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And now, the shocking conclusion of Fail-Safe. And the credits.

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Part 11 of Fail-Safe. Well, the proverbial shit is about to hit the fan! In these last waning moments while everyone hopes and prays for a miracle, we get to see the professor still trying to salvage something out of this mess. And the President and the Premiere have final words before we finally find out if the US bomber finally makes it. I really wanted to make this the last part, but theres just too much going on, so I cut the last few minutes out into a separate part of its own. For ...

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Part 10 of Fail-Safe (1964). In this part, we get to see a major breakdown in the Great Superpower rapprochement. The Russians ignore a vital piece of information that Gen. Bogan tries in vane to relay to them, but to no avail. Now its up to the Russians using a barrage of nuclear-tipped sams to try and hopefully knockdown the last remaining bomber of the group. Will they succeed? Or will American ingenuity out-smart the Russians at the last minute? Whats ironic is that this act of ingenuity ...

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Part 9 of Fail-Safe (1964). Now we get to see the coordinated efforts of the Russians and the USAF trying to figure out ways to knock all of these planes out the sky. SAC HQ even has to reveal some of their trade secrets to help detonate the defensive air-to-air missiles on the Vindicator bombers, thereby taking them out! Well, this just ends up being too much for Col. Cassio, who rebels against Gen. Bogan. When he gets merely reprimanded, he tries to convince the general that they are doing ...

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Part 8 of Fail-Safe (1964). Things start to heat up. The Russians think this may all be a trap as part of a pre-emptive strike. The President tries to verbally recall the attack order, but to no avail. So then the President has to take the courageous step of helping the USSR shoot down, setting up a coordinated effort between SAC HQ and their counter-part in Russia. Gen. Black and the professor butt heads again, as Prof. Groeteschele justifies his claims with another great line in the film ...

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Part 7 of Fail-Safe (1964). Now we get to see the President (Henry Fonda) speak with the Premier of the USSR, with Buck (Larry Hagman) providing the interpretation from Russian to English. We also get to see our planes enter Soviet airspace, where the air battle really gets heated. The USAF draws first blood and even downs a squadron of Soviet fighters (to the great cheers of SAC HQ rank-in-file soldiers), but eventually the USAF planes begin to get picked off. Another great line comes from ...

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Part 6 of Fail-Safe (1964). In this scene, we get to see the defense dept. panel discuss their options on how to handle this problem as the fighters try to catch up with the bombers and shoot them down. The big question is: what will the Russians do if the bombers escape and reach Soviet airspace. My favorite line is delivered by Gen. Bogan (Frank Overton), in response to the professors assertion that the USSR will just belly-up and that the US should use this opportunity to attack (or ...

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Part 5 of Fail-Safe (1964). In this clip, word finally gets to the President that there might be a slight problem and he may have to give the order to send USAF fighters shoot down their own bombers. Mayhem ensues (as much as you can have in a War Room and a bunker underneath the White House. Heres some Wikipedia info. on the B-58: The Convair B-58 Hustler was the first operational supersonic jet bomber, and the first capable of Mach 2 flight. The aircraft was developed for the United States ...

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Part 4 of Fail-Safe (1964). In this part, Congressman Raskobb gets a front-row seat to an incident over Hudson Bay that causes quite a scare for SAC HQ. Instead, it turns out to be a commercial flight with engine problems. However, when a technical glitch occurs at SAC HQ, the wrong command is given to one of the bomber groups. And they are ordered to attack Moscow! There are some interesting tid-bits in this clip. Namely that the bomber group trying to re-verify its orders has its ...

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Part 3 of Fail-Safe (1964). In this clip, Gen Bogan and Col. Cassio show the War Room to Congressman Raskobb. Now remember, this film was made in 1964so outside knowledge of NORAD/SAC HQ and what it looked like on the inside was probably very top secret. For all I know, it may still be like that. Nonetheless, the Congressman gets a tour of the facilities and how it operates, and he gets to see satellite imagery in action. What I found interesting is that the clip they used to simulating the ...

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