Power of Decision

Prelinger Archives, MPO Television Films, Inc
1958. United States of America. vo English.

A documentary that explored early ideas about how a nuclear war might develop between the United States and the Soviet Union.

This film was made by the U.S. Air Force for the Strategic Air Command and shows a simulation of a "Quick Strike" response to a surprise Soviet nuclear attack against the United States and Europe. In the nuclear conflict that's depicted, millions die across the United States, Japan, Europe, and Russia. Probably used for training,

The Prelinger Archives are a source of educational material, mainly ordered by theme, giving a vision of the dark side, the underbelly, perhaps naive of the American dream and the America that is often hidden behind the media curtain.