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- Collection: Cold War - Fall 2023
Stars And Stripes Fly Over A Command Post In Korea, 1950A photo of the Stars and Stripes flies over a Leatherneck command post in Korea.
President Truman's Statement on the Situation in Korea, 1950In this press release, President Truman announced that he was committing American forces to a combined United Nations military effort in Korea. The…
A 1958 news clip of an American official discussing the Soviet space program.This man alludes to the Soviet rejection of Open Skies in 1955 and their advancement in missile development. This clip was made months after the…
An excerpt from footage of the Apollo 11 lunar landing, 1969.After some setbacks and second place finishes to the Soviets, the United States successfully became the first nation to land a man on the moon.…
The long path to the Berlin Wall began in 1945, when Josef Stalin instructed the Communist Party to take power in the Soviet occupation zone while the…
"The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their…
A 1959 cigarette company trading card featuring Laika, the Sputnik dog.Within a month of the launch of Sputnik, the first satellite, Soviets launched a second satellite, Sputnik 2. This satellite had a dog named Laika…
In this excerpt, President John F. Kennedy outlines why the space program is vital to national interests, what its benefits will be, how many national…
Cuban Missile Crisis Meeting SummaryThis is a meeting summary on two options in dealing with the Cuban Missile Crisis.
Video form of the automobile in Germany during the blockade. Video was created in 1951.