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Command and Control

DVD - 2017 DVD 359.98 Co 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 3.6 out of 5

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Based on "Command and control" by Eric Schlosser.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2016, later broadcast as an episode of the television series American experience.
Includes both the "theatrical version" (approximately 90 min.) and the "extended American Experience version" (approximately 120 min.).
Widescreen (16x9)
Theatrical version (90 min.) -- Extended broadcast version (120 min.)
Based on The New York Times best seller by Eric Schlosser the film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, in minute-by-minute detail through the accounts of Air Force personnel, weapon designers, and first responders who were there, revealing the incredible chain of events that brought America to the brink of nuclear disaster.
DVD; Widescreen (16x9) presentation; Region 1; 5.1 surround.
Contents: Command and control.

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

A Frightening Story submitted by Meginator on July 1, 2020, 8:34pm This documentary covers the events surrounding a Broken Arrow missile incident in Arkansas in 1980, with additional contextual information about the creation and current state of the US’s stockpile of nuclear weapons. Though the story is unnecessarily fragmented, the filmmakers include several pieces of important contextual information. Blending archival footage and dramatic recreations with interviews, the film retells the story of the accident while asking important questions about the history of nuclear weaponry, without dulling the impact of the first-hand stories. The interviews are particularly interesting, as they represent almost everyone who was central to the story as it unfolded, and you can see how the events still affect them over 35 years later. This isn’t the most inventive documentary, but its power lies in the simplicity of its story, simply told.