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U-2 Incident: The Cold War (May 1, 1960)

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Man wearing a white helmet parachutes in a clear blue sky. Text reads, "U-2 Incident. The Cold War, May 1st, 1960."

On May 1, 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down by the Soviet Air Defense Forces while performing photographic aerial reconnaissance deep inside Soviet territory. The single-seat aircraft, flown by pilot Francis Gary Powers, was hit by an S-75 Dvina surface-to-air missile and crashed near Sverdlovsk.

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Runtime: 3 minutes 13 seconds

Topic: Geography, History
Subtopic: Russia, U.S. History - 1946-1999, World History - 1946-1999
Grade/Interest Level: 6 - 12
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Release Year: 2018
Producer/Distributor: Simple History
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Man holding a microphone lays on his side on a stage looking towards camera. Behind him, a few men play musical instruments.

Black and white frame shows a man holding the shoulders of a young woman looking back up at him into his eyes. Caption. I was waiting for you.

Silhouette of a large stone statue of a man wearing armor and a helmet on a rearing horse against a cloudy sky backdrop. Caption with male narrator, "St. Petersburg was the vision of one man."

Animation of an area near the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. Leafless trees, homes, and power lines beneath an overcast sky. Caption. Everything is polluted and highly radioactive.

Animation of World War 2 Soviet commanders speaking in front of a battlefield map to a crowded room of officers. Caption. To fortify the Kursk region and to wait.

Title text reads, "Cold War Gadgets," against a background that shows a blurry briefcase.

Digital map titled "Battle of Stalingrad." Germany and its occupied territories are green with red swastikas. The U, S, S, R is yellow with 2 red stars with yellow arrows pointing towards Germany's eastern fronts.

Still image from: Crash Course U.S. History: The Cold War

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: Russia, the Kievan Rus, and the Mongols

Still image from: Crash Course World History I: USA vs USSR Fight! The Cold War