About the film
First Strike is a 1979 TV documentary film created by KRON-TV and Chronicle Publishing Company under the broadcast division name "Chronicle Broadcasting Company" in partnership with the United States Department of Defense and the RAND Corporation. The film discusses the United States Armed Forces strategy for dealing with nuclear warfare, the development of the AGM-186 ALCM, B-1 bomber as well as the MX missile and the intensifying arms race in the 1970s and early 1980s. It became far better known when various clips were edited into the 1983 TV film The Day After.
From the film's Wikipedia article (CC BY-SA 4.0).