# Nuclear Weapon Accident training Film "Broken Arrow Procedures" 1962 74892

This amazing 1962 U.S. Air Force training film BROKEN ARROW PROCEDURES shows the procedures used in an accident involving a nuclear weapon. In this case, a airborne B-52 has caught fire while carrying a nuclear weapon. The film was likely made in response to the Goldsboro incident of 1961, in which an atomic bomb survived an airplane crash and fire. It was one of the most terrifying moments in the history of the Air Force, SAC and the Cold War, since after the incident it was determined that most of the bomb's safety mechanisms had failed and, in a terrifying scenario, the device could have actually detonated. The incident led to a wholesale reappraisal of safety standards and serves as an enduring lesson to nations that have atomic weapons of the necessity of redundancy with these safety devices. The film suggests different scenarios, including a nuclear detonation, or a "dirty" fire that presents a hazard to personnel due to nuclear radiation, or a situation in which atomic material is spread over a large area by a crash. In these instances a full scale disaster response, including mass evacuation of personnel and civilians in the area, is needed. The film includes footage at the 13 minute mark of a B-52 making a hard landing on the runway and its gear collapsing. It also uses b&w footage of a military accident in 1959, with an airplane aflame and first responders arriving on the scene. The 1961 Goldsboro B-52 crash was an accident that occurred in Goldsboro, North…

- Kind: Film
- Genres: War, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/74892BrokenArrow)
- 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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