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NARRATOR: Under
the direct orders of Stalin,
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Igor Kurchatov,
a brilliant physicist,
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known as "The Beard,"
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let the Soviet
A-bomb team.
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They were determined
to end the atomic monopoly
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America had held
since the war.
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On the 29th
of August 1949,
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they succeeded.
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[speaking Russian ]
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INTERPRETER:
The shock wave approached
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and knocked on the roof
of the bunker --
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one, two --
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as if a genie,
freed by us from the bottle,
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patted us
and thanked us
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for releasing him
from his long captivity.
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BRANAGH: The Nuclear
Arms race had begun.
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D ♪
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America readies itself
for a nuclear attack.
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NARRATOR: Times
Square is its normal busy self
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in the last seconds
before a daylight
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Atomic Bomb drill.
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[air raid siren]
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The sirerfs wail sends
New York's inhabitants
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to shelter.
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All buses, taxis, and autos
discharge their passengers
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who are guided by wardens
to shelters.
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Movement is rapid
but orderly.
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Housewives draw shades
and turn off gas
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before proceeding
to shelter zones
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in their own buildings.
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New York's subways provide
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most of the public
shelters.
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Times Square is deserted
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two minutes
after the alert.
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BRANAGH: The speed with which the
Soviets had produced ah atomic bomb
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astonished America.
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I think what surprised us
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was that considering
the devastation
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which had taken place
in the Soviet Union
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as a result
of World War ll,
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we didn't think
they would be able to amass
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the necessary infrastructure
to develop the bomb,
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but they certainly did
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and they clearly were
in our knickers, so to speak.
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More and more we learned
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how well
they had infiltrated
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the whole
Manhattan Project.
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BRANAGH: Some scientists
working on America's first A-bomb,
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the Manhattan Project,
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believed that America
should not have
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a monopoly
on nuclear weapons.
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Klaus Fuchs,
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a German-born,
British citizen, was one.
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AGNEW: People used
him as a baby-sitter,
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he was a very polite,
very quiet individual.
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No idea at all that he had
this dual personality
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or this dual
endeavor.
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BRANAGH:
In January 1950,
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Fuchs was arrested
in London
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and charged with passing
atomic bomb designs
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to the Soviet Union.
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He was sentenced
to 14 years for espionage.
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INTERPRETER: KGB agents
believe that they brought over
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all the drawings,
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and the scientists simply
copied the information
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they brought back.
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Scientists say
the intelligence data
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was very important.
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The engineers were
less enthusiastic.
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They said, "So what
if we had the information?"
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How to make it,
how to use it --
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that was not clear.
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BRANAGH: The United
States looked to its scientists
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to regain the lead.
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At the Los Alamos
Nuclear Laboratories,
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they planned
the Hydrogen bomb.
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We thought at the time
of atomic bombs
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as being limited in yield
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to approximately the yield
that had been used
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in the war in Japan.
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Whereas we thought
of hydrogen bombs as being
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absolutely unlimited
in what the yield could be
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and more specifically,
we thought of the hydrogen bomb
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as being a thousand times
as big as atomic bombs,
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just as atomic bombs
had been
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a thousand times bigger
than the chemical bombs
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used in World War ll.
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BRANAGH:
This enormous destructive power
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shocked Robert Oppenheimer --
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former leader
of the Manhattan Project.
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He and several
of his colleagues argued
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that such weapons put
the whole world at risk.
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If there is
another world war,
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this civilization may
go under.
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We need to ask ourselves
whether we're doing
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everything we can
to avert that.
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BRANAGH: America feared
that if it didn't build an H-bomb,
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the Russians would.
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President Truman gave
the go-ahead.
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The Pacific atoll
of Eniwetok was chosen
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to be the site
of the world's first
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thermonuclear explosion.
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By 1952,
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Operation Ivy
was ready.
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It required a huge
refrigeration system,
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weighed over 82 tons
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and was 20 feet high.
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NARRATOR: In less
than a minute you will see
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the most powerful explosion
ever witnessed by human eyes.
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The blast will come out
of the horizon
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just about there,
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and this is
the significance of the moment.
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This is the first
full-scale test
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of a hydrogen device.
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If the reaction goes,
we're in the thermonuclear era.
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For the sake of all of us,
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and for the sake
of our country,
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I know that you join me
in wishing this expedition well.
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MAN ON PA: It is now
30 seconds to zero time.
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Put on goggles,
or turn away.
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Do not remove goggles
or face burst
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until 10 seconds after
the first light.
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Minus 10 seconds,
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nine, eight
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seven, six,
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five, four,
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three, two, one,
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t zero.
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BRANAGH:
On November 1, 1952,
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the world's first hydrogen bomb
exploded
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with a force equivalent
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to over 10 million tons
of TNT...
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1,000 times the power
of the bomb
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dropped on Hiroshima.
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AGNEW:
You don't know what heat is
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until you've seen the heat
from a 10-megaton hydrogen bomb.
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It doesn't stop,
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it just gets hotter
and hotter
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and you start to really worry
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even though
you're 20-some miles away.
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And of course, the whole island
disappeared, too,
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which was subsequently
very impressive,
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and the whole lagoon was
just sort of a milky white.
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And then we were asked
to go collect samples,
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so we got into
a little motor boat with buckets
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and went charging
into the crater
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scooping up the radioactive
material
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and taking it back
for the chemists to analyze
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so we could
determine the yield.
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But we were young,
and it was a lot of fun.
