Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Friday, Oct 17, 1980


Title: The Apocalypse Game: Re: MX Missile System

Abstract:
  • ABC special "The Apocalypse Game" re: MX Missle System, strategic nuclear war, United States and Soviet Union / Russia nuclear weapons, SALT negotiations, reported by Marshall Frady.
  • Taped interviews with William Perry, Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Christoph Bertram, Leslie Gelb, Michael Mandelbaum, Robert Jay Lifton, Vladillen Vasev, Dimitri Simes, Paul Warnke, Wayne Hage, Robert List, Antonia Chayes, Fred Lewis, and Desmond Ball.
  • Excerpts of speeches by Harold Brown.
  • Picture disturbance [9:52:30-9:53:00] due to problems with original tape.
  • Begin Time:09:00:00 pm
    End Time:10:00:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:656816
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1980-2009 Vanderbilt University
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