Days That Shook the World
Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel
S2 • E9 Jul 1, 2004 51m
1 May 1960 and 18 February 1962
These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicion of an era. A spy plane shot down from the skies over Russia and the eventual dramatic exchange of the pilot for a Russian spy across a bridge in Berlin.
These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicion of an era. A spy plane shot down from the skies over Russia and the eventual dramatic exchange of the pilot for a Russian spy across a bridge in Berlin.