Beneath the Plains: The Minuteman Missile On Alert

During the Cold War, the United States deployed a vast arsenal of nuclear missiles across the Great Plains. Approximately 1,000 missiles were hidden in plain sight, armed and ready to strike targets in the Soviet Union in 30 minutes or less. “Beneath the Plains” explores this perilous era when fear of nuclear apocalypse permeated world politics and culture, and the world’s superpowers pursued a strategy of “mutually assured destruction.”
Winner, Special Jury Remi Award, Worldfest Houston International Film Festival; 1st Place, National Association for Interpretation Media Awards; 1st Place, Mountain Plains Museum Association Technology Awards.
Produced by the National Park Service, Harpers Ferry Center, 2018.
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Some of the footage in this program may be restricted and is not in the public domain.