Cold War Movies

This documentary talks to women training with machine guns, to undergraduates taking courses in How to Stay Alive, to retired generals who run...

The film features a meeting led by Dave Taylor, the shelter manager, discussing the protocols and responsibilities for staff members involved in...

Gorbachev believed that it was impossible to achieve a successful economy until the tensions of the Soviet Union continued with the Western...

Jonathan Stavleu explores, in a stream-of-consciousness video essay, the relationship people have with water and what happens when access to it is...

A man named Walt who has recently completed building a fallout shelter in his home, a project initiated due to the threat of nuclear war during the...

Chile would become the first country in the world to democratically elect a Marxist president, Salvador Allende. After his arrival to the government...

Training film for shelter managers. Food, water, sanitation, medical, and radiation detection systems are explained.

This Cold War film "Information Within Public Shelters" (1953) takes place in a fallout shelter, showing how a well-trained staff that provides...

Presents the fears and anxieties of children regarding nuclear war. Through their reflections, it captures the overwhelming dread of potential...

That the Cold War did not end in blood and tears was Radio Free Europe’s ultimate victory. “To Russia with Love” tells how it won...

During the Falklands War, a team of Vulcan Bombers staged the longest bombing raid ever attempted. We tell the amazing story of the machines that...

Educational film for civil defense personnel on requirements for a fallout shelter. Explains types of shelters and degrees of protection.

The creation of the atomic bomb did not only unleash a destructive force—it transformed the imagination of the nation that made it, haunting...

"Our Cities Must Fight" is a civil defense film that was produced for the U.S. government to illustrate the importance of not abandoning urban...

Cold War Peacemaker is the amazing and unique story of the development of the B-36 very-long-long-range nuclear bomber. From its beginnings during...

A heavily dramatized Civil Defense film that demonstrates how a public fallout shelter is supposed to function after a nuclear attack. This scenario...

A training film for public shelter managers explaining when people should be allowed to leave the shelter after a disaster.