Origins of the Cold War 1945-1950, The

Synopsis: Eight unedited British newsreel stories look at the build-up to the Cold War: Churchill’s Iron Curtain speech; the Truman Doctrine speech, the Marshall Plan, Eastern Europe situation 1945-48, formation of NATO, Berlin blockade, Acheson on atomic weapons, Korean War. In addition to the original soundtrack, there are additional audio commenteries John Young and Jerry Kuehl. Also includes the full text of the booklet by Peter G Boyle which accompanying the original video compilation.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Multimedia; CD-ROM. Dual format PC Windows/Apple Macintosh.
Year of production: 1999
Availability: Sale
Notes: Released for educational use by special agreement with Reuters Television.
Documentation: Accompanying booklet.
Subjects: History
Keywords: Cold War; newsreel films

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