Bibliograph

Command and control, American Experience Films ; Robert Kenner Films ; produced by Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo, Mark Samels, Eric Schlosser ; story by Brian Pearle and Kim Roberts ; screenplay by Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser ; directed by Robert Kenner ; a Robert Kenner Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation

Type

Label

Command and control, American Experience Films ; Robert Kenner Films ; produced by Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo, Mark Samels, Eric Schlosser ; story by Brian Pearle and Kim Roberts ; screenplay by Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser ; directed by Robert Kenner ; a Robert Kenner Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: TV-PG

Main title

Command and control

Oclc number

964452111

Responsibility statement

American Experience Films ; Robert Kenner Films ; produced by Robert Kenner, Melissa Robledo, Mark Samels, Eric Schlosser ; story by Brian Pearle and Kim Roberts ; screenplay by Robert Kenner & Eric Schlosser ; directed by Robert Kenner ; a Robert Kenner Films production for American Experience ; WGBH Educational Foundation

Runtime

Summary

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

Table Of Contents

Theatrical version (92 min.) -- Extended broadcast version (113 min.)The most powerful warhead -- Dropping the socket -- Potential for disaster -- Evacuation -- Jeff Kennedy -- The explosion -- Losing Livingston -- Where's the warhead? -- Culture of secrecy -- Credits

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

American experience, Command and controlCommand & control

Classification