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Nuclear Rescue 911 - Broken Arrows & Incidents

starring: Adam West
directed by: Peter Kuran

: Nuclear Rescue 911 - Broken Arrows & Incidents
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781585659227
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 1585659223
Label: VCE, inc.
Manufacturer: VCE, inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: VCE, inc.
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Running Time: 53 minutes
Sales Rank: 51253
Studio: VCE, inc.
Theatrical Release Date: January 01, 2001



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Product Description:
Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as 'Broken Arrows.' A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.Now, recently declassified documents reveal the history and secrecy surrounding the events known as 'Broken Arrows'. There have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents since 1950. Six of these nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered. What does this say about our defense system? What does this mean to our threatened environment? What do we do to rectify these monumental 'mistakes'? Using spectacular special effects, newly uncovered and recently declassified footage, filmmaker Peter Kuran explores the accidents, incidents and exercises in the secret world of nuclear weapons.

Amazon.com:
The U.S. government uses the phrase 'broken arrow' to refer to an accident involving a nuclear weapon, and as Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents makes chillingly clear, there have been many more such mishaps than the public realizes. Between 1950 and 1980, there were 32 accidents that involved a nuke, dire situations that featured crashing bombers, disappearing submarines, and even a deadly fiasco in Arkansas triggered when a hapless technician dropped a socket wrench down a missile silo. While some of these events were calamitous, none of them, thankfully, actually set off a nuclear explosion. This film, however, makes the point that some of these misfortunes came astonishingly close to wiping out millions of people. Using a combination of news footage and stock archival footage to portray real events, and a narration delivered by Adam West of Batman fame, the documentary is appropriately sober and tends not to be sensationalistic. Credibility is established by some interviews with participants in the various accidents, and a former Department of Energy spokesman appears throughout to provide details about particular events. An interesting DVD bonus item is an alarmingly upbeat 1950s vintage film short the U.S. Air Force made to showcase its safety procedures in handling nuclear weapons at the height of the cold war. -- Robert J. McNamara



Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Recycled footage, incongruent, amateurish
I usually greatly enjoy anything with footage of nuclear weapons, nuclear tests, Manhattan project, ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - Not entirely new, but interesting nonetheless
Thankfully, Director and Special Effects Guru Peter Kuran has taken it upon himself to become a force ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - life after half life
Directer Peter Kuran scores another hit with Nuclear Rescue 911.As with his previous releases such as ... Read More


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