Release Date

01 Jan, 2002

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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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Actors

Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Theodore Sorensen

Dino A. Brugioni

Robert McNamara

Rudolph Rump

Capt. Charles Rozier

Capt. Alexi Dubivko

Robert J. Tavenor

Mike Vardy

Crew