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Beneath the Plains: The Minuteman Missile on Alert

  • Video
  • 2020
  • 31m
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The story of the Minuteman strategic missile program, focusing on the Cold War years. From the 1960s onward, up to one thousand nuclear-armed ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) have... Read allThe story of the Minuteman strategic missile program, focusing on the Cold War years. From the 1960s onward, up to one thousand nuclear-armed ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) have been deployed in hardened silos in the northern United States, on the Great Plains near t... Read allThe story of the Minuteman strategic missile program, focusing on the Cold War years. From the 1960s onward, up to one thousand nuclear-armed ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles) have been deployed in hardened silos in the northern United States, on the Great Plains near the Canadian border.

  • Directors
    • Bob Noll
    • Mike Sullivan
  • Writers
    • Ron Blau
    • Candy Moulton
  • Stars
    • Steve Ket
    • Linda Aldrich
    • Don Alston
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    • Directors
      • Bob Noll
      • Mike Sullivan
    • Writers
      • Ron Blau
      • Candy Moulton
    • Stars
      • Steve Ket
      • Linda Aldrich
      • Don Alston
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    Steve Ket
    • Narrator
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    Linda Aldrich
    • Self - Missile Combat Crew & Squadron Commander, 1982-1998
    Don Alston
    • Self - 20th Air Force ICBM Fleet Commander, 2010-2012
    Bruce Blair
    Bruce Blair
    • Self - Missile Combat Crew Commander, 1972-1974
    Jim Boensch
    • Self - Missile Combat Crew Commander, 1975-1982
    Douglas Edwards
    Douglas Edwards
    • Self - CBS News Special Report, October 6 1957
    • (archive footage)
    Tucker Fagan
    • Self - Missile Combat Crew, 1968-1973
    Alonzo Hall
    • Self - Missile Maintenance Squadron, 1975-1995
    Gretchen Heefner
    • Self - Historian, Northeastern University
    Rick Hustead
    • Self - Wall, South Dakota Resident
    Sergei Khrushchev
    Sergei Khrushchev
    • Self - Son of Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev
    Lindi Kirkbride
    • Self - Meriden, Wyoming Rancher
    Allan Martens
    • Self - Missile Combat Crew Deputy Commander, 1963-1965
    K.T. McFarland
    • Self - Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, 1983-1984
    Tim Pavek
    • Self - Missile Facilities Engineer, 1984-2000
    Gary Pearson
    • Self - Sidney, Nebraska Resident
    Stanislav Petrov
    Stanislav Petrov
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Chuck Turbiville
    • Self - Deadwood, South Dakota Resident
    • Directors
      • Bob Noll
      • Mike Sullivan
    • Writers
      • Ron Blau
      • Candy Moulton
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      • July 23, 2020 (United States)
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      • National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center
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