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Feb 2023
30m 46s

The Cold War Gets A Wall

The HISTORY® Channel | Back Pocket Studios
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February 22, 1962. The city of Berlin is cut in half by a concrete and barbed wire wall. On the west side, U.S. Attorney General Robert Kennedy is giving a rousing speech when suddenly, what look like balloons explode above the crowd, revealing Soviet-red flags. “The Communists will let the balloons through,” Kennedy says. “But they won’t let their people th ... Show More
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