This programme features eleven extracts from various film archive sources on the Cuban Missile Crisis, covering three themes: The Crisis Builds, Kennedy in Action and Winners or Losers. All the extracts are selected by Ben Walsh. There are clips from the following films: 'One Week in October' a Defence Department documentary, 1964 'Duck and Cover' a public information film from 1951 Kennedy's TV address to the nation, October 22 1962 'Cuban Crisis' newsreel from 1962 'Blockade Lifted' newsreel from 1962

Video Series: KS4 History
Release Date 2005