An F-106 enters an uncontrolled flat spin, pilot ejects then...
posted by RFlagg
1 decade 6 months 2 weeks ago • 864 views • 3:22
cold war
Created: 1 decade 5 years ago
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Updated: 1 decade 6 months 2 weeks ago
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Cold War history / culture / anything is possibly my majorest passion, so a CW playlist is my best idea ever. I invite you to peruse it and please make suggestions for new video additions!
I'm definitely looking for cultural items as well as straight politico-military history, although not every movie or TV show from the era will count (eg.: 'Dr. Strangelove' = big yes, but 'Leave It To Beaver' = not so much). Some more modern things with a CW influence are also here. At the same time, my intention is not to have it chockablock with nuclear test explosions (I have another playlist for that -- that and kitties).
Basically all vids should have some linkage with the tension and drama of the 40-year nuclear-armed superpower standoff. I look forward to your ideas!
1 decade 6 months 2 weeks ago • 864 views • 3:22
If the nuclear option is the measure of last resort, will the Prime Minister press the button if the Russians invade West Berlin? Will he press the Button if all of Germany falls under Soviet control?... continue reading
posted by radx 1 decade 2 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 861 views • 5:51
"Well, apparently the American troops in Germany are all so drug-ridden, they don't know which side they're on anyway. And during the last NATO excercises, the US troops dispersed and picnicked in the... continue reading
posted by radx 1 decade 2 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 2,739 views • 2:36
Remarkable planes, these, too fast to be easily intercepted by fighters. They weren't in service long, however, once developments in Soviet anti-aircraft missile technology meant that they could be shot... continue reading
posted by calvados 1 decade 2 years 7 months 2 weeks ago • 628 views • 8:21
From a 1985 discussion held in a forest.
posted by geo321
1 decade 2 years 8 months 1 week ago • 4,583 views • 5:25
posted by calvados
1 decade 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,141 views • 15:01
1 decade 2 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,141 views • 15:01
posted by calvados
1 decade 2 years 9 months ago • 941 views • 3:47
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posted by calvados
1 decade 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 580 views • 1:09
1 decade 2 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 580 views • 1:09
Snooze ya loose ! My favorite is the shoe throwing near the end! Makes me bounce in the seat !
posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 3 years 2 weeks ago • 1,420 views • 3:32
The cameraman and many of the people in the film died soon afterwards.
posted by arvana 1 decade 3 years 2 months 4 weeks ago • 2,712 views • 6:30
In the 1950s, Eisenhower issued a stern & cogent warning about the burgeoning "military industrial complex". Foretelling with ominous clarity the state of the world in 2004 with its incestuous entanglement... continue reading
posted by benjee
1 decade 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 9,869 views • 1:38:31
posted by calvados
1 decade 3 years 4 months ago • 1,204 views • 23 secs
1 decade 3 years 4 months ago • 1,204 views • 23 secs
ca. 23 mins. "The Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) was an automated control system for tracking and intercepting enemy bomber aircraft used by NORAD from the late 1950s into the 1980s." -- http://en.wikipedia.or... continue reading
posted by calvados 1 decade 4 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 1,881 views
posted by calvados
1 decade 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,777 views • 8:44
1 decade 3 years 4 months 1 week ago • 1,777 views • 8:44
'Nuclear Might: Ready But Safe' is the name if this vintage US Air Force training film. It tells us what a "broken arrow" is: An accidental event that involves nuclear weapons, warheads or components,... continue reading
posted by kronosposeidon 1 decade 3 years 10 months ago • 1,942 views
Titled on youtube - Shiva, destroyer of Worlds.
posted by arrendek
1 decade 7 years 1 month ago • 3,465 views
posted by calvados
1 decade 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 4,234 views
1 decade 3 years 6 months 1 week ago • 4,234 views
Time lapse view of every nuclear test since World War 2. Kind of slow, but kind of hard to look away.
posted by Crake 1 decade 3 years 10 months 2 weeks ago • 9,256 views
(ca. 55 mins) "This documentary is about Bob Diemert of Carman, Manitoba, and his dream of building the world's next great fighter plane. His worldwide reputation as a genius at restoring "warbirds" enables... continue reading
posted by calvados 1 decade 4 years 1 week ago • 1,907 views
In parts, on YT. Embedded playlist to follow.
posted by calvados 1 decade 4 years 1 week ago • 1,172 views