American Experience (1988 – ...)

1988 • 38 seasons • Documentary • TV-PG

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Episode 1 — Command and Control

Name: Episode 1 — Command and Control
Released: 2017-01-10
Duration: 55 min
Rating: 6.8

Season 29 • American Experience

Released: 2017-01-10 • Documentary

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An account of an incident at a Titan II missile complex in Damascus, Ark., in 1980 that almost caused the explosion of a ballistic missile carrying a nuclear warhead 600 times more powerful than the bomb that destroyed Hiroshima. The near-calamity was kicked off when a socket fell from the wrench of an airman performing maintenance in a Titan II silo and punctured the missile, releasing a stream of highly explosive rocket fuel.

Episodes

Episode 1
Command and Control
2017-01-10

Episode 2
Rachel Carson
2017-01-24

Episode 3
The Race Underground
2017-01-31

Episode 4
Oklahoma City
2017-02-07

Episode 5
Ruby Ridge
2017-02-14

Episode 6
The Great War: Part 1
2017-04-10

Episode 7
The Great War: Part 2
2017-04-11

Episode 8
The Great War: Part 3
2017-04-12

Information

Episode air date	10.01.2017
Episode runtime	55 min
Episode rating	6.80
Genres	Documentary
TMDB series rating	6.6
IMDb series rating	8.6
Series status	Returning series
Age rating	6+
Country	US

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