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Cold war spies

Author: Chris Kelly; Stephen Bennett
Publisher: London, England : British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), 2009.
Series: Days that Shook the World, Series 2, 9; World history in video.
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The Cold War era was a time of mistrust and suspicion. Espionage became the favorite tactic to stay one step ahead of the enemy. Among the Cold War spy stories, two days stand out. The shooting down of America's top secret U-2 spy plane and the day the Soviet Union and the USA traded spies on the Glienicker Bridge in Berlin. Based on eye-witness accounts, this is a dramatized reconstruction of events as they  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Documentary films
Nonfiction films
Named Person: Francis Gary Powers
Material Type: Clipart/images/graphics, Videorecording, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource, Computer File, Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Chris Kelly; Stephen Bennett
OCLC Number: 689524301
Notes: Title from resource description page (viewed Nov. 2, 2010).
Performer(s): Produced by Chris Kelly; directed by Stephen Bennett.
Description: 1 online resource (63 min.)
Series Title: Days that Shook the World, Series 2, 9; World history in video.

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The Cold War era was a time of mistrust and suspicion. Espionage became the favorite tactic to stay one step ahead of the enemy. Among the Cold War spy stories, two days stand out. The shooting down of America's top secret U-2 spy plane and the day the Soviet Union and the USA traded spies on the Glienicker Bridge in Berlin. Based on eye-witness accounts, this is a dramatized reconstruction of events as they happened on two days that shook the world.

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