Throughout this site, we have a number of video and other multimedia resources that can take you to historical sites or help visualize what are sometimes complex ideas. This page lists all of the media resources for the Cold War era. To play these media elements you will need two free player programs, QuickTime® and Flash®. Below are links to the sites where you can download the players. Clicking these links will open a new browser window -- just close the new window to come back here.
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QuickTime movie of Russian actions after WWII. |

Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
When you open the site, click on Launch Speech Player. Toward the bottom on the left, click on Highlights and then Iron Curtain to hear that section of the speech. Explore the pictures, events, Churchill's notes, etc. along the timeline. |

QuickTime movie of the development of TV in Nebraska. |

QuickTime movie of "TV Comes to Town." |

QuickTime movie of early SAC operations. |

QuickTime movie of the history of SAC's deterrence role through the Cuban missile crisis. |

QuickTime movie of a training flight for atomic missions. |

QuickTime movie of the Looking Glass missions. |

QuickTime movie of an underground missile command bunker. |

QuickTime movie of the targeting of nuclear missiles and bombs. |

QuickTime movie of the opening of "Duck and Cover." |

Flash interactive map of the Nebraska Survival Plan. |

Slide Show of Operation Cue photographs. |

QuickTime movie of destruction caused by Operation Cue. |

Audio QuickTime movie of a 1962 Civil Defense public service announcement. |

QuickTime movie of the fall of the Berlin Wall. |

The Story of Beef:
Nebraska Prospers |

The Story of Beef:
Louis Dinklage & Cattle Feeding |

The Story of Beef:
Stockyards Supreme |

The Story of Beef:
End of the Stockyards |