Back from the Brink

United Kingdom, 1987

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Episode number 13 of Series “History in action”.
During the last week of October 1962, the world lived on the knife-edge as the two Superpowers faced each other over the Cuban Crisis. Russia was keen to have a base closer to America, just as America had power and bases surrounding Soviet territory. On the 29th October, 1962, the two Superpowers stepped back from the brink of war. Was the present agreement a new start or only a truce?

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Credits

producer/director

Julia Spark

production company

Granada Television International

Duration

00:20:00:00

Production places

United Kingdom

Production dates

1987

Appears in

History in action

Group of items

History in action

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

306066

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Cuba - Politics and government

History → Castro, Fidel, 1927-

History → Cuba - History - Revolution - 1959

History → Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962

History → History

History → Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

History → Khrushchev, Nikita, Sergeevich, 1894-1971

History → United States - History - 1945-

People → Castro, Fidel, 1927-

People → Kennedy, John F., (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963

People → Khrushchev, Nikita, Sergeevich, 1894-1971

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Sound

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Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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