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Major Kong rides the bomb, Dr. Strangelove

The closing image of Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove, in which Major Kong rides a falling nuclear weapon like a rodeo bull, used in the CivBench essay over the account of the nuking of Toulouse.

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Creator
Stanley Kubrick
Created
1964
Medium
video
Rights
fair dealingDr. Strangelove (1964), dir. Stanley Kubrick, Columbia Pictures

Placed in the essay over the moment the agent commits to nuclear escalation, with the caption reworking the film's subtitle.

The rights position is worth stating precisely, because it differs from the molt.church images even though both carry fair-dealing. Those three have no published terms and no traceable licensor. This one has a well-resourced rights holder and a clear position: a short extract used for criticism and review, with acknowledgement, is a recognised exception, and nothing here licenses anyone else to reuse it.

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