| Description |
2 videodiscs (91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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video file rdaft |
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DVD video |
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Documentary films lcgft |
| System Details |
DVD, wide screen. |
| Language |
English dialogue; English subtitles. |
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Title from container. |
| Performer |
Nicholas Meyer, Ted Koppel, Stephanie Austin, Ellen Anthony, Stu Samuels. |
| Summary |
Television Event is an archive-based feature documentary that views the dramatic climax of the Cold War through the lens of a commercial television network, as it narrowly succeeds in producing the most watched, most controversial made-for-TV movie, The Day After (1983). With irreverent humor and sobering apocalyptic vision, this film reveals how a commercial broadcaster seized a moment of unprecedented television viewership, made an emotional connection with an audience of over 100 million, and forced an urgent conversation with the US President on how to collectively confront and resolve the most pressing issue of the time - nuclear proliferation. |
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Day after (Motion picture) -- Videodiscs.
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Apocalypse in motion pictures -- Videodiscs.
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Motion pictures -- Influence -- Case studies -- Videodiscs.
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Science fiction films -- History and criticism -- Videodiscs.
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| Genre |
documentary film.
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Documentary films.
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DVD-video discs.
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| Added Author |
Daniels, Jeff, film director, film producer.
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Spain, Amanda, film producer.
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Meyer, Nicholas, on-screen participant.
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Anthony, Ellen, on-screen participant.
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Austin, Stephanie, on-screen participant.
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Media Education Foundation, publisher.
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