Aerospace Communications the Reins of Command (1961)

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Famed actor and USAF officer James Stewart presents “Aerospace Communications”; a Cold War era film detailing the chilling scenario of nuclear war between the USA and an enemy nation capable of launching a nuclear strike. The film describes the transfer of information using the Ballistic Early Missile System or BMEWS, the Mid-Canada Line, the Pinetree line, the Distant Early Warning (DEW) and SAGE. SAGE is a system of large computers and associated networking equipment that coordinated data…

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26 minutes

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