Bridgeman Arts
Fireball of atomic test (Joe 14) Semipalatinsk Test Site, USSR, 1954
HD colour footage shows the formation of an explosion fireball, from a Soviet test of an air-dropped atomic bomb, on 30th October 1954. The device known by the US as Joe 14, was tested at the Semipalatinsk test site in Kazakhstan....
Curated OER
From World War to Cold War
From peace at the end of World War II, straight back to war. This resource details the changes in leadership in the Soviet Union post World War II. From the brief attempt at democracy, to the Bolshevik Revolution, and finally to Vladimir...
The New York Times
Kiev in Chaos: Teaching About the Crisis in Ukraine
Provide a historical context for the political unrest between Russia and Ukraine that began in late 2013. Learners review their prior knowledge and chronicle new understandings with a KWL chart, watch a video explaining the Ukrainian...
Curated OER
Cold War Politics in The Space Race
"Whoever controls space will control the world, " Lyndon B. Johnson said after the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik. This fueled the space race and encouraged the United States' goal of landing a man on the moon before the...
Curated OER
History of the Cold War
This resource shows video clips and still images while dramatic music blasts in the background. Written commentary is provided, but it moves quickly. While it probably moves too fast for a note-taking guide to accompany it, consider...
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,...
Choices Program, Brown University
Choices: The Cuban Missile Crisis: Considering Its Place in Cold War History
A series of scholoraly videos from which students explore the complex relationship between the United States, Russia, and Cuba, and examine the crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war.
PBS
Pbs: American Experience: Fidel Castro
A teacher's guide offering a large variety of rich resources pertaining to Fidel Castro and U.S. involvement with Cuba. It divides the information into four categories: history, economics, geography, and culture, and gives suggested...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: The Cuban Missile Crisis, 40 Years Later
National Public Radio reviews the events leading up to the Cuban Missile Crisis, "The world's closest brush with nuclear war." Hear Kennedy's speech to the nation, see pictures of Kruschev and Castro, and learn about the Havana...
PBS
Pbs Frontline: Return of the Czar
PBS's Frontline examines the failures of U.S. policy and Boris Yeltsin's leadership during Russia's tumultuous 1990's Post-Soviet transformation. Content includes interviews, photographs, video excerpts, and more.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cuban Missile Crisis
For two weeks in October 1962, Americans held their breath as the Cold War escalated towards a nuclear war. Sal Khan narrates this video that explains what led to the Cuban Missile Crisis, how Kennedy responded, and the result of this...
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Remembering the Berlin Airlift, 60 Years Later
NPR offers a brief historic glimpse of the Berlin Airlift. The site includes photos as well as an audio segment in which NPR correspondent Kyle James reflects on what occurred during the Berlin Airlift. (September 14, 2008)
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Talbott on United States, Russia, and China
Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the United States stabilized Soviet relations and improved relations with China. [8:13]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Talbott on Arms Control and the Cold War
Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the United States and the Soviet Union dealt with nuclear warfare and the outcome of The Cold War. [8:22]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Cuban Missile Crisis
The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the U.S. ever came to nuclear war. This video discusses what led up to the Cuban Missile Crisis and how it was resolved. [19:00]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The Cold War
In which John Green teaches you about the Cold War, which was the decades long conflict between the USA and the USSR. The Cold War was called cold because of the lack of actual fighting, but this is inaccurate. There was plenty of...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Cuban Missile Crisis
A newsreel from 1962 detailing the Cuban Missile Crisis during the Cold War. Link to the Cold War Museum in included. [5:53]
US National Archives
Internet Archive: July 1945 Newsreel
Watch this newsreel from the Army Pictorial Service, the first part of which shows President Truman at the Potsdam Conference in 1945, after the surrender of of Germany.
Tom Richey
Richard Nixon's Foreign Policy: Cold War Apush
Video lecture by Tom Richey in which he expains Cold War foreign policy of Richard Nixon for students of AP and U.S. History. [21:49]
Crash Course
Crash Course Us History: The Cold War
A Crash Course video investigating the United States' involvement in the Cold War. [13:34]
Made From Media
Made From History: Who Has Expoded the Most Nuclear Weapons in History?
This timelapse video shows the magnitude of nuclear weapons tests throughout the world from 1945-1998. [14:24]
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: The U 2 Incident
This video gives a brief description of the U-2 spy plane incident during the Cold War in 1960. [3:10]
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: The Kitchen Debate
This video gives a brief description of Richard Nixon's 1959 visit to the Soviet Union and Nikita Khrushchev's visit to the United States. [3:06]
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: The Space Race
This video gives a brief history of the Space Race during the Cold War era. [4:29]