Summary: Film on the role of British armed forces in Western Europe, and relations with the Warsaw Pact, and discussing the various disarmament options and Britain's decision to retain both nuclear and conventional weapons. Interview subjects include Major Andrew Gadsby and Major John Combe of the Royal Tank Regiment; Captain Jonathan Parish, Army Air Corps; Captain Douglas Littlejohn, Royal Navy; Sir Michael Alexander, British Ambassador to NATO; Sir Ronald Mason, Council for Arms Control and Lord Carrington, Secretary-General of NATO.
