Stay Safe, Stay Strong: The Facts About Nuclear Weapons (1960)

★★★★★ · Stay Safe, Stay Strong · pheret · 2009-04-12

besides all the physics, etc., etc., i was struck by: 1. the "lightning quick" computers and the (apparently also "lightning quick") slide rule; and 2. the earnest voice which narrates the film. i think he really believed all of this (i think for the most part this was true as far as they knew in 1960). good flick!

★★★★ · Safe and sound... · hartze11 · 2004-11-10

This is a great introduction to the 'safety' features built into atomic weapons. These 'features' are more or less the inherent properties of the weapons themselves that do prohibit accidental explosions of the weapons. There have been hundreds of nuclear weapons lost or damaged over the years, and NONE of them have accidentally exploded, or leaked harmful fall-out over the environment. This reel shows some interesting tests that were performed to verify the stability of nuclear weapons in plane crashes and fires. If you're nervous about an accidental discharge or detonation of nuclear…

★★★★ · THESE ARE THE FACTS (Not a ufolawyer review) · Spuzz · 2004-11-20

Curious film about how 'safe' nuclear weapons are in peacetime. Convincing demonstrations are shown about if they are dropped accidentally or what have you, (and in this film, they admit they have), there may be an explosion or what have you, but there will be no nuclear contamination. Which makes it all right. THESE ARE THE FACTS! (this is repeated non stop). If the guy in the bow tie says so, then it must be true.

★★★★ · Not the whole picture... · Arvid Rudling · 2005-06-09

This film is clearly a product of its day and for an intended audience. The obvious question "how are we protected against accidental launch" is cleverly left out of the argumentation! While the cases of lost bombs mentioned do not contain all the facts, the physics theories presented are accurate (as far as I know).

★★ · Dated Material, Fails to Discuss Safety Devices · usaf463 · 2003-01-15

As a former nuclear weapons specialist, I couldn't wait to watch this film. However, I was disappointed in the lack of discussion detailing safety devices such as baro switches, ready/safe switches, inertial switches, radar, timer's, and other components that go into the design of each weapon. Since this film was shot in 1960, it predates Permissive Action Link devices (the Human Reliability Program was implemented a few year's earlier). Also, in 1960 the shapes of nuclear weapons were still classified. A great resource is the High Energy Weapons Archive web site, which goes into some detail…