Days That Shook the World
Season 2 Episode 9 - Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel
1 May 1960 and 18 February 1962 These two stories from the height of the Cold War illustrate the mistrust and suspicion of an era. A spy plane shot down from the skies over Russia and the eventual dramatic exchange of the pilot for a Russian spy across a bridge in Berlin.
Episodes in Season 2
Disaster in the Sky: The Hindenburg / Challenger Disaster
52 min
The Christmas Truce
51 min
Attack on Pearl Harbor
50 min
Grand Heist: The Theft of the Crown Jewels / The Great Train Robbery
52 min
Conspiracy to Kill: The Real Day of the Jackal / Wolf's Lair
51 min
Reach For The Stars: Trials of Galileo / Yuri Gagarin's Flight
52 min
Dinosaurs & Duplicity: Discovery of the First Dinosaur/Piltdown Man
52 min
Terrorism: Assassination of Abraham Lincoln/Oklahoma City Bombing
51 min
Cold War Spies: Gary Powers/Rudolf Abel
51 min
Affairs of the Crown: The Execution of Anne Boleyn/The Abdication of Edward VIII
51 min