Beneath the Plains - Live Q&A
August 6, 2020 7-8pm ET
Harpers Ferry Center and Minuteman Missile National Historic Site host a live conversation on the legacy of the Atomic Age and the Cold War to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. Watch our award-winning film Beneath the Plains: The Minuteman Missile on Alert in the link below, then join us for a live Q&A with the filmmakers and a panel of Cold War experts and former missileers.
Beneath the Plains: The Minuteman Missile On Alert
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
2018, 30 min
During the Cold War, the US deployed 1,000 nuclear missiles across the Great Plains that held the power to destroy civilization but were meant to maintain peace. Did they?
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Meet the Missileers
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
2016, 6:28 min
Cold War vets describe what it was like to be stationed in nuclear missile silos and launch control centers waiting patiently for orders that, thankfully, never came.
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The Big Buildup
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
2016, 5:55 min
Explore the early years of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, an era of rampant nuclear proliferation fueled by fear and paranoia on both sides.
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From MAD to START
Minuteman Missile National Historic Site
2016, 6:45 min
How did the United States and the Soviet Union move from the brink of nuclear war in 1962 to the largest arms control treaty in history in 1991?
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Last updated: July 24, 2020