Crisis

Description
Number ADA 8896
Collection Atelier des Archives
Title Crisis
Duration 00:21:14
Date of production 1962
Keyword Personalities : Kennedy John Fitzgerald
Places : Cuba
Index : Cuban Missile Crisis
Available format HD
Sound Sonoer
Summary This film covers events preceding and during the Cuban Missile Crisis, including the U.S. buildup of strategic forces and continued aerial surveillance over the disclosed missile sites. Footage shows scenes of U.S. military deployment; Soviet freighters at sea; reconnaissance photos showing buildup, deactivation, and destruction of missiles sited in Cuba; and the removal of weapons from the island. Footage of President John F. Kennedy is included.