In August 1961, a few railway cars and barbed wire divided East Germany from West. It was a barrier that would be extended and become increasingly more sophisticated, a technological counter to each escape attempt. Computer imagery reconstructs how the Berlin Wall grew from a meager obstacle to a 97 mile barrier of concrete slabs, watchtowers and guards.

August 13, 1961: The passengers on the interzonal train from Munich to East Berlin learn 3½ hours be...

How in 1959, during the heat of the Cold War, the government of the United States decided to create ...

The incredible story of Bill Gaede, an Argentinian engineer, programmer… and Cold War spy.

At the dawn of the Space Race, seven test pilots set out to become the first American astronauts to ...

Deng Xiaoping's economic and political opening in China. Margaret Thatcher's extreme economic measur...

The story of the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962—the nuclear standoff with the USSR sparked by the disc...
A documentary about the deconstruction of the Berlin Wall which makes no use of vocal commentary but...

Two families attempt a daredevil plan to escape the GDR with a homemade hot air balloon, but it cras...

The Polygon shines a light on the village of Sarzhal in East Kazakhstan, situated only 18kms from th...

A disturbing collection of 1940s and 1950s United States government-issued propaganda films designed...

In February 1986 they received the call of a fatherland that no longer exists: four young GDR citize...

When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions on its maiden voyage, the crew must race to save ...

A Texas congressman sets a series of events in motion when he conspires with a CIA operative to aid ...

In Cold War-era Romania, two Securitate officers intercept a letter from Richard Nixon to Nicolae Ce...

Described by Deadline Hollywood as the "tragic true story" of Chris Gueffroy, it follows one of the ...

Deep in the frozen winters of Siberia, the world's greatest weapon is discovered -- a golden Sharpie...

This film shows how far we have come since the cold-war days of the 50s and 60s. Back then the Russi...

"McCarthy" chronicles the rise and fall of Joseph McCarthy, the Wisconsin senator who came to power ...

13 August 1961: the GDR closes the sector borders in Berlin. The city is divided overnight. Escape t...

Edward Wilson, the only witness to his father's suicide and member of the Skull and Bones Society wh...