Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs poster

Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs

2002 Documentary

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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.

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Director

Jane Armstrong

Screenplay

David Bedard

Cast

Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Theodore Sorensen

Release date

1/1/2002

Status

Released

Origin country

US