A Cold war

United Kingdom, 1991

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Episode of Series “Time watch”.
Dr. Christopher Andrews unravels the complex origins of the Cold War. From the earliest days of the Bolshevik Revolution, he traces the growth of mutual distrust and fear between the Capitalist West and the world’s first Communist state - an uneasy coexistence during the inter-war years which finally ended in a complete divorce, dividing the post-war world into two camps and so threatening it with destruction.

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Credits

producer

Jonathan Dent

production company

BBC

Lionheart TV International

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1991

Appears in

Time watch

Group of items

Time watch

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

310611

Language

English

Subject categories

Armed Forces, Military, War & Weapons → Cold War

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Great Britain

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - Soviet Union

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communism - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Communist state

History → Communism - United States

Short films

Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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