The US Air Force's 1958 vision of an all-out nuclear confrontation with the Soviets.
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Wunderbear
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Being before the advent of ICBMs, the pace of this attack seems remarkably peaceful. The image of the narrator man with the two phones inspired a chuckle.
Also, what is there about the voice of Americans from the fifties and sixties that gives them that particular sound?
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Being before the advent of ICBMs, the pace of this attack seems remarkably peaceful. The image of the narrator man with the two phones inspired a chuckle.
Also, what is there about the voice of Americans from the fifties and sixties that gives them that particular sound?
I read somewhere the Russians knew there would
be no way to attack undetected.
They chose not to litter Canada with wrecked bombers.
The remainder of the film is at:
http://www.archive.org/details/AirForceSpecialFilmProject416powerOfDecision
I haven't watched every reel in order yet, but I did skip ahead to #6.
USA casualities: 60 million dead.
(This was before the firestorm effect was added to the estimated effectiveness of nuclear weapons.)
I'll try to get esitmated losses of USA aircraft.
Less than 10%?!?
Recovery of crews downed in USSR?!?
Did aircrew actually expect to return to ANY base?
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