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Shot down over the Soviet Union

Shot down over the Soviet Union (2003)

January. 01,2003
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5.5
| History Documentary

Shot down over the Soviet Union

2003  / 0 hr 53 min

The reconnaissance flights of the Americans into East Block airspace were more numerous and more dangerous than originally claimed. From the sky, the Cold War was waged in earnest - with cameras, aerial canons and rockets. There were countless weapons launched, prisoners taken and fatalities suffered. During the secret aerial war the superpowers forced patently western aircraft into Soviet airspace; Western Germany was a sort of base for America's espionage activities. The film discloses a multitude of heretofore unknown actions, elucidated by impressive, often emotional commentary by the actual participants. The contemporary witnesses discuss operations including the dropping of agents during night flights, and top-secret actions undertaken to detect potential bases for nuclear attacks.

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Director
Dirk Pohlmann
Cast
Isabelle Blais, Damien Garvey
Producted By
ARTE

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