Cuban Missile Crisis, The

Synopsis: Broadcast on BBC2 from 7/10/92.
Series: Timewatch, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 2 x 50 min.
Year of production: 1992
Availability: Sale; 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p) pair
Documentation: Two programmes recalling the time in 1962 when the world was on the brink of nuclear war, using archive footage and recently declassified documents: 1) Defying Uncle Sam: Traces the origins of the crisis to American reaction against the Cuban Revolution. Tells of the various US-inspired attacks against Cuba and its leader Fidel Castro, who gives his account of events for the first time on television. When Khrushchev decided to protect Cuba with nuclear missiles and President Kennedy demanded their removal, the world held its breath; 2) Eyeball to Eyeball: Looks at the US naval blockade of October 1962, the shooting down of a US spy plane and the Soviet preparations for a nuclear response to a US invasion of Cuba. The events are described by insiders from the Kremlin and the White House and by Fidel Castro himself.
Subjects: History
Keywords: Castro, Fidel; Cuban missile crisis; international relations; Soviet Union; United States of America

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