Posted on Aug 14, 2018
Artist Returns To Scene Of Lawrence-Filmed Nuclear Disaster Movie That Scared America
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The Berlin Wall was six years from falling when “The Day After” premiered on television in 1983. The film, shot in Lawrence, follows three Kansans as they fight to survive the immediate aftermath of a nuclear attack by the Soviet Union.
Artist Returns To Scene Of Lawrence-Filmed Nuclear Disaster Movie That Scared America
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
Lt Col Charlie Brown I Highly Recommend It. Definitely Jaw Dropping at the time when a lot of the Missiles were not far from here.
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I remember seeing it the night that it premiered. It had ABC News afterwards and I remembered had Robert McNamara I think it was secretary Schultz was there. Neither of them look very happy. It's good though that it did affect President Reagan and we ended up getting a nuclear arms treaty. I have the movie on DVD. It's interesting that I didn't really see if movie again except for maybe Parts on YouTube and it seem so realistic as far as the military Air Force and missile launch sequences. J-Stars or the early warning control plane discussions on board seem so realistic
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I was in Germany at the time. Unfortunately, I didn't see it until years later. PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT (Join to see) My Mother was Attending University of Kansas working on her Degree in Art So She got to see it filmed and Gave Me a Heads Up to Watch It.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - that's the same thing that happened with me. I was stationed in Germany, and one of the staff had a family member tape it and send it over. We sort of had a group watch it at his house.
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