Fail Safe

Duration: 111 min

Genre: Drama Thriller War

Year Published: 1964

Creator: Thorn

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Story of the U.S.'s accidental atomic bombing of the U.S.S.R. And their retaliation on the U.S. Based on the book by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler. Stars Henry Fonda and Walter Matthau., Due to a defect in an electronic signalling system, a wing of SAC bombers flies an attack mission on Moscow. The Pentagon decides to release top secret information to help the Russians shoot the planes down. Nevertheless, one plane slips through and bombs the Soviet city. To make amends, the President orders U.S. bombers to annihilate New York City. (Does not circulate)

Complete Record: , Due to a defect in an electronic signalling system, a wing of SAC bombers flies an attack mission on Moscow. The Pentagon decides to release top secret information to help the Russians shoot the planes down. Nevertheless, one plane slips through and bombs the Soviet city. To make amends, the President orders U.S. bombers to annihilate New York City. (Does not circulate) , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.