The Cold War Era

The Cold War

Origins of the Cold War (Khan Academy) (11.57)

The United Nations: History and Functions (YouTube) (3.11)

How Does the U.N. Work (YouTube) (3.33)

Truman: The Beginning of the Cold War (PBS) (5.28)

USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War (YouTube) (12.15)

The Berlin Blockade and the Berlin Airlift

Berlin Airlift (C-SPAN) (10.56)

The Korean War

Korean War Overview (Khan Academy) (16.10)

Start of Korean War (6.35)

MacArthur Dismissed and Korean Armistice (5.44)

Kim Jong-un (Biography) (4.32)

The Red Scare

Red Scare and House Un-American Activities Committee (5.41)

Alger Hiss Case and the Rosenbergs (2.29)

McCarthyism (5.33)

The McCarthy Years (YouTube) (8.35)

Welch versus Joseph McCarthy (YouTube) (8.10)

The Berlin Wall

Berlin Wall (2.49)

Overcoming the Berlin Wall (6.09)

Berlin Wall and the Collapse of the Soviet Union (3.00)

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Cuban Missile Crisis (6.25)

Cuban Missile Crisis (YouTube) (5.29)

Cuban Missile Crisis (History.com) (2.22)

Cuban Missile Crisis (Khan Academy) (19.00)

The Man Who Prevented World War III (YouTube) (5.38)

Major Rudolph Anderson (C-SPAN) (6.45)

Duck And Cover (1951) Bert The Turtle Civil Defense Film (YouTube) (9:14)

The Vietnam War

Vietnam War (5.14)

Vietnam War (Khan Academy) (17.40)

Vietnam Combat Footage Montage (Military.com) (4:23)

U.S. Troops Stage Assault (Military.com) (1:01)

The Space Race

Cold War: The Space Race (1.28)

The Tragedy of Apollo 1 (3.32)

Apollo 10 Mission (2.32)

Training for the Moon Landing (3.24)

Apollo 11 Liftoff (3.31)

Tension in the Control Room (3.20)

Landing Safely (5.26)

A Dream Realized (3.52)

Apollo 16 and the Lunar Rover (5.26)

Launching and Saving Skylab (5.02)

Docking with the Space Station (Skylab) (2.35)

Astronaut Repairman (Skylab) (3.08)

Living and Working in Space (Skylab) (2.29)

The Space Shuttle (11.17)

The Tragedy of the Challenger (space shuttle) (3.18)

Columbia's Final Mission (space shuttle) (6.25)

The Hubble Space Telescope (3.54)

Assembling the International Space Station (4.19)

New Jet Pack for Space Walks (ISS) (1.44)

Life on the International Space Station (4.23)

How Space X Plans to Fly Two Tourists Around the Moon in 2018 (1.38)

The Arms Race

The Arms Race (2.24)

Nuclear Arms Race (2.15)

End of the Cold War

Reagan Doctrine and Star Wars (7.16)

Movement Toward Peace (7.04)

End of the Cold War (5.29)