(Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs)

Content: Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval blockade intercepted Soviet submarines on a secret mission to set up a military base in Cuba, the two nations engaged in a tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict, and viewers get a look inside their subs and the U.S. war room.

Countries:

United States of America,

Cuba

Genres:

Documentary

Runtime:

0 minutes

Year:

2002

Directors:

Jane Armstrong

Actors:

Himself - Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Himself - Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Himself - Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President

Himself - Dino A. Brugioni, CIA Analyst

Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968

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