Near the beginning of the Cold War arms race, a Soviet nuclear-powered,
ballistic-missile submarine was on her maiden patrol mission. On
the morning of July 4, 1961, the K-19 experienced a nuclear accident.
With no emergency back-up system on board, Captain Nikolai Zateyev
(called "Alexei Vostrikov" in the movie) and his Executive Officer
Vladimir Yenin (called "Mikhail Polenin" in the movie) faced a terrible
problem. Crew members had to fix a leak in the reactor's primary cooling
system. If the fix didn't work, all on board would die in a thermonuclear explosion. If it worked, the men who cured the problem would surely
die of radiation sickness.
In the movie, K-19: The Widowmaker, you will see the story, long kept
secret by the Soviet government, come alive on screen. In our story
behind the movie, you will follow links to see the real K-19 and will
learn what went wrong. Find out how a crew of courageous men
prevented what could have been a nuclear first strike. Brought to
you by Click2Flicks, a channel of AwesomeStories.com.
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k-19: widowmaker chapter 1 k-19: widowmaker chapter 2 k-19: widowmaker chapter 3 k-19: widowmaker chapter 4 k-19: widowmaker chapter 5 k-19: widowmaker chapter 6 k-19: widowmaker chapter 7 k-19: widowmaker chapter 8 k-19: widowmaker chapter 9 k-19: widowmaker chapter 10
