[D66] Countdown To Looking Glass (1984)

[René Oudeweg]

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"Countdown To Looking Glass" (1984) Cold-War USSR Nuclear Attack Film
177.379 weergaven  27 aug. 2022  Docudrama uses fictional reports of a
crisis in the Middle East, which leads to a nuclear confrontation
between the US and the USSR.  The story is told through a live news
report that follows the apocalyptic world-ending nuclear exchange.  An
excellent, dramatic doomsday scenario in which the Cold War fully
escalates. "Looking Glass" is the code word for the Strategic Air
Command's control plane which is to be used in the case of nuclear war.

A Canadian made-for-television movie, and the narrative of the film
details the events that lead up to the initial exchange of nuclear
weapons, which was triggered by a banking crisis, from the perspective
of an ongoing news broadcast.

The nuclear powered aircraft carrier U.S.S. Nimitz portrayed in this
movie is actually the museum ship U.S.S. Yorktown (ex CV 10) moored in
Charleston Harbor, Charleston, South Carolina.  Starring Scott Glenn,
Michael Murphy, Helen Shaver as Dorian Waldorf, Eric Sevareid (as
himself) and a young Newt Gingrich (as himself).

First aired on October 14, 1984.  For education, entertainment,
enlightenment and inspiration.