Bridgeman Arts
Czechoslovakia 1968 - Fires break out in the city. Fire engines and ambulances attend. Tanks occupy the city
Clip 4 from the 1968 film "Seven Days to Remember", a chronology of the events which followed the invasion of Czechoslovakia on August 20, 1968 by troops from the Warsaw Pact. In this clip, masses of people in Wenceslas Square. Tanks try...
Bridgeman Arts
Atomic Age, Cold War, Warsaw Pact, birth of NATO, missile and airborne defence
Clip from comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s. The Cold War. (in part, audio sync issue)
Bridgeman Arts
Atomic bomb, Cold War, Warsaw Pact
Clip from comprehensive compilation film of fighter aircraft built in the 1950s.
Curated OER
Cold War Video
What was the Cold War? Often dated from 1947-1991, it was a war between the Western world and the Communist world. Flashing their nuclear power, these sides fought for decades to establish power. This quirky resource provides commentary,...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Strobe Talbott on the Beginning of the Cold War
Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the Cold War developed after post WWII peace summits and the strategic patience that stopped the expansion of Soviet communism. [6:36]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Talbott on Containment and the Diplomatic Toolbox
Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the United States implemented the policy of containment and the transatlantic alliances that emerged during the Cold War. [6:23]