Product Details

• Producers: Traditions Military Videos
• Region: All Regions
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B0013GAODS
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,021 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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This video provides an overview of the NIKE missile program in the 1950s & 1960s. The video is divided into four parts. Part One opens in 1944 with the V-1 rocket and subsequent development of 90mm gun and electronic system used to counter the German rockets. The film details the development of the NIKE Ajax for conventional aircraft followed by the NIKE Hercules for supersonic aircraft. Part Two is titled "Steel Ring" with scenes of 36th AAA Missile Battalion with Nike guided surface-to-air missile (SAM), as well as the Army's 120mm guns. Part Three focuses on the 75th Antiaircraft Artillery Missile Battalion located in the town of Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Part Four, titled "The Inner Ring," depicts how an enemy attack on the United States would be defended by an array of aircraft and missiles, including the NIKE.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good for Nike people, July 10, 2010

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This review is from: NIKE Missile 1950s And 1960s (DVD)

I ordered the DVD as I have an interest in Nike missiles and related systems. The CD is in various chapters consisting of what appears to be public service and relations productions made by the DOD.

The various chapters are typical late 1950`s-60`s productions and are very clear in resolution. These seem to be goverment produced movies which seem that they would public domain and not protected by copyrights. The production and compilation can be protected I suppose and the endless warnings about showing, reproducting and any other infraction try to emphasize this point for what seems and endless period of time. I didnt try fast forwarding over it yet, that may be a solution.

Still, the DVD has a long run time with many interesting points. I recommend it to anyone with an interest in Nike systems and heavy Anti-aircraft guns. The price is a bit steep especially when the product arrives in what is basically a catolog with a DVD flap in the cover. For $30 you should at least get decent box to hold the dvd and save me a trip to Staples to get one...