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It was a different time. There was no internet, no cable, and the Cold War was in high gear. It was 1964. I was eight years old and still remember a drill where we dove underneath our desks in case of a nuclear attack from the “Russkies.” I guess my school desk had some sort of anti-radiation properties.
Let’s set the stage. In 1964 Stanley Kubrick released a movie called “Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb.” It is an anti-war and anti-nuclear film. If you haven’t seen it you should. It’s a Cold War classic black comedy.
Here’s the famous seen with Slim Pickens riding a nuclear bomb horseback.
According to the McClatchy Newspapers the U.S Air Force filmed a response. It was discovered by William Burr, a senior analyst in charge of the nuclear-history documentation project for the National Security Archive, an independent research organization at George Washington University. There is no evidence the film was ever released to the public.
A link to the site can be found here. This is the video in three parts.
Again. It was a different time. It’s just that I am not sure the times have changed that much.
P.S. I’m guessing somewhere Stanley Kubrick is smiling.
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