Cuban Missile Crisis. An Exploration Through Archival Film

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Compiled by author, teacher, and curriculum advisor Ben Walsh, this program features 11 extracts on the Cuban missile crisis from various film archive sources. Clip selections and Walsh's commentary are organized around the following three topics: the build-up to the crisis, the actions and decisions of President John F. Kennedy in confronting the threat, and the outcome of the conflict in geopolitical terms. Specific film sources include One Week in October, a 1964 Defense Department documentary; Duck and Cover, a public information film from 1951; President Kennedy's address to the nation televised on October 22, 1962; Cuban Crisis, a newsreel from 1962; and Blockade Lifted, a newsreel from 1962.