Command and control
(DVD)
Contributors
Kenner, Robert, 1950- film producer,
Robledo, Melissa, film producer.
Samels, Mark, film producer.
Schlosser, Eric, screenwriter,
Adler, Mark, composer (expression)
Robledo, Melissa, film producer.
Samels, Mark, film producer.
Schlosser, Eric, screenwriter,
Adler, Mark, composer (expression)
Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2017].
Format
DVD
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Oliver La Farge - Media
DVD 359.98 Com
1 available
DVD 359.98 Com
1 available
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Published
[Arlington, Virginia] : PBS, [2017].
Language
English
UPC
841887029209, 00841887029209
Notes
General Note
Based on "Command and control" by Eric Schlosser.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2016, later broadcast as an episode of the television series American experience.
General Note
Includes both the "theatrical version" (approximately 90 min.) and the "extended American Experience version" (approximately 120 min.).
General Note
Widescreen (16x9)
Creation/Production Credits
Music by Mark Adler ; edited by Kim Roberts ; directors of photography, Paul Goldsmith, Jay Redmond.
Participants/Performers
Interviewees, Rodney Holder, Allan Childers, Eric Schlosser, Bob Peurifoy, Bill Stevens, Dave Powell, Jeffrey Plumb, Harold Brown, David Pryor, Skip Rutherford, Bud Laumer, Col. Jon Moser, Col. Ben Scallorn, Sid King, Mona Harper, Sam Hutto, James Sandaker, Greg Devlin.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format; NTSC; region 1; widescreen (16x9) presentation; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Language
English dialogue with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Film adaptations.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction television programs.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- Arkansas -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- Safety measures.
Titan (Missile) -- History.
United States. -- Air Force. -- Strategic Air Command. -- Strategic Missile Wing, 308th -- History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Weapons of mass destruction -- United States.
Documentary television programs.
Film adaptations.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction television programs.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- Arkansas -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Accidents -- United States -- History.
Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- United States.
Nuclear weapons -- Safety measures.
Titan (Missile) -- History.
United States. -- Air Force. -- Strategic Air Command. -- Strategic Missile Wing, 308th -- History.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Weapons of mass destruction -- United States.
Other Subjects