Command and control

Author

Robert Kenner

Call Number

• DVD 363.1799 C73411 (WSQ)

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Languages

English dialogue; English subtitles; subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Publication Information

[Boston] : WGBH Educational Foundation, [2017]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (approximately 90, 120 minutes) : sound, color, ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Command and Control presents the terrifying, true story of what can happen when the weapons built to protect us threaten to become the very source of our own destruction. Based on the New York Times bestseller 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. In doing so, the film explores the great dilemma that the United States has faced since the dawn of the nuclear age: How do you manage weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?

Notes

In English, with optional English subtitles.

Title from container.

Based on "Command and control" by Eric Schlosser.

Originally produced as a documentary in 2016 and broadcast on PBS as an episode of American experience in 2017.

Includes the theatrical release (90 min.) and the extended American Experience version (120 min.).