" ... includes complete newsreel stories from the early years of the Cold War, ranging from Winston Churchill's "Iron Curtain" speech, reported by British Paramount News in March 1946, to the start of the Korean War, reported by Gaumont-British News in August 1950. Each of the stories can be run with its original Paramount or Gaumont-British soundtrack, or with modern notes and audio commentaries by historians. These have been specially recorded for the CD-ROM by John Young, Professor of Politics at the University of Leicester, and by Jerry Kuehl, visual historian and documentary film producer ...". _ Insert.
" ... based on an original film compilation made by Peter Boyle (University of Nottingham) on behalf of the InterUniversity History Film Consortium in 1976". _ Insert.
Title from title screen.
Produced in association with: British Universities Film & Video Council.
The origins of the Cold War, 1945-1950. Published by InterUniversity Film Consortium in 1999. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.