This documentary shows the early ideas about how nuclear war between the USA and the USSR could look like. It is made purely from the US side and takes place mostly in the US military command and control bunkers. The movie tries to be serious, however it is overly optimistic about the USAF chances to win the nuclear war.
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"Power of Decision" (USAF 1958) - Preview from National Security Archive
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Power of Decision (1958)
"Power of Decision" is a 1958 film produced by the Air Force Air Photographic and Charting Service. It simulates a war plan action in the event of an attack ...
Power of Decision 1958 Part 1
Nobody Wins a Nuclear War" But "Success" is Possible Mixed Message of 1950s Air Force Film on a Conflict Air Force Special Film Project 416 ...
Power of Decision 1958 Part 3
Air Force Special Film Project 416"Power of Decision" (1958) Coverage of simulated war plan action in the event of an attack which was executed at the ...
Attaque nucléaire: Power of Decision - 3ème partie
Description : Ce film Power of Decision produit par l'US Air Force (à la demande du Strategic Air Command) décrit une simulation de conflit nucléaire entre les ...
Popular movie trailers from 1958
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1958:
1958: during the Russian campaign, a military priest is called upon to assist Private Baranowski, who has been sentenced to death for desertion, on his last night.
A man is sentenced to prison for a murder he did not commit. Thanks to a serum invented by his brother, he manages to become invisible and escape from prison in order to prove his innocence, while his brother works feverishly to find an antidote.
This melodrama tells the tale of a great battle between the French Foreign Legion and the rebellious Arab tribe, the Tuaregs, who fight it out upon the blistering Sahara sands.
Armando Conforti, his family and his friends have a business: they sell souvenirs near St. Peter's, in Rome, they change dollars, in short they get along.