Command and Control

"How do you manage weapons of mass destruction without being destroyed by them?"

Apr 17 2016 PG 1h 32m
Documentary, History

September 18, 1980, 6:25 p.m., Titan II base in Damascus, Arkansas. On this fateful night an explosion kills an Air Force member and transforms the lives of everyone on the base. Honing in on a single case of so-called “human error”, Command and Control juxtaposes precision on a minute scale against the gargantuan risks inherent in the United States’ aggressive nuclear proliferation policy during the Cold War.

Plot

Documentary of 1980s near-nuclear ground explosion of a Titan II missile in Damascus, Arkansas in Silo 374-7, based on Eric Shlosser's award-winning book of the same title. A riveting minute by minute account of the accident started by the failure to follow written maintenence procedures.

Written by

Robert Kenner, Brian Pearle, Kim Roberts

Directed by

Robert Kenner

Cast

Michael Bideller, Andreas Birnbaum, Tom Brokaw

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

WGBH Educational Foundation

Languages

Français

Awards

2 wins

Trailers
Command and Control Official Trailer 1 (2016) - Documentary
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