Command and control /

Command and Control presents the true story of what happens when weapons built to protect threaten to become the very source of our own destruction. The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, and explores the great dilemma or our time: How do you...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Pearle, Brian (Creator), Roberts, Kim (Motion picture editor) (Creator)
Other Authors: Kenner, Robert, 1950- (Screenwriter), Schlosser, Eric (Screenwriter), Goldsmith, Paul (Cinematographer) (director of photography.), Adler, Mark (composr (expression))
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: [United States?] : Robert Kenner Films, [2016]
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Films on Demand)
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Summary:Command and Control presents the true story of what happens when weapons built to protect threaten to become the very source of our own destruction. The film tells the story of a 1980 accident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas, and explores the great dilemma or our time: How do you manage weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 2016; aired as an episode on American Experience on January 10, 2017.
Based on the book by Eric Schlosser.
"A Robert Kenner films production for American Experience...a production of WGBH"--End credits.
Includes interactive transcript.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (1 hr., 31 min., 32 sec.)) : sound, color
Audience:9 - 12, Academic/AP
"Warning: viewer discretion advised; some language in this video may be offensive."--Films on Demand website.
Production Credits:Music, Mark Adler ; editor, Kim Roberts ; directors of photography, Paul Goldsmith, Jay Redmond