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Movies: Contemporary Period: Cold War 1947-1991

 

Strategic Air Command (1955) (Mukel Patel)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048667/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.

 

Fail Safe (1964) (Peter Merritt)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058083/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

A technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

 

Seven Days in May (1964) (Peter Merritt)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058576/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

United States military leaders plot to overthrow the President because he supports a nuclear disarmament treaty, and they fear a Soviet sneak attack.

 

Dr Strangelove (1964) (Peter Merritt)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057012/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

An insane American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

 

On The Beach (1959) (Peter Merritt)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053137/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0

After a global nuclear war, the residents of Australia must come to terms with the fact that all life will be destroyed in a matter of months.

 

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