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During the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962, Soviet Navy officer Vasily Arkhipov refused to launch a nuclear strike and saved the world from nuclear war and total destruction.
Movie: The Man Who Saved the World
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Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Vasily Arkhipov
Submarine Captain
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
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