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BRANAGH: While America was
developing the hydrogen bomb,
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a conventional war had
broken out in Asia.
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Korea is a small country
thousands of miles away.
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But what
is happening there
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is important
to every American.
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The fact that communist forces
have invaded Korea
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is a warning that there may be
similar acts of aggression
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in other parts
of the world.
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BRANAGH: Congress approved
a 40-billion-dollar increase
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in the defense budget.
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Truman, reluctant to use
nuclear weapons again in Asia,
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fought the communists in Korea
with conventional weapons.
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In 1952,
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General Dwight D. Eisenhower,
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the former
Supreme Allied Commander,
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campaigned to succeed Truman.
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Ike was determined not
to get caught
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in any more
conventional wars.
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Better, he thought,
to threaten the use
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of America's growing
nuclear arsenal
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to deter its enemies.
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Besides, you got
more bang for your buck.
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Moscow was warned
that any further aggression
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could involve
massive retaliation.
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By 1954,
Russia was changing.
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Stalin was dead,
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and a struggle for power
was taking place
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between Nikita Khrushchev
and Georgi Malehkov.
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INTERPRETER: Malenkov
said we have to warn our people
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and all of humanity
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that nuclear war
threatens everyone
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with annihilation.
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It has to be avoided
at all costs.
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But Khrushchev saw this
as ah attempt
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to disarm and weaken
the Soviet people.
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BRANAGH: Later that year,
the Soviet leadership witnessed
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a demonstration
of their nuclear power.
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A ZO-kiloton atomic bomb
was dropped
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in the middle
of a military exercise
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in Totskoye
in the Urals.
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As the bomb exploded,
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troops were sent in
to storm the radiated area.
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The Red Army was
getting ready for nuclear war.
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I was a member
of the assessment team
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for that exercise.
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I remember very well
how Marshal Bulganin,
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the Minister of Defense,
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stated that
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"Nuclear weapons were
not as frightening
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as we had been warned
by the imperialists."
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BRANAGH: American
tests in the Pacific continued.
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In 1954,
"shrimp" was expected to explode
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with a force
of about 5 megatons.
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But the calculations
were wrong.
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Winds spread
radioactive fallout
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much further than expected.
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We had hot been prepared
to have such a high yield,
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so the fallout area
was much larger,
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and unfortunately there
was a Japanese fishing vessel,
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I think called
the Lucky Dragon,
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where some of this fallout
came down on them
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and they had no information
as to what this was
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and they were
a long ways away.
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And before any information
got to them
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or they were detected,
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some of the people did
suffer some radiation effects.
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BRANAGH: The fishermen
had been over 80 miles away
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when they were caught in a cloud
of radioactive dust.
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"Once again the Japanese
have been poisoned
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by ashes of death,"
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reported one Tokyo newspaper.
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All 23 crewmen fell ill.
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One died.
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AGNEW: I thought
it was unfortunate
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that human beings had
been affected,
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but people get hurt
in all sorts of things
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all the time.
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I don't see why
the public reaction
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was quite so strong,
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although the media has
a tremendous effect
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on public reaction.
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BRANAGH: But it
wasn't just the media.
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A former Los Alamos scientist
was worried, too.
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MAN: I came to the
conclusion that the bomb was
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a very dirty bomb.
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And then came a statement
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from the Atomic Energy
Commission
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in the United States,
to say,
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"Don't worry about this...
the fallout.
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It's not more than you get
from a chest X-ray."
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Now I happened to know how much
you get on a chest X-ray,
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and I became
very much alarmed.
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BRANAGH: Several of
the world's leading scientists
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shared this concern.
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With British philosopher
Bertrand Russell,
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they put their names
to a manifesto.
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There lies before us
if we choose,
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continual progress
in happiness, knowledge
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and wisdom.
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Shall we instead choose death
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because we cannot
forget our quarrels?
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We appeal as human beings
to human beings.
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Remember your humanity
and forget the rest.
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If you can do so,
the way lies open
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to a new paradise.
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If you cannot,
there lies before you
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the risk of universal death.
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In 1955, Russia dropped
the world's first
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airborne H-bomb.
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I“ There was a turtle
by the name of Bert I“
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I“ and Bert the Turtle
was very alert I“
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I“ when danger threatened him
he never got hurt I“
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I“ He knew just
what to do I“
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I“ Duck and cover... I“
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MAN: Now you and I don't
have shells to crawl into
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like Bert the Turtle,
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so we have to cover up
in our own way.
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First you duck,
and then you cover.
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And very tightly you cover
the back of your neck.
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WOMAN: We would get
under our desks and stay there
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until we were told
to come out
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or, in some cases,
in some of the classrooms
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we had coat-rooms off
to the side of each classroom
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and we'd walk through
and we'd get our coat
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and we'd go out
into the hallways
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and we would literally
duck down
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facing against
the wall.
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NARRATOR:
Remember what to do, friends.
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Now tell me
right out loud.
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What are you supposed to do
when you see the flash?
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CHILDREN:
Duck and cover!
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In that way we thought
we were protecting ourselves
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from the bombs
and from any damage
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that would be
done to us.
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We felt totally secure
and protected.
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Bomb shelters, you know,
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building bomb shelters
in the back yard
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it was certainly something
you saw a lot in magazines
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and this connotation that
this was happening
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somewhere
in suburbia USA.
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I do remember thinking
of places in our homes
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where these enemy people,
these Russians,
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would never ever find us
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and we would again be,
of course, very safe forever.
