Tag: Cold war AudioWriter of the month: Stories from behind the Berlin WallFriday 5 December 2014Hester Vaizey discusses her latest book, Born in the GDR: Living in the Shadow...AudioNew files from 1983Thursday 1 August 2013Contemporary records specialists Mark Dunton and Simon Demissie discuss highlights from the latest batch...AudioJoin up and see the world! British military recruitment after national serviceFriday 28 June 2013In the First and Second World Wars, men had come forward to join the...AudioThe subversion of Cheddi Jagan: the Cold War in British Guiana, 1953-64Friday 7 June 2013The talk explores the role of ethnic (Indian, African, Portuguese), ideological and religious factors...AudioThe scandalous case of John Vassall: sexuality, spying and the Civil ServiceMonday 17 December 2012Fifty years ago civil servant John Vassall was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment for...AudioThe Berlin Wall 1961: the construction 50 years onFriday 9 September 2011This talk covers the circumstances which brought about the construction of the wall, what...AudioCatch-up history and the Cold WarFriday 3 September 2010Professor Peter Hennessy, Attlee Professor of Contemporary British History, Queen Mary, London University, and...VideoA border crossing between Hungary and Austria 1956Wednesday 5 November 2008In the clip we see a small border checkpoint. Gradually more and more refuges...VideoHungary 1956Wednesday 5 November 2008In the film we see Soviet tanks and troops in the streets of Budapest,...VideoThe Prague Spring 1968Saturday 5 July 2008The film opens with printing presses turning out the first uncensored newspapers for 20...VideoKorean War 2 (Korean)Thursday 5 June 2008Film starts with scenes of aircraft bombing a town. It then becomes clear that...VideoThe Peace GameSaturday 5 April 2008The film opens with a nuclear explosion and then explains that although the West... « 1 2 3 4 »