Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows & Incidents
2001
Documentary War History
Synopsis
Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.Now, recently declassified documents reveal the history and secrecy surrounding the events known as "Broken Arrows". There have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents since 1950. Six of these nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered. What does this say about our defense system? What does this mean to our threatened environment? What do we do to rectify these monumental "mistakes"? Using spectacular special effects, newly uncovered and recently declassified footage, filmmaker Peter Kuran explores the accidents, incidents and exercises in the secret world of nuclear weapons.
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Cast
Adam West as Narrator
Barney Rubin as self (Former Livermore Chemical Engineer)
David G. Jackson as self (Former DOE Public Affairs Officer)
John Taschner as self (Health Physics Los Alamos Nat. Lab.)
Matthew Coolidge as self (Center for Land Use Interpretation)
Parker C. Peedin as self (Former B-52 Pilot, USAF)
Walter Gregg as Self (Broken Arrow Victim)
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