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[speaking Russian ]
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INTERPRETER:
In the 1950s,
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it didn't
even cross our minds
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that the Americans were
frightened
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of a Soviet invasion.
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We thought they knew
we only had peaceful aims --
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that all we wanted was
to live in peace.
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We wanted
to rebuild our country.
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We had
our five-year plans.
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Nowhere was it written that
we wanted to invade anybody.
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We thought that we had something
to be frightened of
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because they were capitalists
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and that was something
terrible for us.
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We believed that they sucked
the blood of the workers.
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It didn't even
cross our minds
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that the Americans were
scared of us.
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BRANAGH:
In the Summer of 1955,
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the major powers
convened in Geneva.
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The Russian delegation
was led
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by Marshal Bulgahih
and Nikita Khrushchev.
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Eisenhower's most striking
proposal was "Open Skies."
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Ike claimed his plan
would ease mutual suspicion
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but it would also prize open
the secrecy
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of the Soviet
Military Machine.
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Open Skies involved
both the freedom
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to overfly each other
and observe...
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photograph and observe
what was happening,
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and second, an exchange
of blueprints,
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as Eisenhower termed it,
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of the military programs
on both sides.
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We broke up for tea
shortly after that
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and as we were standing there,
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Khrushchev came walking up
to Eisenhower,
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or sidling up
in his way of walking,
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and said,
"Nyet, nyet, nyet.
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You're simply trying
to look into our bedrooms."
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And as we were
riding back,
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Eisenhower said, "Now we know
who's in charge
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of the Soviet delegation."
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BRANAGH: Later that year
at the Moscow Air Show,
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the Soviets allowed the West
to see their new jet bombers,
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code named "Bison."
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Significantly,
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overhead flew
10 long-range TU-95s,
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capable of delivering
a nuclear bomb
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all the way
to America.
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[speaking Russian ]
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INTERPRETER:
For the Americans,
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seeing 10 planes capable
of reaching the United States
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was a shock.
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At that time,
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in the absence
of ballistic missiles,
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they supposed that
the Soviet Union didn't have
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any means of delivery
to America.
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BRANAGH: In response
to fears of a bomber gap,
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Ike doubled the rate
of B-52 production.
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America needed to find out
how much of a gap
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there really was.
356
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In California,
the wraps were coming off
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a secret photographic
reconnaissance plane.
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It was designed to fly
at 70,000 feet,
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out of range
of fighter planes
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and anti-aircraft missiles.
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The U2.
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Controlled by the CIA,
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these long flights
across Soviet territory
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posed obvious risks.
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But the information they might
bring would be vital.
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Ike took the gamble.
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One of the flights
I was on,
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I came across
the Engels...
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so-called Engels airfield,
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and much to my surprise
and joy
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it was loaded
with Bison bombers.
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I knew right then
that I had found
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that there was
a bomber gap,
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that this had to be
the most important picture
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ever taken
by a reconnaissance pilot.
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I kind of expected
Congressional medals of honor
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00:21:21,747 --> 00:21:23,476
when I landed.
378
00:21:23,549 --> 00:21:28,953
However, it turned out
what I'd taken a picture of
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was not just a portion
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of the entire Russian Air Force
bomber fleet,
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but in fact
I'd taken a picture
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of the entire Russian
bomber fleet,
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and there really was
no bomber gap.
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They were all on that airfield
at the same time.
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Khrushchev,
around that period,
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came to the conclusion
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00:21:50,176 --> 00:21:54,510
that missiles were
the weapons of the future
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and that warships
were getting obsolete,
389
00:21:59,251 --> 00:22:01,378
bombers were
getting obsolete.
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00:22:01,453 --> 00:22:07,323
That we should concentrate
everything on missiles,
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and as he said somewhere that,
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"We are on the point
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of producing missiles
like sausages."
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BRANAGH: Engineers
from all over the Soviet Union
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had been arriving
in the harsh Kazakhstan desert
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to build the top-secret rocket
base of Baikonur.
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On the 15th of May 1957,
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they began testing
the world's first
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intercontinental
Ballistic Missile,
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an ICBM.
401
00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:45,630
[speaking Russian ]
402
00:22:45,698 --> 00:22:47,723
INTERPRETER: We were
kept in such strict secrecy
403
00:22:47,800 --> 00:22:49,825
that we couldn't mention
the word "missile"
404
00:22:49,902 --> 00:22:52,336
even between ourselves.
405
00:22:52,404 --> 00:22:55,396
It was called "the mechanism,"
"the product."
406
00:22:55,474 --> 00:22:57,840
We called it "our dear one."
407
00:22:57,910 --> 00:23:00,140
That romanticism --
it helped us to live,
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00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:04,649
to keep going-
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00:23:04,717 --> 00:23:08,175
BRANAGH: Building
missiles was just one step --
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the next would
surprise the world.
411
00:23:32,211 --> 00:23:35,510
On October 4, 1957,
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00:23:35,581 --> 00:23:38,982
Russia launched the world's
first space satellite.
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They called it Sputnik,
414
00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:44,283
"Traveling Companion
to the Earth."
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00:23:49,962 --> 00:23:52,226
Americans took for granted
that theirs was
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the richest and most
technically advanced nation
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00:23:54,934 --> 00:23:57,300
in the world.
418
00:23:57,369 --> 00:23:59,269
With Sputnik now orbiting
the Earth,
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00:23:59,338 --> 00:24:01,636
all that changed.
420
00:24:01,707 --> 00:24:06,508
Russia had won the opening event
of the space race.
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Everywhere eyes and ears
turned to the sky.
