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U-2 Spy Plane - Days That Shook the World

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

The shooting down of America's U-2 spy plane on 1 May 1960 put a resounding stop to the ostensibly thawing Cold War relations between the US and the USSR. In just two weeks' time a nuclear disarmament summit was due to take place, yet, behind this façade, America had mobilised U-2, to photograph Soviet military installations. Witnesses - including the pilot Gary Powers - help to reconstruct that fateful day. Director Stephen Bennett ; Executive producer Chris Kelly
First shown on BBC4

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Unknown:
Gary Powers
Director:
Stephen Bennett
Producer:
Chris Kelly
Source: Radio Times

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