glory

Transit

Schindler's List

The English Patient

Das Boot

The Manor

The Unknown Woman

The Children of the Resistance