Episode number 16 of Series “History in action”.
On 29th August 1962, American Intelligence sources indicated that missile sites had been established in Cuba. The weapons observed were identified as surface to air missiles of a defensive nature and were thus dismissed by US authorities as insignificant. Six weeks later, US spy planes took photographs of what appeared to be launch pads for long-range missiles and it was confirmed that the Soviet Union had placed offensive missiles in Cuba, capable of attacking the United States. The Cuban Missile Crisis had begun.
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ACMI Identifier
306050
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television
Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cuba - Politics and government
History → Castro, Fidel, 1927-
History → Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
History → Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
History → Khrushchev, Nikita, Sergeevich, 1894-1971
History → United States - History - 1945-
People → Gromyko, Andrei, Andreevich, 1909-
People → Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
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Sound
Colour
Black and White
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)