En paranoid general beordrer et atomangreb på Sovjetunionen, fordi han er overbevist om, at kommunisterne har til hensigt at forurene USA's "dyrebare kropsvæsker". Mens generalens adjudant Kaptajn Mandrake fumler med at finde koden for aflysning af angrebet, ringer den amerikanske præsident til den fulde sovjetiske præsident på den røde telefon for at fortælle, at det varslede angreb bare er en misforståelse. Samtidig bekræfter præsidentens rådgiver (en eks-nazistisk videnskabsmand) Dr. Strangelove, at den frygtede dommedagsmaskine eksisterer. Det er en maskine, som Sovjetunionen har udviklet for at gøre en ende på menneskeheden én gang for alle!
Den kolde krig raser mellem USA og Rusland. Som udfald af en teknisk fejl beordres en atom-udstyret bombeeskadrille fra det amerikanske forsvar at bombe Moskva. Med alle midler forsøger amerikanerne selv at få standset missionen og dermed undgå startskuddet til en verdensudslettende atomkrig. Den amerikanske præsident tvinges til at træffe en chokerende, men nødvendig beslutning af umenneskelig kaliber.
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.