Convencido de que los comunistas están contaminando los Estados Unidos, un general ordena, en un acceso de locura, un ataque aéreo nuclear sorpresa contra la Unión Soviética. Su ayudante, el capitán Mandrake, trata de encontrar la fórmula para impedir el bombardeo. Por su parte, el presidente de los EE.UU. se pone en contacto con Moscú para convencer al gobierno soviético de que el ataque no es más que un estúpido error. Mientras tanto, el asesor estadounidense, un antiguo científico nazi, el doctor Strangelove, confirma la existencia de la "Máquina del Juicio Final", un dispositivo de represalia soviético capaz de acabar con la humanidad para siempre.
Durante la Guerra Fría, por un error informático un escuadrón de bombarderos del SAC es enviado a destruir Moscú, el presidente de los Estados Unidos (Henry Fonda) trata de hacerlos volver, pero el sofisticado sistema de seguridad impide abortar el ataque, así que debe convencer a la Unión Soviética de que no contraataque.
A documentary propaganda film produced by the U.S. Army Signal Corps about the Aleutian Islands Campaign during World War II. The film opens with a map showing the strategic importance of the island, and the thrust of the 1942 Japanese offensive into Midway and Dutch Harbor. Nominated for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
Since 1950, there have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents, known as "Broken Arrows." 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. To date, six nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered.Now, recently declassified documents reveal the history and secrecy surrounding the events known as "Broken Arrows". There have been 32 nuclear weapon accidents since 1950. Six of these nuclear weapons have been lost and never recovered. What does this say about our defense system? What does this mean to our threatened environment? What do we do to rectify these monumental "mistakes"? 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.