NBC white paper [sound recording] : decision to drop the bomb / produced by Fred Freed for NBC-TV; narrated by Chet Huntley, 1965 January 5.

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NBC white paper [sound recording] : decision to drop the bomb / produced by Fred Freed for NBC-TV; narrated by Chet Huntley, 1965 January 5.

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A chronological narrative of the events leading to the decision of Harry Truman to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Includes commentaries, descriptions and impressions by participants in these events. Recorded from the broadcast by C. Weiner using a hand-held microphone.

1 sound tape reel (1.5 hrs.) : 1 7/8 ips, analog, mono. ; 5 in.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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