The Pulsing Heart of SAC

U.S. Air Force Special Film Project 1236, "SAC Command Post," n.d, Produced by Air Force Audio Visual Service (Military Airlift Command), 1365th Photo Squadron
Air Force Index Card
Source: National Archives, Motion Pictures Unit, Record Group 342

Very little information is currently available about the production of "SAC Command Post" by the the 1365th Photo Squadron, and no evidence has surfaced that it was ever shown. The film provides a detailed picture of the Strategic Air Command's command-and-control system lodged in the lower levels of SAC headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, near Omaha, Nebraska. Describing tight civilian control over decisions to use nuclear weapons, the film emphasizes SAC's place in the chain of command and the mechanisms for preventing the "unauthorized launch" of bombers and missiles that could start a nuclear war.