Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval blockade intercepted Soviet submarines on a secret mission to set up a military base in Cuba, the two nations engaged in a tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict, and viewers get a look inside their subs and the U.S. war room.

Cast:Capt. Nikolai Shumkov, Capt. Ryurik Ketov, Theodore Sorensen, Dino A. Brugioni, Robert McNamara, Rudolph Rump,

Genre:Documentary,

country:United States of America, Cuba,

Production:none