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"Soviet military and political leaders give their views on the earning of parity. Historical glimpses of the bombing of Hiroshima, the beginning of the arms race as World War Two ends, Sputnik, missile-launching practices, the achievement of parity in 1972, followed by the U.S. announcement of plans to achieve superiority, with a goal of 20,000 nuclear warheads. A look at current U.S. Star Wars plans." Arms Race. Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).
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Great color animation circa 1970's of American missile with multiple individually targeted warhead capability (how it works, to what degree of effectiveness). Montage of American cruise missile technology.
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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Over-the-shoulder fighter pilot in cockpit of plane. Air shots of detonated missile. Air shots of fighter jet flying. Animation of nuclear missile hitting target
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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Brief color animation of SDI in operation (annihilating airborne nuclear missiles).
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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DO NOT USE: Still Photos
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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MSs of two American soldiers attending to a nuclear warhead inside a silo. Tight LS's of missile launches, from launch pads and from submerged nuclear submarines. MS of CASPAR WEINBERGER, former Secretary of Defense during a press conference.
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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Color animation of SDI in operation (annihilating airborne nuclear missiles). Wide LS of a nighttime missile launch. MS of a satellite being released from a NASA space shuttle (Earth in BG).
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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CU of former president RONALD REAGAN speaking to Congress. MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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Various shots of meeting / nuclear conference in progress, press snapping photos.
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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Montage of nuclear protests in the United States: panning tight LS of large crowd with banners; zooming (in) tight LS of a Greenpeace boat full of protesters; MS of marchers with banners calling for nuclear disarmament.
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN interviews VADIM ZHUVLYDEN, First Deputy Head of the International Department of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Central Committee.
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CU of a videotape being put into a 3/4" deck, the PLAY button being pushed. Cut to great MS of a woman trying to christen a new American nuclear submarine by breaking a bottle of champagne over the bow... but the bottle won't break. She tries and tries, but the boat eventually sails off anyway.
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MSs as ALEXANDER BORGEN closing the program.
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Closing montage of protesters: CU of hands linked; MS of London bobbies trying to remove folks from a peaceful sit-in; tight LS's at a German peace rally; aerial shot of a large peace rally.
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