Nuclear Rescue 911: Broken Arrows and Incidents

With the Bush Administration touting nuclear energy as America's best hope for replenishing its precarious energy resources, this jeremiad video offers a timely reminder of the dangers inherent in nuclear devices. "Broken Arrow" refers to nuclear weapon accidents: mistakes in launching, accidental firings, theft, and just plain "we don't know where the hell it is" fiascos. Since 1950, the U.S. has experienced 32 "Broken Arrow" incidents, some of them well-known, others carefully concealed by the government and military. Combining declassified photographs and footage, as well as re-enactments of events, filmmaker Peter Kuran's anti-nuclear message avoids narrow-minded dogmatic doomsaying; rather, the video wisely shows viewers what has happened in the past in order to get a clearer idea of what could happen in the future. Definitely recommended. Aud: H, C, P. (J. Carlson)