History Detectives

3-D Cuban Missile Crisis

Season 5 Episode 1 | 56m 46s  | Video has closed captioning.

A woman in Portland, Oregon, has a portable projection screen that may have helped save the Free World. It came her way with a letter stating that in 1962, it was borrowed from a club of 3-D photography enthusiasts in Dayton, Ohio, to show President John F. Kennedy the aerial spy photos that helped him resolve the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Aired: 08/06/13

Rating: TV-PG

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