The year before Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev places nuclear missiles on Cuba, the Soviets blow up the biggest atomic bomb ever detonated. If it blew up over Paris, millions would die.

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Hosted by: Indy Neidell
Written by: Spartacus Olsson
Director: Astrid Deinhard
Producers: Astrid Deinhard and Spartacus Olsson
Executive Producers: Astrid Deinhard, Indy Neidell, Spartacus Olsson, Bodo Rittenauer
Creative Producer: Joram Appel
Post-Production Director: Wieke Kapteijns
Research by: Spartacus Olsson
Edited by: Daniel Weiss
Sound design: Marek Kaminski

Colorizations:
- Carlos Ortega Pereira (BlauColorizations) - https://www.instagram.com/blaucolorizations/

Sources:
RIA Novosti archive, image #35173, image #793499.
https://flickr.com/photos/102221463@N02/22305538758

From the Noun Project:
Mountain - By Harold Weaver
Mushroom Cloud - By yanti, ID
destroyed house - by Gan Khoon Lay
Hospital - By Hare Krishna, IN
Fire Station - By Florian Maier
School - David
Church - by Karla Design
Paris - By Vonn Weisenberger

Soundtracks from Epidemic Sound:
- Cold Eyes - Elliot Holmes
- Scope - Got Happy
- Juvenile Delinquent - Elliot Holmes
- Moving to Disturbia - Experia
- Zoot Suit - Elliot Holmes
- From the Depths - Walt Adams
- Car Chase in Virginia - White Bones

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A TimeGhost chronological documentary produced by OnLion Entertainment GmbH.