Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs poster

Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs poster

Cold War Submarine Adventures: Cuban Missile Crisis - Secret Subs

2002 8Movie

Documentary

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.

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Jane Armstrong

Director

David Bedard

Writer

Top Cast

Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Himself - Capt. Nikolai Shumkov

Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Himself - Capt. Ryurik Ketov

Theodore Sorensen

Himself - Theodore Sorensen, Special Counsel to the President

Dino A. Brugioni

Himself - Dino A. Brugioni, CIA Analyst

Robert McNamara

Robert McNamara

Himself - Robert McNamara, Secretary of Defense 1961-1968

Rudolph Rump

Himself - Rudolph Rump, Radar Man, USS Blandy

Capt. Charles Rozier

Himself - Capt. Charles Rozier, USS Cecil

Capt. Alexi Dubivko

Himself - Capt. Alexi Dubivko

Robert J. Tavenor

Robert J. Tavenor

Chief Petty Officer

Mike Vardy

Ketov (uncredited)