Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs

Jane Armstrong
2002-01-01


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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

Name Character Team
Capt. Nikolai Shumkov Himself - Capt. Nikolai Shumkov Unowned
Capt. Ryurik Ketov Himself - Capt. Ryurik Ketov Unowned
Theodore Sorensen Himself - Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President Unowned
Dino A. Brugioni Himself - Dino A. Brugioni, CIA Analyst Unowned
Robert McNamara Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968 Unowned
Rudolph Rump Himself - Rudolph Rump, Radar Man, USS Blandy Unowned
Capt. Charles Rozier Himself - Capt. Charles Rozier, USS Cecil Unowned
Capt. Alexi Dubivko Himself - Capt. Alexi Dubivko Unowned
Robert J. Tavenor Chief Petty Officer Unowned
Mike Vardy Ketov (uncredited) Unowned