US Military Counters Dr. Strangelove

A short film titled “SAC Command Post” from 1963 has been posted by the National Archives, which tries to play down any possibility of unauthorized U.S. nuclear strikes:

U.S. Air Force Special Film Project 1236, “SAC Command Post,” n.d, Produced by Air Force Audio Visual Service (Military Airlift Command), 1365th Photo Squadron

The National Security Archive refers to it as “The Air Force versus Hollywood“:

To refute early 1960s novels and Hollywood films like Fail-Safe and Dr. Strangelove which raised questions about U.S. control over nuclear weapons, the Air Force produced a documentary film–“SAC [Strategic Air Command] Command Post”–to demonstrate its responsiveness to presidential command and its tight control over nuclear weapons.

Watch and learn how power to preserve order is the “only way to world peace”:

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