Peter Ustinov hosts this haunting 1980 documentary exploring the world's nuclear weaponry and the fragile system that deters either side from initiating the first nuclear strike. Although the world's political climate has mellowed since the Cold War era, Nuclear Nightmares takes the viewer back in time to gain a perspective of what it was like to live under a very real nuclear threat.
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- Released
- Production
- BBC, Palm Productions
Keywords
- nuclear war
- cold war
- nuclear weapons
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Top Cast
Peter Ustinov as Himself
Top Crew
Peter Batty · Director
Nigel Calder · Writer
Christopher Woolley · Editor
Thomas M.C. Johnston · Executive Producer
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