Witness the resignation of Nikita Khrushchev, premier of the Soviet Union, 1964

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A discussion of the United States' immigrant past, from the documentary Face of America: Ellis Island Immigration Museum.

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Learn about the role of women in Nazi Germany.

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Learn more about V-J Day, the Potsdam Conference, and the end of World War II in this interview with Jeff Wallenfeldt, senior editor of geography and history at Encyclopædia Britannica, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of V-J Day.

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“Summit Crisis,” a newsreel about the U-2 Incident and the collapse of the 1960 Paris summit.

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War in Europe ending with Germany's unconditional surrender, May 1945.

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West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer negotiating the release of 10,000 German POWs from the Soviet Union, 1955.

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Overview of the Soviet Union's blockade of West Berlin, with a detailed discussion of the deutsche mark's role in the event.