On the Brink - Doomsday

original title:
On the Brink - Doomsday
other titles:
(Am Rande des Atomkriegs - Von Hiroshima zur Kubakrise)
country / year of production:
USA / 1997
original length:
52 min. , color
premiere:
genre:
Documentary
based on:
director:
Gary Parker
film script:
Gary Parker
producer:
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cast (role):
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Ed Green
plot synopsis:
This documentary deals with the atomic threatening during the Cold War. Hiroshima and Nagasaki were not deterrent enough to stop the USA and the UdSSR from acquiring nuclear armaments.
keywords:
atomic bomb , communism , incompetent officers , authenticity , made-for-TV film , air raid
war:
Cold War (1947-1989)
literature:
Michael Salewski: Das nukleare Jahrhundert: Eine Zwischenbilanz. Stuttgart: Steiner, 1998.
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