Nuclear Weapon Accident training Film "Broken Arrow Procedures" (1962)

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This amazing 1962 U.S. Air Force training film BROKEN ARROW PROCEDURES shows the procedures used in an accident involving a nuclear weapon. In this case, a airborne B-52 has caught fire while carrying a nuclear weapon. The film was likely made in response to the Goldsboro incident of 1961, in which an atomic bomb survived an airplane crash and fire. The incident led to a wholesale reappraisal of safety standards and serves as an enduring lesson to nations that have atomic weapons of the…

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31 minutes

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