Deciding to Drop the Bomb
From Truman
00:00 - 02:37
2m 37s
President Truman is told the Atomic Bomb will soon be ready and debates using it against the Japanese. He considers what would happen both if he dropped the bomb and if he decided not to drop the bomb.
This clip contains profanity at the following moments: 00:31 - 00:32

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