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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0881340000222
Format: Dolby, HiFi Sound, NTSC
Label: VCE Inc.
Languages: EnglishUnknown
Manufacturer: VCE Inc.
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: VCE Inc.
Release Date: July 10, 2001
Running Time: 53 minutes
Studio: VCE Inc.
Editorial Review:
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
Product Description:
Using spectacular special effects, newly uncovered and recently declassified footage, filmmaker Peter Kuran (Trinity and Beyond) explores the accidents and exercises in the secret world of nuclear weapons in Nuclear 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents. DVD SPECIAL FEATURES: * Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound * Interactive Full Motion Menus * DVD - Rom Exclusive Web Links AND MUCH MORE! NUCLEAR 911 bonus material includes Aircraft & Delivery slide show, ARG & Accidents slide show, Atomic Museum slide show, Diablo slide show and Nuclear Aspecsts of SAC Delivery: * You and your Mission * Aspects of Nuclear Effects * Aircraft Testing * Safe Route for You Original music by William Stromberg and narrated by Adam West.
Average Rating: 
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I usually greatly enjoy anything with footage of nuclear weapons, nuclear tests, Manhattan project, etc. When I saw this DVD for sale, I was excited. After viewing it however, I was very disappointed.
The story line is incongruent. Just seems to jump all around aimlessly. Very amateurish. The narrator seems almost bored with the film and strangely exaggerates the word "nuclear" almost every time he says it. Seems like he's trying to get your attention or something, but it just ... Read More
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Thankfully, Director and Special Effects Guru Peter Kuran has taken it upon himself to become a force for preservation of an important part of America's past - the nuclear age, and all of the trials, tribulations, horror, progress, humor, and stupidity that time entails. His other films, Trinity and Beyond, Atomic Journeys, and Nukes In Space all address various aspects of the atomic generation: Trinity is a general overview, Journeys a "tour" of sites around the US and the world, and Space studies ... Read More
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Directer Peter Kuran scores another hit with Nuclear Rescue 911.As with his previous releases such as Trinity and Beyond, Nukes in Space and Welcome To Ground Zero he has managed to package together some beautifully restored declassified goverment footage combined with his own computer generated effects to re-create some of this nations near cataclismic nuclear accidents.Watching this dvd makes us cold war survivors realize how dangerous a game we were playing during the hieght of U.S.-Russian tensions.If ... Read More
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