# SOVIET ICBM STRATEGIC MISSILE & NUCLEAR TEST PROPAGANDA FILM 56654

Made by the Soviet Union during the Brezhnev era, this propaganda film showcases the nation's nuclear forces and features what appears to be a full scale missile test complete with warhead detonation. However there is good reason to believe that the missile launches and atomic bomb blast shown were unrelated, as most Soviet nuclear tests were not conducted with ICBMs. The film begins and ends with footage of the annual military parade in Red Square, where it was not uncommon to see missiles on display. At :40, a roadable IRBM or ICBM similar to those seen in Red Square is seen on the move, literally crashing through the forest and fording a stream. At 1:46 the missile system is erected above a silo, and slowly moved into it. At 2:15 , Soviet ski troops are seen protecting strategic assets. At 3:00 , a strategic warning drill is conducted at a launch complex. At 3:50 , manufacture and assembly of a Soviet ICBM is shown. At 5:29 , the final stage of an ICBM is seen installed into a missile silo. At 6:00 , a launch specialist gets medical care. At 6:23 , a missile silo crew is seen on alert. At 8:00 , a Soviet helicopter flies over a silo in the remote forest, while a tank makes its way through snow nearby. At 8:50 , crew use a closed circuit television to gain entry to a silo, through a blast door seen at 9:30 . At 9:36 the launch control room is shown. At 10:10 , Premiere Leonid Brezhnev is seen arriving to observe. At 10:20 , a launch alert sounds. At 10:30 , the ICBMs…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: Industrial and advertising, Propaganda
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/56654StrategicMissileGroup)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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