422
00:24:16,755 --> 00:24:19,690
I did have a World War ll
surplus piece of equipment
423
00:24:19,758 --> 00:24:21,749
out in our garage
424
00:24:21,827 --> 00:24:24,261
that had been out there
for some time unused.
425
00:24:24,330 --> 00:24:26,264
It was too heavy to bring
into the house.
426
00:24:26,332 --> 00:24:28,800
So I powered that thing up
427
00:24:28,867 --> 00:24:30,835
and tuned one of the channels
428
00:24:30,903 --> 00:24:33,963
to just above 20 megahertz
in frequency
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00:24:34,039 --> 00:24:37,566
and there faintly in the very
distant background,
430
00:24:37,643 --> 00:24:39,543
among all the noise
and other things,
431
00:24:39,611 --> 00:24:42,205
I could hear this little
chirping sound,
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00:24:42,281 --> 00:24:44,579
more like a cricket chirping
than it was a beep,
433
00:24:44,650 --> 00:24:46,083
if you will.
434
00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:48,642
[chirping]
435
00:24:48,721 --> 00:24:50,916
To me, it was the confirmation
of the fact
436
00:24:50,990 --> 00:24:53,220
that the Russians had indeed
put a satellite into orbit
437
00:24:53,292 --> 00:24:56,489
and sitting there listening
to that signal
438
00:24:56,562 --> 00:24:59,588
and watching the booster
go overhead
439
00:24:59,665 --> 00:25:01,724
you couldn't help
but get goose bumps
440
00:25:01,800 --> 00:25:04,860
thinking about that thing.
441
00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:06,871
[speaking Russian ]
442
00:25:06,939 --> 00:25:10,466
INTERPRETER: Sputnik
came as a shock overseas.
443
00:25:10,542 --> 00:25:13,841
The American military
and others realized
444
00:25:13,912 --> 00:25:18,110
that the period when they were
out of reach had ended.
445
00:25:21,186 --> 00:25:23,746
A new era had begun
when instead of a sputnik,
446
00:25:23,822 --> 00:25:28,020
a nuclear weapon could not
merely circle the earth,
447
00:25:28,093 --> 00:25:33,053
but land where
it was ordered to.
448
00:25:33,132 --> 00:25:35,430
It had given our people
quite a jolt,
449
00:25:35,501 --> 00:25:39,767
almost of
panic proportions to think
450
00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:42,033
that the Soviets could
do that
451
00:25:42,107 --> 00:25:44,041
and that meant they could
452
00:25:44,109 --> 00:25:46,043
hit the United States
with missiles.
453
00:25:46,111 --> 00:25:48,807
Well, Eisenhower had been
thinking about that for years
454
00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:51,441
and this was no news to him.
455
00:25:51,517 --> 00:25:54,452
Our satellite program has
never been conducted
456
00:25:54,520 --> 00:25:56,681
as a race
with other nations.
457
00:25:56,755 --> 00:25:58,518
Rather it has been carefully
scheduled
458
00:25:58,590 --> 00:26:00,455
as part
of the scientific work
459
00:26:00,526 --> 00:26:03,654
of the International
Geophysical Year.
460
00:26:03,729 --> 00:26:06,163
I consider our country's
satellite program
461
00:26:06,231 --> 00:26:08,927
to be well-designed
and properly scheduled
462
00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:11,401
to achieve
the scientific purposes
463
00:26:11,470 --> 00:26:14,530
for which it was initiated.
464
00:26:14,606 --> 00:26:17,336
BRANAGH: Eisenhower's
critics charged that his lethargy
465
00:26:17,409 --> 00:26:21,505
had given away
an advantage.
466
00:26:21,580 --> 00:26:23,445
This government needs
to start telling the truth
467
00:26:23,515 --> 00:26:25,244
to the American people.
468
00:26:25,317 --> 00:26:27,342
Quit kidding ourselves,
and quit trying to fool
469
00:26:27,419 --> 00:26:29,944
our friends
and our neighbors.
470
00:26:30,022 --> 00:26:31,319
And by that I mean
let's find out
471
00:26:31,390 --> 00:26:32,948
just where we stand
in this race
472
00:26:33,025 --> 00:26:34,686
and this armament picture,
473
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:36,751
and let's find out just what
we're going to do about it.
474
00:26:36,829 --> 00:26:38,091
Let's quit acting as if
nothing happened
475
00:26:38,163 --> 00:26:39,824
because something
has happened,
476
00:26:39,898 --> 00:26:41,832
and it has embarrassed us
throughout the world.
477
00:26:41,900 --> 00:26:45,427
[speaking Russian ]
478
00:26:45,504 --> 00:26:48,564
INTERPRETER: The world's mass
media was choking with excitement
479
00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,234
that man had now
entered into space.
480
00:26:57,282 --> 00:27:01,548
We would liked to have
had some rest...
481
00:27:03,555 --> 00:27:07,184
but one must give
credit to Khrushchev.
482
00:27:09,194 --> 00:27:12,891
He realized that
space victories could be
483
00:27:12,965 --> 00:27:16,366
of greater importance
in politics
484
00:27:16,435 --> 00:27:18,426
than the threat of a club
485
00:27:18,504 --> 00:27:21,564
with a nuclear bomb
on its end.
486
00:27:23,809 --> 00:27:27,336
BRANAGH: Within a month,
Russia was ready with Sputnik ll.
487
00:27:27,412 --> 00:27:29,812
This time it carried
a passenger,
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00:27:29,882 --> 00:27:32,544
Laika the dog.
