This six-minute video provides students with a brief and engaging overview of the nuclear standoff during the Cold War, and how it permeated American culture. It poses the question of whether the threat posed by nuclear weapons may be greater now than ever before. The video contextualizes the current discussion of nuclear proliferation by comparing today’s problems with the comparative predictability of the Cold War’s nuclear standoff, showing students both the changes and the continuities relating to one of the gravest challenges of the 21st century.