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Missile
- Title
- Missile [videorecording] / Frederick Wiseman.
- Publication
- Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films with the MacArthur Foundation, 1989.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | VHS | By appointment only | VTH 1290 M | Offsite |
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- Additional Authors
- Wiseman, Frederick.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (115 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Wiseman documents the 14-week training session of the 4315th Training Squadron of the Strategic Air Command at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Young officers who graduate from this rigorous course will, if ordered, launch the nuclear firepower of the Minuteman Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles. The camera records classes on the arming and launching of missiles, emergency and safety procedures, and the moral consequences of the profession. Trainees at the bottom of their silos turn launch keys and learn fail-safe measures. Topside, the officers enjoy softball, attend barbeques, church and finally, graduation.
- Subjects
- Credits (note)
- Producer, director, Frederick Wiseman.
- Title
- Missile [videorecording] / Frederick Wiseman.
- Imprint
- Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films with the MacArthur Foundation, 1989.
- Credits
- Producer, director, Frederick Wiseman.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Wiseman, Frederick.
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 1290 M