Command and Control, Accident Report

American Experience
Air Date: 01/10/17 | Rating: NR

Bob Purifoy joined Sandia National Laboratories as an engineer in 1952, and later became its leading advocate for nuclear weapon safety. Bill Stevens was an engineer who served as the first head of Sandia’s nuclear safety department. Both men were shocked when they realized how vulnerable the nation’s nuclear weapons were to accidents.

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Rachel Carson
S29 Ep3 | 1h 53m 15s
Air Date: 01/24/17 | Expires: 06/30/26 | Rating: NR

The woman whose groundbreaking books revolutionized our relationship to the natural world.

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Ruby Ridge
S29 Ep6 | 52m 59s
Air Date: 02/04/20 | Expires: 04/12/24 | Rating: TV-PG

A riveting account of the event that helped give rise to the modern American militia.

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