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The man who saved the world

Call Number

  • DVD 909.82 M2662 (CEN)

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Languages

English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.

Performers

Narrator, Liev Schreiber.

Publication Information

[Boston] : PBS Distribution, c2012.

Physical Description

1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

This film explores the dramatic and little-known events that unfolded inside a nuclear-armed Soviet submarine during the Cuban Missile Crisis. While politicians sought a solution to the stand-off, Vasili Arkhipov, an officer aboard the submarine, refused to fire a nuclear torpedo, thus averting disaster.

Notes

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Originally broadcast on PBS in 2012 as an episode of the television series Secrets of the dead.

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