October 16, 2007
By RAY KUGLER, The Associated Press
It was one of the most terrifying chapters of the Cold War -- a standoff with the Soviet Union over missiles spotted in Cuba, right on America's doorstep.
Exactly 45 years after President Kennedy was first shown reconnaissance photos of the missiles, asap found some newsreel footage from the end of the crisis, when the Soviets pulled the missiles off the island.
In the clip, you can see the Soviet ships, loaded up with the weapons, on their slow exit away from Cuba.
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Ray Kugler is asap's senior audiovisual reporter.
