Look back at Cuban missile crisis

Title

Look back at Cuban missile crisis

Genre

News report; Interview; Speech; Special

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1982

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Duration

00:05:23

Description

Report into the history of the tensions between Cuba and USA which led to the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962. Former Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs George Ball comments. Includes archive clips of address by President John F. Kennedy with commentary by a male reporter (not identified); Radio Moscow announcement. Female reporter not identified.

Contributors

John F. Kennedy; George Ball; Radio Moscow

Keywords

USA; Cuba; USSR; Defence; Nuclear weapons; Cold War; Cuban Missile Crisis (1962); Nuclear warfare; Missiles; Military operations; International tensions

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