Movies and TvShows featuring "strategic-air-command" theme.

In the height of the Cold War, an eccentric general launches a nuclear attack on the Soviet Union, sparking a desperate attempt by politicians and generals to stop a full-scale nuclear war.

In Strategic Air Command, a baseball player is called back to active duty in the US Air Force Strategic Air Command during the Cold War. The movie showcases the challenges of balancing military duty and personal life.

During the Cold War, a technical glitch mistakenly sends a US bomber group towards Moscow with orders to drop a nuclear bomb, causing a race against time to prevent a devastating nuclear war.

Bombers B-52 follows the story of a group of bomber pilots in the United States Air Force during the Cold War. The film explores their personal lives, relationships, and struggles, against the backdrop of the tense political climate of the era. It delves into themes of loyalty, duty, and the impact of war on individuals.

A Gathering of Eagles is a movie set during the Cold War era, focusing on the life of a U.S. Air Force officer. The film explores themes of alcoholism, pilot life, nuclear missile threat, and romance.

Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." A Broken Arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental launching, firing, detonating, theft or loss of the weapon. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.Now, recently declassified documents reveal the history and secrecy surrounding the events known as "Broken Arrows". There have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents since 1950. Six of these nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered. What does this say about our defense system? What does this mean to our threatened environment? What do we do to rectify these monumental "mistakes"? Using spectacular special effects, newly uncovered and recently declassified footage, filmmaker Peter Kuran explores the accidents, incidents and exercises in the secret world of nuclear weapons.

Report from the Aleutians is a documentary movie that showcases the United States Army Air Corps' efforts in defending the Aleutian Islands during World War II. It focuses on the strategies employed by the soldiers, the challenges they faced, and the importance of the Aleutian Islands in the overall war effort. The film also highlights the harsh conditions and cold weather that the soldiers had to endure.

Command and Control is a documentary film that tells the story of a nuclear missile accident that occurred in Arkansas, highlighting the risks and consequences of mishaps during the Cold War era. The film focuses on the events of 1980 and includes interviews and archive footage.

During routine maintenance of a liquid-fuelled ICBM, the fuel tank is penetrated by a falling spanner. The film traces the efforts of the maintenance crew and associated military and civilian personnel to recover the potentially disastrous situation before the fuel tank is sufficiently depressurised that the stack collapses and explodes.

Countdown to Looking Glass is a gripping drama that takes place during a time of intense global tension. The story follows the events leading up to a potential nuclear war, the strategic air command, and the actions taken by various individuals and organizations involved. As the countdown to doomsday progresses, tensions rise, and the fate of the world hangs in the balance.

A detailed, historical documentary about the construction and capabilities of the United States military's B-52 bomber.

Cold War Peacemaker is the amazing and unique story of the development of the B-36 very-long-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during WWII, through construction in a former wild-west cattle town and deployment into the Cold War, the story of the Convair B-36 and how it intimidated the Soviet Union is a fascinating study in politics and technology. In Cold War Peacemaker, experience life during the Cold War as your parents and grandparents lived it and discover and understand how the Convair B-36 played a vital role in saving the free world from communist domination.

The A-Bomb, the H-Bomb, Cold War, Kennedy, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, Reagan...Who said that the world was a safe place?

This documentary shows the early ideas about how nuclear war between the USA and the USSR could look like. It is made purely from the US side and takes place mostly in the US military command and control bunkers. The movie tries to be serious, however it is overly optimistic about the USAF chances to win the nuclear war.