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5. The crisis: Day one

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Spy plane pictures reveal the Soviet missile build up to the Americans. How will they respond? The Cuban Missile Crisis, told by Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy.

Spy plane pictures reveal the Soviet missile build up to the Americans. Now they know what Khrushchev has really been up to. How will a furious President Kennedy respond? Hosts Nina Khrushcheva and Max Kennedy, relatives of the superpower leaders, tell the personal and political history of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

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