Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Cold War Essay- Final Project

Your Task: Summarize how film makers portrayed the Cold War. Show how they portrayed the conflict between the U.S and U.S.S.R and if there was bias. (3-5 Pages)
Films
-The Day After 1981
- Nuclear Attack on the U.SSpies Like US 1985
-ComedyRed Dawn 1984 Action
-Rocky IV 1985 Action
-Dr. Stangelove 1963 Comedy/Drama
-Miracle on Ice - There are different versions of this on the 1980 Olympic Team

Dr. Stangelove Clips
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWP_rEWG2xk Presidents
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iesXUFOlWC0 Survival Plan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeedOjAbo4o

Some of these post are no longer but if you search for Rocky IV clips you will get a sense of what the video was about. Training sections is good.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AemCeiuI_k Training Soviet Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GooPzffWkVc&feature=related US Style
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV3xnk3GuvI&feature=related I must break you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UQ1hw2bkdA&feature=related USSR Anthem
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261sgYPcjes If I can change speech