Nato - From Cold War to Hot War

Synopsis

A compilation of previously unreleased archive NATO documentaries - THE PRICE OF PEACE, FOUR DAYS IN AUTUMN, BARRIERS, SKYWATCH and CITIZEN OF THE WORLD - all written, produced and directed by award winning British film-maker John Edwards. His insight into the military hardware and political propaganda is unsurpassed and he personally links his own films in this fascinating look at "the most powerful force for peace, and the continuity of Democracy, the World has ever seen".

Together they celebrate the first sixty years of NATO military and political activity and cover : The formation of the NATO Alliance / Soviet post WW2 expansion, the Iron Curtain and the formation of the Warsaw Pact. the Berlin Air-Lift / The Cold War ‘Superpowers’ ArmsRace / The Nuclear stand-off and the Cuban missile crisis / The rise and fall of the Berlin Wall / The Czech uprising, the impostion of Polish Martial Law/
The Warsaw Pact’s disintegration / NATO s own Air Force in the 1970 s / NATO on patrol in Northern Ireland An F-16 Hot Scramble, Nimrod Patrols and the E3A AWACS Force / A Phantom Jet interception of 2 Russian Bear aircraft. / The UN’s request to NATO to stop bloodshed in Bosnia / NATO firing its first shots in anger to devastating effect / The UN request for peace-keeping in Afghanistan. The might of NATO’s joint arsenal is evidenced in the large scale exercises to which John Edwards had unprecedented frontline access, including the Russian invasion exercise in FOUR DAYS IN AUTUMN in 1982 - when 3000 troops crossed the Rhine in just two hours.

Charlton Heston provides the narration to BARRIERS ande Anthony Quayle stars in THE PRICE OF PEACE

DVD extras: NATO TODAY and NATO REFLECTIONS (2009 Interview with John Edwards)

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2010

Subjects

History; Military Science

Keywords

Cold War; military history; NATO

Credits

Director

John Edwards

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL

Price

£11.99

Duration/Size

45 minutes

Year

2012

Distributor

Name

Cherry Red Records

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