Minutes to midnight : the Cold War chronicle Cover Image

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Minutes to midnight : the Cold War chronicle / GCL Productions.

Ford, Glenn, 1916-2006 (narrator., Narrator). Wayne, John, 1907-1979 (narrator., Narrator). Murrow, Edward R., (narrator., Narrator). Thomas, Lowell, 1892-1981 (narrator., Narrator). United States. Office of Civil Defense, (producer., Producer). RKO Pictures (1978-1987), (production company., Production company). Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., (production company., Production company). Octapixx Worldwide (Firm), (production company., Production company). Mill Creek Entertainment, (distributor., Distributor).

Summary:

Documentary about the early years of the Cold War, a collection of informational short films about effects of and protection from an atomic attack produced in the United States between 1950 and 1963, two informational short films about communism and communist countries produced in the United States in1961 and 1964, and one informational short film about biological warfare produced in the United States in 1952.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 306 min.) : sound; color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Publisher: [Golden Valley, Minn.] : Mill Creek Entertainment, [2019]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Full frame format.
Formatted Contents Note:	Cold War remembered / Octapixx Worldwide (60 min.) -- A day called X / narrated by Glenn Ford (1957 ; B&W ; 27 min.) -- Duck and cover (1951 ; B&W ; 9 min.) -- The challenge of ideas / narrated by John Wayne, Edward R. Murrow, Lowell Thomas (1961 ; B&W ; 30 min.) -- Atomic alert / produced by Encyclopedia Britannica (1954 ; B&W ; 11 min.) --- Red Chinese battle plan (1964 ; B&W ; 25 min.) -- Target: you! / Civil Defense Bureau (1953 ; B&W ; 9 min.) -- Warning red (1956 ; B&W ; 13 min.) -- Our cities must fight (1951 ; B&W ; 9 min.) -- Bombproof (1956 ; B&W ; 14 min.) -- About fallout / Civil Defense Bureau (1963 ; color ; 24 min.) -- Town of the times (1963 ; color ; 25 min.) -- Let's face it / Civil Defense Bureau (1954 ; B&W ; 13 min.) -- What you should know about biological warfare / Civil Defense Bureau (1952 ; B&W ; 15 min.) -- You can beat the A-bomb / RKO Pictures (1950 ; B&W ; 19 min.) -- The house in the middle / produced in conjunction with the Civil Defense Bureau (1954 ; color ; 12 min.)
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrators: Glenn Ford, John Wayne, Edward R. Murrow, Lowell Thomas.
System Details Note:	DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; full frame (1.33:1) ; Dolby Digital.