The man who saved the world

DVD 2015

With "Operation Able Archer" in the fall of 1983 Ronald Reagan convinced the Soviet Union that NATO was about to launch a nuclear first strike. On 26 September 1983, the nuclear early warning system of the Soviet Union twice reported the launch of USAF Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles from bases in the United States. These missile attack warnings were correctly identified as a false alarm by Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov, an officer...

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Ballistic missile early warning system Soviet Union History 20th century

First strike (Nuclear strategy) History 20th century

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Petrov, Stanislav, 1939-2017

Reagan, Ronald

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1 videodisc (113 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital optical
video file DVD video region 1

Target Audience Note:

E
Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

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"Few people know of him ... Yet hundreds of millions of people are alive because of him. The actions of Stanislav Petrov, a retired Soviet military officer, prevented the start of a worldwide nuclear war and the devastation of much of the Earth."--IMDb
Music, Kristian Eidnes Andersen ; cinematography, Kim Hattesen
Stanislav Petrov, Walter Cronkite, Robert De Niro, Kevin Costner, Matt Damon, Nataliya Vdovina, Sergey Shnyryov
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; surround sound
For private home use only
Audio tracks in English and Russian with English subtitles

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2774273

UPC:

810017884636

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