[D66] Countdown To Looking Glass (1984)

[René Oudeweg]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Looking_Glass

On 10/11/22 18:42, René Oudeweg wrote:
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQzgHBjQzf4
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> #militaryhistory #coldwarhistory
> "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.
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> 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.
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> 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).
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> First aired on October 14, 1984.  For education, entertainment,
> enlightenment and inspiration.
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