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The Bomb Kennedy and Khrushchev Episodes

Back up to: The Bomb

  1. 10. Fallout

    10/10 Can war be averted? The Cuban Missile Crisis reaches its climax

  2. 9. Black Saturday

    9/10 Soviet anti-aircraft fire brings down a spy plane over Cuba 鈥� the crisis spirals

  3. 8. The logic of war

    8/10 Troops in Cuba fear an attack is imminent 鈥� Castro urges Khrushchev to strike first (R)

  4. 7. Eyeball to eyeball

    7/10 President Kennedy addresses the nation and imposes a blockade on ships bound for Cuba

  5. 6. Kennedy鈥檚 move

    6/10 Pressure builds on President Kennedy to order a military strike on Cuba

  6. 5. The crisis: Day one

    5/10 Spy plane pictures reveal the missile build up to the Americans. How will they respond?

  7. 4. Almost caught

    4/10 Soviet ships carry nuclear missiles to Cuba. But the US can鈥檛 prove it

  8. 3. Gamble

    3/10 The Soviets secretly plan to move an arsenal of nuclear weapons to Cuba

  9. 2. King of bombs

    2/10 Vienna talks break down, the Berlin wall rises and a huge bomb is tested over the Arctic

  10. 1. Opening moves

    1/10 As the USA and Soviet Union race for supremacy, Premier Khrushchev sizes up JFK

  11. Trailer

    1/10 Nuclear war is terrifyingly close. Can the superpowers stop a global catastrophe?