People's Century - Season 1 Episode 12 1945: Brave New World
Despite being allies against Hitler, disagreement and rivalry soon break out between the Soviet Union and the West, leading to the Cold War. The Soviet Union installs puppet regimes across Eastern Europe with planned economies, prompting Churchill to deliver his Iron Curtain speech. Both sides increasingly distrusts the other, and use propaganda to promote their cause. In 1949 McCarthyism and the Mosinee mock Soviet coup demonstrate US anxiety about communism following Soviet acquisition of the atom bomb and the victory of communism in China. The Berlin Blockade, the Korean War and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 become flashpoints, although both sides eventually begin to believe in peaceful coexistance and accept a division of spheres of influence. The Soviet Block remains wary of the influence of Western ideas and its superior standard of living, and in 1962 reinforces its divide with the West by building the Berlin Wall. The introductory scene shows the fracternal relationship that had existed between Soviet and Western forces when they finally met in Germany in 1945. Interviewees include Manny Fried and Gail Halverson.
Year: 1995
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom, United States of America
Studio: BBC One
Director: Zvi Dor-Ner, David Espar, Peter Pagnamenta
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First Air Date: Sep 13, 1995
Last Air date: Oct 08, 1995
Season: 1 Season
Episode: 26 Episode
Runtime: 26 minutes
IMDb: 8.00/10 by 1.00 users
Popularity: 1.177
Language: English
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Season
Season 1
Episode
1900: Age of Hope
1914: Killing Fields
1917: Red Flag
1919: Lost Peace
1926: On the Line
1927: Great Escape
1929: Breadline
1930: Sporting Fever
1933: Master Race
1939: Total War
1945: Fallout
1945: Brave New World
1947: Freedom Now
1948: Boomtime
1951: Asia Rising
1954: Living Longer
1957: Skin Deep
1959: Endangered Planet
1963: Picture Power
1949: Great Leap
1968: New Release
1970: Half the People
1973: War of the Flea
1979: God Fights Back
1989: People Power
1997: Fast Forward
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