489
00:27:32,618 --> 00:27:35,951
American public opinion
was split
490
00:27:36,021 --> 00:27:38,046
between fear
of Soviet missiles
491
00:27:38,123 --> 00:27:42,219
and worries about the safety
of the dog they called Curly.
492
00:27:42,294 --> 00:27:44,626
WOMAN:
We can only pray
493
00:27:44,696 --> 00:27:48,462
in this time of aioneness
and suffering for Curly,
494
00:27:48,534 --> 00:27:52,834
that God will be merciful
and speed the end.
495
00:27:52,905 --> 00:27:56,500
This voiceless cry of mercy,
496
00:27:56,575 --> 00:28:01,274
as this satellite
spans the earth,
497
00:28:01,346 --> 00:28:04,474
should be long remembered
as the symbol
498
00:28:04,550 --> 00:28:10,750
of the torture the animal world
must go through.
499
00:28:10,822 --> 00:28:13,450
And I don't mean to be
facetious at all,
500
00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:16,722
but something to be remembered
is that
501
00:28:16,795 --> 00:28:21,698
there is a female up there
circling Mother earth.
502
00:28:26,605 --> 00:28:29,403
BRANAGH: To catch
up with the Russians,
503
00:28:29,474 --> 00:28:32,966
America pushed its ovvn
satellite project forward.
504
00:28:33,045 --> 00:28:36,242
GOODPASTER: The army
and the air force were very eager
505
00:28:36,315 --> 00:28:38,943
to put up a satellite.
506
00:28:39,017 --> 00:28:42,544
Eisenhower was dubious
507
00:28:42,621 --> 00:28:46,580
about their proposals
508
00:28:46,658 --> 00:28:49,855
and decided
to call on the Navy
509
00:28:49,928 --> 00:28:52,863
to produce a new satellite,
called the Vanguard,
510
00:28:52,931 --> 00:28:54,592
to carry this out
511
00:28:54,666 --> 00:28:58,898
for peaceful
civilian purposes only.
512
00:28:58,971 --> 00:29:02,566
NARRATOR: And so at the
sunrise hour of the launching day
513
00:29:02,641 --> 00:29:04,666
the US scientists realize
514
00:29:04,743 --> 00:29:07,109
the world is watching
and waiting.
515
00:29:07,179 --> 00:29:10,012
Success or failure will
bring equal headlines.
516
00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:12,312
That is one price
of greatness.
517
00:29:12,384 --> 00:29:14,682
And the Americans who swept this
one out at Cape Canaveral,
518
00:29:14,753 --> 00:29:18,416
know their fledgling
is on the spot.
519
00:29:30,802 --> 00:29:32,633
After rising
but a few feet,
520
00:29:32,704 --> 00:29:35,901
the three-stage, 72-foot rocket
loses its thrust.
521
00:29:35,974 --> 00:29:40,001
The remarkable slow motion films
tell the rest of the story.
522
00:29:42,648 --> 00:29:45,208
BRANAGH:
it was a national humiliation.
523
00:29:45,284 --> 00:29:49,050
The world's press
had a field day.
524
00:29:49,121 --> 00:29:50,850
Something had to be done
in a hurry
525
00:29:50,922 --> 00:29:54,619
to restore confidence
in American technology.
526
00:29:54,693 --> 00:29:57,787
To the rescue came a former
German Rocket Scientist,
527
00:29:57,863 --> 00:30:00,627
Werner von Braun.
528
00:30:00,699 --> 00:30:02,257
His team had been working
on a military missile
529
00:30:02,334 --> 00:30:05,963
known as the Red stone.
530
00:30:06,038 --> 00:30:09,405
Hurriedly the Explorer satellite
was fitted to it.
531
00:30:18,850 --> 00:30:21,114
It worked.
532
00:30:21,186 --> 00:30:24,485
The race in space was between
capitalism and communism --
533
00:30:24,556 --> 00:30:28,322
a competition the West feared
Russia was winning.
534
00:30:40,172 --> 00:30:42,640
Russia was bursting
with pride,
535
00:30:42,708 --> 00:30:46,576
and celebrated
its new, scientific heroes.
536
00:30:50,282 --> 00:30:53,012
America, determined
to catch up,
537
00:30:53,085 --> 00:30:56,486
turned to youth.
538
00:30:56,555 --> 00:30:58,455
Too few students
had been taking
539
00:30:58,523 --> 00:31:01,959
science and engineering.
540
00:31:02,027 --> 00:31:06,862
Too many had followed
softer courses.
541
00:31:06,932 --> 00:31:09,958
The National Defense
Education Act was passed.
542
00:31:10,035 --> 00:31:12,833
As a result, my ex-husband
became an engineer,
543
00:31:12,904 --> 00:31:14,838
my brother became
an engineer.
544
00:31:14,906 --> 00:31:17,136
Most of the people that
I knew in my small environment
545
00:31:17,209 --> 00:31:20,178
went to become
engineers.
546
00:31:20,245 --> 00:31:21,678
After that,
after they did that,
547
00:31:21,747 --> 00:31:23,874
they went into other things
but they were --
548
00:31:23,949 --> 00:31:25,849
I mean we were all sort of
conditioned to think
549
00:31:25,917 --> 00:31:27,509
we should definitely--
550
00:31:27,586 --> 00:31:29,713
This is what
we need to do.
551
00:31:29,788 --> 00:31:33,849
In 1959, Vice-president
Richard Nixon opened
552
00:31:33,925 --> 00:31:37,122
the American National Exhibition
in Moscow.
