Cold War

Sex, spies and nuclear missiles. Fifty years ago the world teetered on the brink of nuclear holocaust. The pivotal year of the Cold War, 1963 saw Britain rocked by revelations about war minister John Profumo sharing a glamorous young mistress with a Soviet spy. The nation's first nuclear submarine was launched and the Polaris missile system was bought from the Americans, sparking a deadly nnew phase in the conflict and mass protests. The RAF was on standby to launch its V-bombers at just four minutes' notice and English Electric Lightning jet fighters were Britain's first line of air defence. The year saw Beatlemania taking hold, the Vietnam War escalating wildly, the Great Train Robbers playing monopoly with real money, Beeching dropping his axe on the railways, a top British intelligence officer revealed as a Soviet agent, Sean Connery in From Russia With Love, Steve McQueen in The Great Escape and the assassination of US President John F Kennedy. CW_001.eps 1 0001 2 0002 3 Layout 1 4 Layout 3 5 0005 6 0006 7 0007 8 0008 9 0009 10 0010 11 0011 12 0012 13 0013 14 0014 15 0015 16 0016 17 0017 18 0018 19 0019 20 0020 21 0021 22 0022 23 Layout 1 24 Layout 1 25 Layout 3 26 Layout 3 27 Layout 1 28 Layout 1 29 Layout 3 30 Layout 3 31 Layout 3 32 Layout 3 33 Layout 3 34 Layout 3 35 Layout 3 36 Layout 3 37 0037 38 0038 39 0039 40 0040 41 0041 42 0042 43 0043 44 0044 45 0045 46 0046 47 Layout 3 48 0048 49 0049 50 0050 51 0051 52 0052 53 0053 54 Layout 3 55 Layout 3 56 Layout 3 57 0057 58 Layout 3 59 0059 60 Layout 1 61 0061 62 0062 63 0063 64 0064 65 0065 66 0066 67 0067 68 0068 69 0069 70 0070 71 0071 72 0072 73 Layout 3 74 0074 75 0075 76 0076 77 0077 78 0078 79 Layout 3 80 0080 81 0081 82 Layout 3 83 Layout 1 84 Layout 3 85 Layout 1 86 Layout 1 87 Layout 1 88 Layout 3 89 Layout 1 90 Layout 1 91 0091 92 0092 93 Layout 3 94 0094 95 0095 96 0096 97 0097 98 0098 99 Layout 3 100 0100 101 0101 102 Layout 3 103 Layout 3 104 0104 105 Layout 3 106 0106 107 0107 108 0108 109 0109 110 0110 111 Layout 1 112 Layout 1 113 Layout 1 114 Layout 1 115 Layout 1 116 Layout 1 117 Layout 1 118 Layout 1 119 0119 120 0120 121 Layout 3 122 0122 123 0123 124 0124 125 0125 126 0126 127 0127 128 0128 129 0129 130 Layout 3 131 Layout 1 132 "A wonder of innovation and a 20th century icon -- Concorde pushed the boundaries of speed, technology and luxury. The magnificent white bird, travelling at twice the speed of sound between London, Paris and New York represented the pinnacle of commercial air travel. When it first took to the skies in 1969 its systems were the most refined and complex ever seen, its pointed nose, slender fuselage and delta wing gave it the appearance of an arrow pointed at the horizon and it went faster than a rifle bullet. Concorde's passengers were heads of state, royalty, pop stars, millionaires and those so caught up in the dream of supersonic flight that they were willing to part with the enormous cost of a ticket for the greatest airliner ever made. Concorde: Supersonic Speedbird -- The Full Story gives a complete account of this incredible aircraft."--Cover