This collection of clips from the BBC Archive can be used to support teaching GCSE History units on The Cold War in England and for National 5 examinations in Scotland.
Accompanied by teachers notes linked to the GCSE History curriculum, this selection of archive content can:
- Help pupils make valid historical claims by using a range of sources in their historical context.
- Develop their ability to ask relevant questions about the past.
- Support critical thinking in the investigation of historical sources.
1945 Roosevelt speech at Yalta. video
An audio clip from the BBC archive taken from a speech made by the American President, Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Yalta Conference.
1948 Eisenhower on the Marshall Plan. video
An archive video clip of Dwight Eisenhower being asked questions about the European Recovery Programme, better known as the Marshall Plan.
1949 Signing of the Atlantic Pact. video
A BBC Archive newsreel clip of the signing of the Atlantic Pact, the establishment of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO).
1961 Building the Berlin Wall report. video
A short clip from the BBC Archive as journalist Peter Woods reports on the construction of the Berlin Wall.
1962 President Kennedy's Cuban Missile speech. video
A clip from the BBC Archive from President John Kennedy’s television broadcast to the American people on the Cuban Missile Crisis.
1989 East Berliners crossing the wall. video
A clip from a BBC news report from 10 November 1989 as the Berlin Wall is freely crossed for the first time.