553
00:31:40,899 --> 00:31:43,891
He tried to impress Khrushchev
with America's advances
554
00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:47,063
in color television.
555
00:31:47,139 --> 00:31:49,733
There are some instances
where you may be ahead of us.
556
00:31:49,808 --> 00:31:52,743
For example
in the development
557
00:31:52,811 --> 00:31:54,836
of the thrust of your rockets
558
00:31:54,913 --> 00:31:56,881
for the investigation
of outer space.
559
00:31:56,948 --> 00:31:58,643
There may be some instances,
560
00:31:58,717 --> 00:32:01,584
for example, color television,
where we're ahead of you.
561
00:32:01,653 --> 00:32:04,486
But in order
for both of us --
562
00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,699
Wait a minute.
563
00:32:15,767 --> 00:32:20,101
Wait 'til you see
the pictures.
564
00:32:20,172 --> 00:32:23,232
BRANAGH: Khrushchev
toured the United States,
565
00:32:23,308 --> 00:32:26,937
the first Communist leader
to be invited.
566
00:32:34,653 --> 00:32:38,987
In Hollywood, the stars turned
out to entertain him.
567
00:32:42,294 --> 00:32:43,727
In the streets,
568
00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:47,287
people gave him
a frostier welcome.
569
00:32:50,001 --> 00:32:52,469
The last few days
of the visit
570
00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:55,870
he spent with Eisenhower
at Camp David.
571
00:32:55,941 --> 00:32:57,875
Both said
they were ready
572
00:32:57,943 --> 00:33:00,741
to slow down
the arms race.
573
00:33:04,583 --> 00:33:07,882
It was difficult for Eisenhower
to argue for restraint.
574
00:33:07,953 --> 00:33:10,353
The American people were
convinced that the missile gap
575
00:33:10,422 --> 00:33:13,482
favored Russia.
576
00:33:13,558 --> 00:33:16,322
Ike was questioning
577
00:33:16,394 --> 00:33:18,919
how much of a gap
there really was.
578
00:33:18,997 --> 00:33:21,966
U2 spy planes had been
searching for missiles.
579
00:33:22,033 --> 00:33:25,002
Few had been found.
580
00:33:25,070 --> 00:33:27,538
We needed the information
the U2 was bringing back
581
00:33:27,606 --> 00:33:29,938
because the Russians were
so secretive,
582
00:33:30,008 --> 00:33:31,703
the largest country
in the world
583
00:33:31,776 --> 00:33:33,767
with no tourists,
no nothing.
584
00:33:33,845 --> 00:33:38,612
I mean, we needed some
special means for finding out.
585
00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,981
BRANAGH: Pilot Gary
Powers was selected for one
586
00:33:41,052 --> 00:33:43,043
of the longest and most
dangerous spy missions
587
00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:44,986
ever flown.
588
00:33:45,056 --> 00:33:46,683
He would take off
from Pakistan
589
00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:52,196
and fly north right across
Russia.
590
00:33:52,264 --> 00:33:54,698
His route would take him
over new and improved
591
00:33:54,766 --> 00:33:57,633
Soviet anti-aircraft defenses.
592
00:33:57,702 --> 00:34:01,160
As soon as the U2 entered
Soviet territory,
593
00:34:01,239 --> 00:34:05,005
Russian radar tracked
its progress.
594
00:34:05,076 --> 00:34:08,637
MiG fighters were launched
but couldn't climb high enough.
595
00:34:08,713 --> 00:34:10,772
The order was given
596
00:34:10,849 --> 00:34:14,046
to fire
new S75 missiles.
597
00:34:16,154 --> 00:34:18,179
[speaking Russian ]
598
00:34:18,256 --> 00:34:21,714
INTERPRETER: One missile was
enough to shoot down the Powers plane.
599
00:34:21,793 --> 00:34:25,388
What we discovered
first of all
600
00:34:25,463 --> 00:34:27,829
were the remains
of the plane
601
00:34:27,899 --> 00:34:30,129
and here
they are behind me --
602
00:34:30,201 --> 00:34:35,298
the fuselage, wings
and fuel tanks.
603
00:34:35,373 --> 00:34:38,171
BRANAGH: Eisenhower was
told the plane was missing,
604
00:34:38,243 --> 00:34:41,212
and that a public statement
might be needed.
605
00:34:41,279 --> 00:34:43,509
I reminded him that we had
606
00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:45,516
a cover story
that we would use,
607
00:34:45,584 --> 00:34:49,418
that the plane was
608
00:34:49,487 --> 00:34:51,648
a high altitude
weather plane
609
00:34:51,723 --> 00:34:54,351
and it must have been off course
and so on.
610
00:34:54,426 --> 00:34:57,554
And so that was put out.
611
00:34:57,629 --> 00:35:00,120
It is entirely possible
612
00:35:00,198 --> 00:35:02,996
that having a failure
in the oxygen equipment
613
00:35:03,068 --> 00:35:06,435
which would result in
the pilot losing consciousness,
614
00:35:06,504 --> 00:35:08,768
the plane continued
on automatic pilot
615
00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,831
for a considerable distance,
616
00:35:10,909 --> 00:35:14,106
and accidentally violated
Soviet air space.
617
00:35:14,179 --> 00:35:18,206
[speaking Russian]
618
00:35:18,283 --> 00:35:21,548
INTERPRETER: And the main
piece of evidence so to speak --
619
00:35:21,620 --> 00:35:25,021
Powers himself
and his equipment.
