In a meeting with ranking military and government staff, an American professor argues in favor of a first strike policy: one in which the United States attacks the Soviet Union first. He is countered by a general who questions the morality of such a stance and such action. This clip highlights the extremities in Cold War thinking.

This scene showcases the concept of "mutually assured destruction" when Brigade General Jack Ripper recommends attacking with nuclear weapons before the enemy does.

President John Kennedy deals with communist expansion in Vietnam and promises aid to the South Vietnamese but doesn't plan on large scale involvement of US forces.

Some reconciliation takes place between the Soviet Union and the United States as they agree, along with the United Kingdom, to ban nuclear weapon testing in the atmosphere, under water, and in space.

An animated and cited examination of Soviet motivations for placing nuclear missles in Cuba during the Cold War. It clarifies that the United States actually caused the Cuban Missile Crisis.