07 Oct 1964
Fail Safe
Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.
Trinity and Beyond: The Atomic Bomb Movie
"Trinity and Beyond" is an unsettling yet visually fascinating documentary presenting the history of nuclear weapons development and testing between 1945-1963. Narrated by William Shatner and featuring an original score performed by the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, this award-winning documentary reveals previously unreleased and classified government footage from several countries.
Top Billed Cast
William Shatner Narrator
Edward Teller Self - Nuclear Physicist
W.H.P. Blandy Self - Commander Joint Task Force One (archive footage)
Frank H. Shelton Self - Nuclear Weaponeer
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - U.S. President (archive footage)
Adlai Stevenson Self - U.S Ambassador (1961-1965) to the UN (archive footage)
Nikolai Bulganin Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill Self (archive footage)
Everett Dirksen Self (archive footage)
Albert Einstein Self (archive footage)
Enrico Fermi Self (archive footage)
Reed Hadley Self (archive footage)
Averell Harriman Self (archive footage)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage)
Hubert H. Humphrey Self (archive footage)
John F. Kennedy Self (archive footage)
Никита Хрущёв Self (archive footage)
Анастас Микоян Self (archive footage)
Marilyn Monroe Self (archive footage)
J. Robert Oppenheimer Self (archive footage)
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