On 26 October 1962, US President John F Kennedy at first continues to plan an invasion of Cuba, but while the politicians make new plans, their previous military plans take on a life of their own
Music:
“Try and Catch Us Now” – David Celeste
“Cold Eyes” – Elliot Holmes.mp3
“Under the Dome” – Philip Ayers
“Mexican Standoff” – Walt Adams
“Car Chase in Virginia” – White Bones
“When They Fell” – Wendel Scherer
“Moving to Disturbia” – Experia
“Kid Me Not” – Elliot Holmes
“From the Depths” – Walt Adams
“Nightclub Standoff” – Elliot Holmes
“Potential Redemption” – Max Anson
On October 25, 1962 while the US Navy are looking for something to do in the Caribbean, US Ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson is about to face off with USSR Ambassador to the UN, Valerian Zorin in a historic showdown at the United Nations headquarters in New York.
Music:
“Car Chase in Virginia” – White Bones
“Mexican Standoff” – Walt Adams
“Moving to Disturbia” – Experia
“Symphony of the Cold-Blooded” – Christian Andersen
“Under the Dome” – Philip Ayers
“When They Fell” – Wendel Scherer
“Try and Catch Us Now” – David Celeste
“Cold Eyes” – Elliot Holmes
On October 23 , 1962 as the blockade on Cuba is being prepared, US President John F. Kennedy and USSR Chairman Nikita Khrushchev question their own actions realising that they might have gone a step too far.
Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Written by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Producer: Joram Appel
Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Research by: Spartacus Olsson
Edited by: Jonas Klein & Karolina Dołęga
Sound design: Marek Kamiński
On October 22, in the world’s first televised announcement of an international military crisis, US President John F. Kennedy sets off panic and sudden fear of a third world war, with nuclear arms involved.
On October 21 1962, politicians and military in both the US and in the USSR seem to have contradictory views on what to do next. Should the Soviet local commanders on Cuba get to play with the little nukes as they like, or rather wait for permission?
On Saturday October 20th, 1962, US President John F Kennedy moves to side more with the hawks advising a forceful response to the Cuban Missile Crisis.
President John F. Kennedy faces off with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including General Curtis LeMay (his arch-enemy), who demand more freedom for military action.
Sources:
Photos from Bejucal, Cuba: History and Festivities – Havana Times
Andy Garcia – Mireille Ampilhac
Photo from chernobylguide.com – Chernobyl Mutations in Humans and Animals
PX 65-105:179 from LOOK Magazine 8405-1-26
Photo from WDR – 23. Juni 1963 – John F. Kennedy kommt in Deutschland an
Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
– “Cold Eyes” – Elliot Holmes
– “Scope” – Got Happy
– “Juvenile Delinquent” – Elliot Holmes
– “Moving to Disturbia” – Experia
– “From the Depths” – Walt Adams
– “Symphony of the Cold-Blooded” – Christian Andersen
On October 18 1962, President Kennedy meets with USSR Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko, one of the architects of placement of missiles on Cuba. While the two beat around the bush, Khrushchev and Gromyko’s execution of the Soviet military and nuclear build up on Cuba continues.
On October 17th, 1962, the U2 Dragon Lady spy plane yield more alarming pictures of Cuban missile sites and President Kennedy is urged to restrain his dogs of war.
On 16 October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis begins. President Kennedy assembles his advisors in EXCOMM to find an adequate response to the threat posed by Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba.
The year before Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev places nuclear missiles on Cuba, the Soviets blow up the biggest atomic bomb ever detonated. If it blew up over Paris, millions would die.
From the Noun Project:
Mountain – By Harold Weaver
Mushroom Cloud – By yanti, ID
destroyed house – by Gan Khoon Lay
Hospital – By Hare Krishna, IN
Fire Station – By Florian Maier
School – David
Church – by Karla Design
Paris – By Vonn Weisenberger
Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
– “Cold Eyes” – Elliot Holmes
– “Scope” – Got Happy
– “Juvenile Delinquent” – Elliot Holmes
– “Moving to Disturbia” – Experia
– “Zoot Suit” – Elliot Holmes
– “From the Depths” – Walt Adams
– “Car Chase in Virginia” – White Bones
At 0815 on 6 August 1945, the first atomic bomb, nicknamed “Little Boy”, was dropped out of the B-29 Enola Gay and descended towards the Japanese city of Hiroshima. 43 seconds later, the city was engulfed in a flashing bright light and a shockwave of unimaginable heat and deadly pressure. From the hypocenter of the resulting mushroom-cloud, a blue-green fireball burned and blinded the city and its inhabitants with unprecedented power. 140,000 people were killed in the first few moments. Tens of thousands would die from wounds and radiation. The age of atomic warfare had begun.
Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Written by: Markus Linke and Indy Neidell
Directed by: Astrid Deinhard and Wieke Kapteijns
Produced by: Pär Sundström, Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Creative Producer: Joram Appel
Community Manager: Maria Kyhle
Executive Producers: Pär Sundström, Joakim Broden, Tomas Sunmo, Indy Neidell, Astrid Deinhard, and Spartacus Olsson
Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Edited by: Iryna Dulka
Sound Editing by: Marek Kaminski
Maps by: Eastory – https://www.youtube.com/c/eastory
Sources:
– U.S. Department of Energy
– Bomb icon by P Thanga Vignesh from the Noun Project
– bockelsound from freesound.org
– Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum
An OnLion Entertainment GmbH and Raging Beaver Publishing AB co-Production.
August 6, 1945. On this fateful Monday morning our world changed forever.
Nuclear weapons were now a reality, destruction on a whole new level a possibility. International power dynamics, foreign politics and conflict handling would never be the same once this new kind of weapon of mass destruction had entered the scene. The threat of potentially world-ending nuclear war, the fear that the men in power would push “the red button”, would hang over people like a dark cloud from this day on. The Nuclear Age had begun.
If you’re interested in how politics developed during The Nuclear Age, you can explore that in the day-by-day coverage of The Cuban Missile Crisis over on TimeGhost History. The first introduction, “USA Starts the Atomic Arms Race”, is already up and you can watch it right here: https://youtu.be/zEXjoBe5ZdI
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The Cold War grows gets more and more tense as both the USSR and the US try to get the upper hand through the volume of nuclear weapons and strategic launching sites – including Cuba.
