1980MILITARY
A government military film about the U.S. Navy and Air Force efforts (in 1980) to detect, deter and warn about incoming launched ballistic missiles.
A simulation with footage of the Air Force reacting to a nuclear missile warning and ultimate strike.
A simulation with footage of the Air Force reacting to a nuclear missile warning and ultimate strike.
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| 01:00:04 4.74 |
Opener. A vehicle drives down a road in a sandy desert area in North Dakota - "Oscar One: 21st Strategic Missile Wing in Minot, North Dakota"
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| 01:00:09 9.77 |
POV back seat of U.S. Air Force van. Two officers in front seat and van approaches entry to base, they request entry.
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| 01:00:25 25.87 |
Officers arrive at base with their luggage, show their credentials and check in. They sit with another officer at his desk and are given a run down and their orders.
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| 01:01:16 76.61 |
Same two officers ride a gated elevator headed down
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| 01:01:34 94.73 |
U.S. Air Force plane, looks like a Stealth Bomber, on a runway heads toward camera and takes off leaving clouds of black smoke.
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| 01:01:54 114.08 |
A fleet of Air Force planes, "22nd Bombardment Wing" on a runway, a mountains in bkgd.
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| 01:01:59 120.03 |
Air Force guys playing cards, drinking cans of Coca Cola and Tab, and shave in front of bathroom mirrors. Casual. Relaxed.
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| 01:02:52 172.28 |
ECU a military officer with a mustache and military officer hat, hands around his mouth shouts orders.
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| 01:02:57 177.1 |
A military tug boat "Hyannis" pulls away from shore, Two guys tie the rope.
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| 01:02:59 179.17 |
CU a hand reaches up from the boat and pulls down the hatch.
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| 01:03:06 186.46 |
WS the Navy "Hyannis" tug boat tied to a submarine at the U.S.S. Francis Scott Key Naval Weapons Station in Charleston, South Carolina.
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| 01:03:13 193.74 |
The submarine moves slowly past the camera. Navy guys seen standing on the ship.
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| 01:03:25 205.12 |
WS an U.S. Air Force plane being gassed up at the SAC Airborne Command Post in Omaha, Nebraska.
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| 01:03:32 212.36 |
Air Force pilot in the cockpit talks into radio. Other shots of the interior of the plane, other Air Force men at the controls and in the plane at computers and hanging around. An Air Force General enters the plane, shakes hands with the pilots and tells the other men to 'stand easy'.
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| 01:04:23 263.41 |
The General is briefed with the plan for the day by another officer and as to the whereabouts of the President (at Camp David) and Vice President (at Andrews). He is also briefed by another officer as to the locations of several nuclear submarines.
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| 01:05:40 340.65 |
United States Air Force plane taxis on runway and takes off.
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| 01:05:57 357.98 |
Oscar One: Missile Launch Control Ctr. - Military men in the control center review their operations.
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| 01:06:32 392.27 |
Aerials over Oscar Eleven Minuteman ICBM (Missile) Silo at Minot, North Dakota.
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| 01:06:49 409.04 |
POV from inside the missile silo, shadow of a man climbing down the ladder within the silo.
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| 01:06:55 415.33 |
CU the body of the missile, pan up to top.
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| 01:07:02 422.28 |
United States Air Force plane in flight - SAC Airborne Command Post Over Kansas.
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| 01:07:07 427.08 |
Interior of the plane, Air Force personnel at computer controls, they brief the General as to their location.
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| 01:07:19 439.41 |
An Air Force at the telephone switchboard of the plane talks on the phone - he clears their way.
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| 01:07:59 479.74 |
WS "Pave Paws" Missile Warning Radar Beak. Large structure stands out in a desolate desert like area, cows seen grazing in the pasture. PAVE PAWS is a complex Cold War early warning radar and computer system developed in 1980 to "detect and characterize a sea-launched ballistic missile ..."
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| 01:08:09 489.46 |
Int. Pave Paws command center. Military officers jump quickly into action, man the computers, talk on phones in an urgent manner, and watch the changes on the computer screens. Digital radar images on the computer screen.
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| 01:08:57 537.26 |
Pan across a mountain range with some snow a tunnel is seen going through the mountain.
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| 01:09:27 567.52 |
U.S. Air Force plane in flight. Interior shots of the plane - military officers react to an emergency, they all pick up their phones and relay the urgent message about 12 ballistic missiles inbound.
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| 01:10:02 602.49 |
A military man casually talks on the phone with his girlfriend, sets up a date, then suddenly reacts to emergency phones ringing, everyone springs in the command center springs into action.
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| 01:10:32 632.69 |
CU a pinball machine. Air Force guys from the 5th Fighter Squadron at Minot AFB in North Dakota are seen relaxing on the sofa, playing pinball, unstressed. Suddenly a buzzer rings and they all jump up and spring into action. They all run outside.
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| 01:10:54 654.38 |
Air Force running across the tarmac, and run into the airplane hanger door they are seen quickly climbing on board the Air Force plane.
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| 01:11:14 674.72 |
WS a U.S. Air Force fighter plane. Air Force officers prep the plane for emergency departure.
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| 01:11:29 689.95 |
Var. CUs the underbelly of the Air Force Fighter plane, front of the plane as it faces the camera and side with U.S, Air Force in large letters emblazoned on its side.
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| 01:12:14 734.54 |
CU hand holding playing cards. Military guys playing cards casually, a buzzer rings and they scatter, run outside and climb into waiting military vehicles lined up. Men are seen running fast across the tarmac toward parked planes, sirens are blasting.
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| 01:13:02 782.94 |
CU Computer screen with radar images.
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| 01:13:06 786.81 |
Blank.
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| 01:13:11 791.56 |
A military officer talks into the camera about the attack on three submarine locations off the west coast.
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| 01:13:29 809.87 |
More footage of Air Force soldiers rushing to board planes in a dire emergency, shots of the pilots in the cockpit and other officers taking their places in the plane..
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| 01:14:36 876.19 |
Two Air Force fighter jets in flight.
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| 01:14:39 879.04 |
Blank
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| 01:14:42 882.19 |
An Air Force pilot talks into camera and gives his detailed description of the (simulated) emergency actions taken due to the missile attack warnings.
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| 01:15:20 920.59 |
Blank
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| 01:16:34 994.75 |
Air Force fighter jet on the runway. Int. cockpit, pilots moving the levers,
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| 01:16:53 1013.03 |
an unknown Air Force officer talks into camera and gives his version of the events, and talks about a detenation and that they never got off the ground.
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| 01:17:08 1028 |
Shots in the control, officers at the switchboard relaying that they have lost contact. An officer informs the General that their mission may have been destroyed. They all spring into action in the command center, talk on phones and trying to make contact.
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| 01:18:29 1109.38 |
Tilt down shot from the top of a missile head.
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| 01:18:36 1116.63 |
Various shots in the command center. The general is shown a large red binder and informed they have lost several aircraft on the ground. Key turns in an ignition.
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| 01:20:46 1246.51 |
An explosion occurs at the command center. Dark footage and dust.
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| 01:21:01 1261 |
A U.S. Air Force officer talks into camera and talks about the events. He states the launch control center was lost due to nuclear detonation and they were unable to launch their missiles. He states the lieutenant and himself were destroyed.
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| 01:21:16 1276.86 |
A jet flying - cloudy skies.
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| 01:21:22 1282.64 |
Blank
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| 01:21:27 1287.1 |
An unseen narrator reads a scroll detailing the losses that occurred on the US military and the threats that came with it.
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| 01:22:17 1337.84 |
End Reel.
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