War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; At the Brink; 105; SAC Command Post

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Series
War and Peace in the Nuclear Age
Program
At the Brink
Episode Number
105
Title
SAC Command Post
Contributing Organization
WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/15-br8mc8rk0q
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Description
Description
Excerpt of reel 10 of 12. Silent footage of SAC's facilities, showing the command and control SAC exercises over its world-wide deterrent force of missiles and aircraft. Includes first Atlas missile launch at Cape Canaveral.
Date
1957-06-01
Date
1957-06-01
Asset type
Raw Footage
Topics
Global Affairs
Military Forces and Armaments
Subjects
Military readiness; nuclear weapons; flight crews; Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (Fla.); United States. Air Force. Strategic Air Command; Atlas (Missile); Rascal (Missile); Thor (Missile); Titan (Missile); Vandenberg Air Force Base (Calif.); B-47 bomber; B-52 bomber; B-58 bomber; United States. Department of the Air Force; Aviation ground crews
Rights
Rights Note:,Rights:Public Domain,Rights Credit:NAFB,Rights Type:All,Rights Coverage:In perpetuity,Rights Holder:NAFB
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:05:49
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Credits
AAPB Contributor Holdings
WGBH
Identifier: de0d0ba5502782aa6468c761f5391c693316c14f (ArtesiaDAM UOI_ID)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:03:49
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Citations
Chicago: “War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; At the Brink; 105; SAC Command Post,” 1957-06-01, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed October 31, 2024, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-br8mc8rk0q.
MLA: “War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; At the Brink; 105; SAC Command Post.” 1957-06-01. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. October 31, 2024. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-br8mc8rk0q>.
APA: War and Peace in the Nuclear Age; At the Brink; 105; SAC Command Post. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-br8mc8rk0q