Countdown to Looking Glass

1984 NR 1h 30m 6.9

Dramatic doomsday scenario in which the Cold War fully escalates. The story is told through a live news report that follows the apocalyptic world-ending nuclear exchange between the U.S.A. and the U.S.S.R.

Docudrama uses fictional reports of a crisis in the Middle East, which leads to a nuclear confrontation between the US and the USSR. "Looking Glass" is the code word for the Strategic Air Command's control plane which is to be used in the case of nuclear war.

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Info about Countdown to Looking Glass

Studio(s): HBO

Originally Released: Oct 14, 1984

Production Country: United States

Genres: Drama