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CBS REPORTS: THE DEFENSE OF THE UNITED STATES, PT. 2: THE NUCLEAR BATTLEFIELD (TV)
Summary
One in this series of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. Dan Rather introduces this program, the second in a series of five documentaries on the United States' national defenses. This installment features interviews with Gen. Pierre Callois, former chief of the French air force, and others; with footage of Secretary of Defense Caspar Weinberger.
Preservation of the Post–World War II American Television Documentary Collection is supported in part by a Federal Save America’s Treasures grant administered by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: June 15, 1981 Monday 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:52:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0761
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: U S - Defenses
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV series, 1959-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Howard Stringer … Executive Producer, Writer
- Andrew Lack … Senior Producer
- Judy Crichton … Producer, Director, Writer
- Leslie Cockburn … Director, Writer
- Dan Rather … Reporter
- Harry Reasoner … Reporter
- Pierre Callois
- Caspar Weinberger