620
00:35:27,025 --> 00:35:29,550
He had with him
a poisoned pen
621
00:35:29,628 --> 00:35:32,722
and a silenced pistol.
622
00:35:37,402 --> 00:35:39,393
Khrushchev sprang the trap
623
00:35:39,471 --> 00:35:41,701
and having us in it,
624
00:35:41,773 --> 00:35:45,106
said we not only
have the plane,
625
00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:46,734
we have the pilot.
626
00:35:46,811 --> 00:35:49,371
And it wasn't a plane
that was off course --
627
00:35:49,447 --> 00:35:51,142
it was on course.
628
00:35:51,216 --> 00:35:54,344
It was not a high altitude
weather plane,
629
00:35:54,419 --> 00:35:58,014
it was a spy plane
and we know all of that
630
00:35:58,089 --> 00:36:01,581
and demanded an apology
from the United States.
631
00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:05,061
It appears that endeavoring
to obtain information
632
00:36:05,130 --> 00:36:08,998
now concealed
behind the Iron Curtain,
633
00:36:09,067 --> 00:36:12,969
a flight over Soviet territory
was probably undertaken
634
00:36:13,038 --> 00:36:16,940
by an unarmed
civilian U2 plane.
635
00:36:17,008 --> 00:36:20,671
Khrushchev gathered us
around him and he said,
636
00:36:20,745 --> 00:36:23,509
"Look we are going to take
a very tough position
637
00:36:23,581 --> 00:36:26,141
because otherwise
our public
638
00:36:26,217 --> 00:36:28,811
simply would not
understand.
639
00:36:28,887 --> 00:36:34,655
We'll have to make a statement
640
00:36:34,726 --> 00:36:40,426
saying that
the President should apologize,
641
00:36:40,498 --> 00:36:45,162
should punish those responsible
for those flights,
642
00:36:45,236 --> 00:36:48,364
and should say
that they will not
643
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:51,671
be repeated any longer."
644
00:36:51,743 --> 00:36:55,235
BRANAGH:
Two weeks after the shoot down,
645
00:36:55,313 --> 00:36:57,406
at the long awaited
Paris Summit,
646
00:36:57,482 --> 00:37:00,451
Khrushchev, furious that
Eisenhower wouldn't apologize,
647
00:37:00,518 --> 00:37:03,009
stormed out.
648
00:37:08,560 --> 00:37:11,290
The summit collapsed.
649
00:37:11,362 --> 00:37:14,058
In Moscow,
Power's trial for spying
650
00:37:14,132 --> 00:37:16,600
was a major media event.
651
00:37:16,668 --> 00:37:21,105
The world saw America
caught in the act.
652
00:37:21,172 --> 00:37:25,609
I ask the court to weigh
all the evidence...
653
00:37:30,548 --> 00:37:33,574
and take into consideration
not only the fact
654
00:37:33,651 --> 00:37:36,643
that I committed the crime...
655
00:37:39,457 --> 00:37:44,326
but also the circumstances
which led me to do so.
656
00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:51,266
BRANAGH:
Powers got 10 years imprisonment.
657
00:37:53,838 --> 00:37:56,238
Khrushchev feared
the U2 flights
658
00:37:56,307 --> 00:37:58,605
had exposed his claims
of missile superiority
659
00:37:58,676 --> 00:38:02,043
as bluff.
660
00:38:06,785 --> 00:38:09,219
At the secret
Baikonur Cosmodrome,
661
00:38:09,287 --> 00:38:13,849
engineers were testing
a new ICBM.
662
00:38:13,925 --> 00:38:17,292
In charge was
Marshal Nedelin.
663
00:38:17,362 --> 00:38:20,024
[ Kraskina speaking Russian ]
664
00:38:20,098 --> 00:38:22,999
INTERPRETER: There was
a rush to create a new missile.
665
00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:26,434
Orders are orders.
666
00:38:26,504 --> 00:38:29,598
Everybody worked
on orders --
667
00:38:29,674 --> 00:38:34,805
particularly as Nedelin
kept a close eye on this work.
668
00:38:34,879 --> 00:38:37,313
He stayed there
for a whole month
669
00:38:37,382 --> 00:38:40,317
watching the work.
670
00:38:40,385 --> 00:38:43,013
He just sat on a fold-up chair
in front of the rocket
671
00:38:43,087 --> 00:38:47,490
and kept hurrying people,
quicker, quicker.
672
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,947
As a control panel
was being fitted,
673
00:39:12,016 --> 00:39:15,543
the engine ignited.
674
00:39:15,620 --> 00:39:19,522
[ Kraskina speaking Russian ]
675
00:39:19,591 --> 00:39:22,526
People were licked
by a tongue of flame.
676
00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:26,553
People fell
like burning torches
677
00:39:26,631 --> 00:39:30,624
from the top of the rocket.
678
00:39:30,702 --> 00:39:36,004
Those close to the rocket died
in no time at all.
679
00:39:36,074 --> 00:39:40,477
There was
virtually nothing left.
680
00:39:46,084 --> 00:39:49,850
BRANAGH:
189 people died.
681
00:39:54,259 --> 00:39:58,093
When people from our department
went to help,
682
00:39:58,162 --> 00:40:00,995
all they could find
of Marshal Nedelin
683
00:40:01,065 --> 00:40:04,159
was his Marshal's star.
684
00:40:06,471 --> 00:40:08,769
BRANAGH: in America,
the missile program
685
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:13,334
was at last in top gear.
