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On the Brink: Doomsday

A Cold War thriller delves into the complex relationships between powerful leaders, including Kennedy, Khrushchev, Yeltsin, and Reagan, as they navigate international diplomacy and nuclear tensions.

The atomic bomb's devastating impact on Hiroshima in 1945 claimed over 70,000 lives and left many more wounded. This event marked humanity's discovery of nuclear power and its accompanying fear. The subsequent H-Bomb explosion in the Pacific Ocean only intensified fear and panic, which continued to escalate during the Cold War. Military and war experts recount the terrifying near-miss of a global nuclear apocalypse, a threat that still looms today.

Info about On the Brink: Doomsday

Studio(s): Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel (TLC)

Originally Released: United States, Jan 01, 1997

Genres:Documentary, War