The Cuban Missile Crisis began with a photograph. Join the Video Lab! http://bit.ly/video-lab The Cuban Missile Crisis was the closest the world has ever come to all-out nuclear war, and it all started with a photo. On October 15th, 1962, Dino Brugioni, a senior analyst at the newly-formed National Photographic […]
One of the Cold War’s biggest moments began at a routine press conference. Become a Video Lab member! http://bit.ly/video-lab The fall of the Berlin Wall has a lot of memorable moments: US President Ronald Reagan’s declaration to “tear down this wall”; David Hasselhoff singing at the Brandenburg Gate; and Berliners […]
Find me elsewhere: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philedwardsinc/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/philedwardsinc Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/philedwardsinc Here’s some sources for your super chilly Cold War pleasure. All the Sweetbriar videos are from NARA: Face mask research: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0149222.pdf Cold combat survey/assessment: https://apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD0477889.pdf Lessons in Arctic Warfare: The Army Experience, 1945-1955 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/331320950_Lessons_in_Arctic_Warfare_The_Army_Experience_1945-1955 The Development of Cold War Soldiery: Acclimatisation […]
