Cold War: The Tech Race
The decades during the Cold War were one thing above all: a race between scientists. Researchers, engineers and experts from the USA and the Soviet Union not only drove the space program, but also experimented in the fields of atomic energy, weapons technology and meteorology. The documentary highlights the technological advances from 1947-1991 in four episodes.
Miniseries
4 episodes
- 1. Fuel for DestructionThe American attack on Hiroshima and Nagasaki marks the beginning of the Cold War, which is expected to last for decades and bring scientific advances with it. In secret laboratories, American and Soviet experts are working on new methods of warfareCC50minJun 11, 2021
- 2. Golden Age of ScienceThe superpowers USA and Soviet Union engaged in an arms race during the Cold War and at the same time drove the technological progress of an entire society. Areas of natural science that have so far received little attention, such as seismology and meteorology, are now being declared research goals.CC50minJun 18, 2021
- 3. Information Is PowerIn the race between the two superpowers, the USA and the Soviet Union, for supremacy during the Cold War, the development of new technologies was massively promoted. Especially in space and aviation. Rockets could be equipped with nuclear weapons and transported satellites into space. The development of computers also took a rapid course and the information age began.CC50minJun 25, 2021
- 4. Race to SpaceThe Soviet Union sent the first satellite into orbit around the earth in 1957. This came as a shock to the western world. When Yuri Gagarin became the first human to fly through space on April 12, 1961, the race for supremacy in space seemed decided. But then, in 1969, the Americans became the first nation to set foot on the moon. The race to conquer space continued.CC50minJul 2, 2021
Cold War: The Tech Race
The decades during the Cold War were one thing above all: a race between scientists. Researchers, engineers and experts from the USA and the Soviet Union not only drove the space program, but also experimented in the fields of atomic energy, weapons technology and meteorology. The documentary highlights the technological advances from 1947-1991 in four episodes.
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- WildBear Entertainment
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English
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