The day we almost ended everything — from inside the subs that almost pulled the trigger.
Explore the events of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis and hear from some of the actual participants in this riveting program. After an American naval blockade intercepted Soviet submarines on a secret mission to set up a military base in Cuba, the two nations engaged in a tense standoff that led the world to the brink of nuclear war. Submariners from both sides talk about the conflict, and viewers get a look inside their subs and the U.S. war room.
Acting
Real submariners, decades later, still haunted.
Direction
Jane Armstrong weaves Cold War anxiety into tight 90 minutes.
Director
Jane Armstrong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'secret subs' were Foxtrot-class diesel boats, not nuclear—making their 3-week silent approach even more desperate.
Vasili Arkhipov, who prevented nuclear launch on Sub B-59, isn't interviewed here—he died in 1998, his role still classified when this filmed.
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