The Cold War Vault

EP56: Doom Inflation -the Doomsday Clock

Recently, the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists moved the minute hand of the "Doomsday Clock" to 90 seconds to midnight. Since 1947, the clock has been a symbol of existential dread. But has it outlived its purpose?

A SHOW UPDATE and Cuban Missile Crisis Project Report

This is a short one. It's a show update for the new YouTube series on the alternate end of the Cuban Missile Crisis on this 60th Anniversary. And a little speculation on how things might have been. I have lots to share on the new channel https://www.youtube.com/@coldwarvault [https://www.youtube.com/@coldwarvault]  The new series is just a start. Come see what I'm building there and subscribe.  And come to Patreon.com/coldwarvault [http://Patreon.com/coldwarvault] for more material, early releases and a direct line to my ear.  --DJ

EP54: Movies of the Cold War AFTERMATH

The final installment of the series on cinema of nuclear war brings us to the uncertain world of the "aftermath." From immediate effects to decades after, who knows what the world after a nuclear war will be like? Movies of the Cold War have made an attempt to figure it out.

EP53: Movies of the Cold War STRIKE

In the third episode of this series of nuclear war on film, we look at the moment the missiles land and how it was depicted through the decades of the Cold War--from survival to hopeless destuction.

EP 52: Movies of the Cold War LAUNCH

This is the second part of a series about the films of the Cold War. This time we go beyond escalation to launching the war. What kinds of glitches and mistakes might have caused the balloon to go up and how it was represented in the movies.