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'Minutes to Midnight - The Cold War Chronicles'
(Glenn Ford, Edward R. Murrow, Lowell Thomas, John Wayne, et al / DVD / NR / 2019 / Mill Creek Entertainment)

Overview: Filmed over a two-year period, the 60 minute documentary deals with the early years of the "Cold War" and one of the U.S. Air Force formations that stood on the ramparts of the free world in time of great peril.

DVD Verdict: Watching this rather incredible flashback at a time in our history a lot of todays generation (and before) have long since forgotten about (or even truly never knew about; perhaps, sadly, never even cared to know about), 'Minutes to Midnight - The Cold War Chronicles' proves to me, yet again, that history is as incredible as anything today could ever bring forth.

As we watch along, we learn that President Kennedy's flexible-response nuclear war-fighting doctrine of the early 1960s lacked the technology to match its vision of many options adapted to meet the varieties of Cold War crises.

Advances in geodesy and cartography and the integrated circuit developed in the early 1960s for missile and satellite guidance systems, significantly improved missile accuracy.

Decreased CEP (circular error probable¯the radius of a circle in which at least 50 percent of the targeted missiles would hit) meant that warheads could be smaller.

New warheads could be sized to detonate at kiloton or megaton ranges independently. Because they were smaller and lighter, more warheads could be mounted to each ICBM and SLBM.

In the early 1970s the DOD developed MIRVs (multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles), allowing three or more warheads on each ICBM and SLBM. The Air Force's arsenal did not rise above 1,054 ICBMs; many now carried three MIRVs (Minuteman III) as opposed to earlier models that carried a single Minuteman I or II warhead. Strategic launchers remained static, but warheads multiplied.

The documentary obviously goes deeper into these early years of the Cold War, but just know that all areas that you know of, and hope are covered are indeed taken into account here.

The DVD also includes 15 government propaganda films from the 1950s featuring narration and appearances from Glenn Ford, Edward R. Murrow, Lowell Thomas and John Wayne.

Government Propaganda Films:
A Day Called X - Narrated by Glenn Ford - (1957) 27 Minutes, Not Rated
Duck and Cover Documentary - (1951) B&W 9 Minutes, Not Rated
The Challenge of Ideas - Narrated by John Wayne, Edward R. Murrow, Lowell Thomas - (1961) B&W 30 Minutes, Not Rated
Atomic Alert Documentary - (1954) B&W 11 Minutes, Not Rated
Red Chinese Battle Plan Documentary - (1964) B&W 25 Minutes, Not Rated
Target: You! Documentary - (1953) B&W 9 Minutes, Not Rated
Warning Red Documentary - (1956) B&W 13 Minutes, Not Rated
Our Cities Must Fight Documentary - (1951) B&W 9 Minutes, Not Rated
Bombproof Documentary - (1956) B&W 14 Minutes, Not Rated
About Fallout Documentary - (1963) Color 24 Minutes, Not Rated
Town of the Times Documentary - (1963) Color 25 Minutes, Not Rated
Let's Face It Documentary - (1954) B&W 13 Minutes, Not Rated
What You Should Know About Biological Warfare Documentary - (1952) B&W 15 Minutes, Not Rated
You Can Beat the A-Bomb Documentary - (1950) B&W 19 Minutes, Not Rated
The House in the Middle Documentary - (1954) Color 12 Minutes, Not Rated

This is a Full Screen Presentation (1.33:1) enhanced for 16x9 TVs.

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