Flying Cold War - The Rise of Commercial Air Travel

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Our historical documentary series on the history of the Cold War continues with a look at the growth of commercial air travel. We show how international politics and the Cold War impacted and affected the development of air routes, how selling soft-power was translated into the aviation space and the how that commercialization impacted the role of women.

Reykjavik Summit 1986: https://youtu.be/xmDHy4M7rdM
Saturday Morning Cartoons: https://youtu.be/hPToTKCcycI
The Profumo Affair: https://youtu.be/PfQ-FY3zPdM
Ghosts of Cold War Berlin: https://youtu.be/52bC38bm6rk
America's Bioweapons pt 2: https://youtu.be/0yEVIRy23H4
America's Bioweapons pt 1: https://youtu.be/12WyLu6WuBs
The CIA's Poisoner-in-Chief: https://youtu.be/6zRat81cDrg
The Soviet Economy: Brezhnev, Oil, & Stagnation: https://youtu.be/NUUZCD_XfjI
The Soviet Economy: Revolution to Khrushchev: https://youtu.be/2arxTSPhr6g
How Khrushchev Fed the Soviet People: https://youtu.be/qIZDa7ZcUhE
How Khrushchev Housed Everyone: https://youtu.be/lazVrmC7IVQ
Soviet Tourism: https://youtu.be/t9KrH-xG20Q
Soviet Passport System: New Serfdom or Reform?: https://youtu.be/Dgr9F3WFsbo
Soviet Education System: https://youtu.be/AD_JwbivtMA
Communist Girl Scouts of America: https://youtu.be/QvgEHc0iyoQ
ASALA, Armenia Secret Army: https://youtu.be/DFzIVfTNjH0
Amchitka Island Nuclear Test: https://youtu.be/Z89YnSS5RQA
Soviet Criminal Underworld: https://youtu.be/zEJrivfLKGc
Project Iceworm: Nukes Under the Ice: https://youtu.be/ePT8gp0LKsk
Haiti and the Dominican Republic: https://youtu.be/apgYxvtDFQY

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