Passenger train collides with parked conrail locomotives january 4, 1987. Trailer for nuclear 911 aka nuclear rescue 911 about broken arrows and other nuclear weapon incidents and accidents. List of broken arrow nuclear accidents business insider. Like the others, much of the restored footage is stuff weve seen before, either in trinity or journeys. Civilian accidents are listed at list of civilian nuclear accidents. Broken arrow is any unexpected and unexplained event which involves nuclear weapons accidents in launching, firing, detonating, theft, and loss of the weapon. For a general discussion of both civilian and military accidents, see nuclear and radiation accidents. Track rescue 911 new episodes, see when is the next episode air date, series schedule, trailer, countdown, calendar and more. Nuclear weapons watch and track movies, anime, tv shows. Film director, visual effects artist, and producer. Welcome to ground zero video documentary, stay alive, nuclear rescue 911. This article lists notable military accidents involving nuclear material. It consisted of reenactments of real life emergency situations and documentaries of hospitals, police, and firefighters. Its estimated that if a 20 megaton bomb detonated over detroit, it would cause over 2 million casualties.
Directorproducer peter kuran meticulously restored previously classified government footage of u. It looks like we dont have any akas for this title yet. The show featured true stories of emergency situations, which were usually presented as reenactments. In listing military nuclear accidents, the following criteria have been adopted. Vimeo is an amazing video service for original creative work, but its also a company with real human employees. 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. Kurans latest work, nuclear rescue 911, centers around the various accidents surrounding the use of nuclear weapons in the us program. It does concern me in the current climate that people can actually be taking this film seriously as an impartial source it does not mention any other nuclear capable nations beyond the us, the enemies, and briefly, britain and is though a great source for pretty pictures of the bombs exploding, the music, the intercut footage and the. The nonnuclear explosives in two of the weapons detonated upon impact with the.
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. The dvd version of nuclear rescue 911 includes the original hourlong documentary, as well as special features including an isolated soundtrack, text biographies of the principal talent behind the disc, behindthescenes glimpses including a time lapse sequence of building a special effects model, and a vintage government documentary assuring you. Allout nuclear war may be the greatest risk we face with modern weaponry, but its not the only one. Sep 21, 2006 trailer for nuclear 911 aka nuclear rescue 911 about broken arrows and other nuclear weapon incidents and accidents. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered. Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as broken arrows. Rescue 911 was a very important part of my childhood. Jan 01, 2001 since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as broken arrows. For the best experience please update your browser. Welcome to ground zero, 1999, and nuclear rescue 911. A broken arrow is defined as an unexpected event involving nuclear weapons that result in the accidental. Kuran got his start in the film industry in 1976 working on george lucass landmark film star wars as an animator.
Peter kuran is a film director, visual effects artist, and producer. Between 1950 and 1980, there were 32 accidents that involved a nuke, dire situations that featured. This is it the complete set of 5 atomic bomb videos. Like the others, it is a documentary, comprised mostly of old restored footage, narration, and some interviews. Radiological hazards from nuclear warhead accidents the minot usaf base nuclear weapons incident article march 2009 with 21 reads how we measure reads.
This is rescue 911 rocktown by jayce on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. United states military nuclear incident terminology wikipedia. Now, recently declassified documents reveal the history and secrecy surrounding the. Broken arrows incidents dvd, 2001 at the best online prices at ebay. The 1966 palomares b52 crash, or the palomares incident, occurred on 17 january 1966. Rescue 911 100 lives saved closing video dailymotion. These are the kinds of events the military calls broken arrows. Using spectacular special effects, newly uncovered and recently declassified footage, filmmaker peter kuran trinity and beyond explores the accidents and incidents in the secret world of nuclear weapons in nuclear 911. In april 2015, the palomares incident was mentioned in the danish film the idealist.
Topics nuclear weapons, broken arrows language english. Internet movie database, january 5, 2008, author profile. B52 bombers lost their nuclear weapons during the cold war broken arrow incidents. The only thing that could bring me down from the high of. My favorite rescue 911 story titles jenn schiffer medium. There never has been even a partial, inadvertent u. In 1962, the series was cancelled, compelling west to freelance in such films as. The fire set off the bombs high explosives killing 19 crewmembers and rescue personnel. Rescue 911 was a realitydocudrama series that aired from 1989 to 1996. Employing a combination of mindblowing special effects and new and declassified footage, nuclear rescue 911 is the true story of americas nuclear weapons program, and the accidents which are likely to occur when such a massive amount of artillery is tested and stored. An example of a bent spear incident occurred on the august 2007 flight of a b52 bomber from minot afb to barksdale afb which mistakenly carried six cruise missiles with live nuclear warheads.
Since 1950, the defense department has reported 32 broken arrows. Billy louviere biography, movies list, age, wallpapers. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the akas submission guide. Trinity site jumbo lying next to the entrance of the. Broken arrows and incidents dvd, collectors edition rare. Now, recently declassified documents reveal the history and secrecy surrounding the events known as broken arrows. Broken arrow refers to an accidental event that involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components that does not create a risk of nuclear war. Rescue 911 was a reality show hosted by william shatner.
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