686
00:40:13,411 --> 00:40:15,436
Eisenhower had approved
687
00:40:15,513 --> 00:40:18,641
an additional $12 billion
for defense.
688
00:40:18,716 --> 00:40:22,482
Atlas, Thor, Minuteman
and Polaris missiles
689
00:40:22,553 --> 00:40:25,579
were all successfully tested.
690
00:40:43,408 --> 00:40:45,342
1961.
691
00:40:45,410 --> 00:40:48,379
The bands played
for a new president.
692
00:40:48,446 --> 00:40:50,380
Throughout his election
campaign,
693
00:40:50,448 --> 00:40:52,575
John F. Kennedy
attacked the Republicans
694
00:40:52,650 --> 00:40:54,811
on their weak stance
on communism,
695
00:40:54,886 --> 00:40:57,377
and in particular,
for the missile gap
696
00:40:57,455 --> 00:41:01,789
he claimed Eisenhower
had let develop.
697
00:41:01,859 --> 00:41:04,225
Kennedy promised that his
defense experts
698
00:41:04,295 --> 00:41:06,855
would sort out the problem.
699
00:41:06,931 --> 00:41:08,296
I hardly knew
the difference
700
00:41:08,366 --> 00:41:11,563
between a nuclear weapon
and a conventional weapon.
701
00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:15,732
But my introduction
and indoctrination was swift
702
00:41:15,807 --> 00:41:21,404
because a major element
of the election campaign
703
00:41:21,479 --> 00:41:23,947
that President Kennedy
had just won
704
00:41:24,015 --> 00:41:27,178
was the charge by the Democrats,
including President Kennedy,
705
00:41:27,251 --> 00:41:30,118
that Eisenhower had left
a missile gap,
706
00:41:30,188 --> 00:41:32,418
that the Soviets
had been permitted
707
00:41:32,490 --> 00:41:35,425
by inaction
on the part of the US
708
00:41:35,493 --> 00:41:39,793
to build up a superior nuclear
missile force.
709
00:41:39,864 --> 00:41:42,856
So, clearly my first
responsibility
710
00:41:42,934 --> 00:41:44,401
as Secretary of Defense
was to determine
711
00:41:44,469 --> 00:41:46,164
the degree of the gap
712
00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:48,569
and initiate action
to close it
713
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:51,369
and it took us
about three weeks
714
00:41:51,442 --> 00:41:53,706
to determine --
yes, there was a gap.
715
00:41:53,778 --> 00:41:57,077
But the gap was
in our favor.
716
00:41:57,148 --> 00:41:59,173
BRANAGH: Although
behind in the missile race,
717
00:41:59,250 --> 00:42:01,741
Russia still
had a card to play --
718
00:42:01,819 --> 00:42:05,186
Yuri Gagarin.
719
00:42:05,256 --> 00:42:07,121
[speaking Russian ]
720
00:42:07,191 --> 00:42:09,352
From about 5:00 in the morning
I kept thinking --
721
00:42:09,427 --> 00:42:11,987
"Now they're waking him up.
722
00:42:12,063 --> 00:42:14,827
Now he's getting dressed,
being fed.
723
00:42:14,899 --> 00:42:17,868
Now he's getting on the bus
724
00:42:17,935 --> 00:42:20,836
on his way
to the launch pad."
725
00:42:27,745 --> 00:42:31,306
BRANAGH: Gagarin had been
chosen to be the first man in space.
726
00:42:31,382 --> 00:42:35,876
Behind him sat his backup man,
Gherman Titov.
727
00:42:35,953 --> 00:42:37,386
[speaking Russian ]
728
00:42:37,455 --> 00:42:39,446
For us it was
ordinary work.
729
00:42:39,524 --> 00:42:40,957
Well, not quite ordinary
730
00:42:41,025 --> 00:42:42,993
because we had
to fly rockets and sputniks.
731
00:42:43,061 --> 00:42:46,553
But that's what
we were prepared for.
732
00:43:14,625 --> 00:43:16,650
[ Kraskina speaking Russian ]
733
00:43:16,727 --> 00:43:19,594
INTERPRETER: We could
see the launch very well.
734
00:43:19,664 --> 00:43:23,031
At first our "dear one"
started rocking very slightly,
735
00:43:23,101 --> 00:43:26,593
then whoosh off it went.
736
00:43:26,671 --> 00:43:29,731
Up into the sky.
737
00:43:29,807 --> 00:43:32,640
It was incredibly beautiful,
particularly for us
738
00:43:32,710 --> 00:43:36,202
who'd given so much of
themselves to the project.
739
00:44:48,085 --> 00:44:52,078
Gagarin circled the earth.
740
00:44:52,156 --> 00:44:56,456
The flight had lasted
108 minutes.
741
00:45:00,898 --> 00:45:04,959
He arrived back
to a hero's welcome.
742
00:45:13,911 --> 00:45:15,845
[ Mishina speaking Russian ]
743
00:45:15,913 --> 00:45:18,177
There were tears of joy.
744
00:45:18,249 --> 00:45:21,514
People kissed strangers
in the streets.
745
00:45:21,586 --> 00:45:24,054
And Gagarin,
he was everybody's love.
746
00:45:24,121 --> 00:45:26,316
He and his smile.
747
00:45:26,390 --> 00:45:29,985
I still keep his photograph.
748
00:45:35,032 --> 00:45:38,024
BRANAGH: His achievement
delighted every Russian,
749
00:45:38,102 --> 00:45:41,868
and the world.
56749
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