Spies of War - The Spy who Saved the World | Full Documentary

Ancient Apocalypse: Sodom and Gomorrah: kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpKQZaONqLKHn6M
October 1962: The world holds its breath under the threat of a nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis. Behind the scenes, one of the greatest spies of the century plays a crucial role to help Kennedy stand up to Khrushchev. This episode of “Spies of War” reveals the remarkable achievements of Oleg Penkovsky, a Soviet officer working for the CIA. Discover how he betrayed USSR to be a mole to the West and relive his incredible life until its tragic end to see how he prevented World War III.
--
Welcome to the official Get.factual youtube channel! 🌍
We are a documentary streaming channel covering history, science, technology, and nature. Explore worlds distant, forgotten, and unknown; from the depths of ocean trenches to the far reaches of the cosmos.
New uploads of full-length documentaries and docu-series every week!
Subscribe here: bit.ly/GetfactualSUB

[@stephaniejooste3879]

He truly died for the world, we all owe him a great gratitude!

[@userkr5479]

He should have been given the Nobel peace price multiple times over.

[@john-ic5pz]

they ran out after Kissinger got his

[@adsrinivasan]

He becomes true hero and gets his recognition posthumously from the world through documentaries.

[@jamesthornton9399]

Heroic things. Totally thought he could get away with gilving away the bank. But it says something that you can not have a sketkcy back ground. But it is the same as getting a bad rap in Nazi Germany if your family is Jewish. If the GRU would have let the Conell try and clean up the GRU and take their lumps, and accepte that the Conell 's father fightint for the White Russians, then the GRU really was not worth the Rubles they were paid.

[@vincevincent6984]

Theirs a movie 🍿 “The Courier” Hollywood always on top of it

[@Shelleyshelleyxyz]

Thank you Sir. May you rest in peace.

[@bijaymalla8290]

This particular true story would have made a beautiful Hollywood spy thriller. There is so much suspence in the events the viewers would have remained glued in their seats.

[@suzil8598]

This was nerve wracking to live through. I lived in reach of Cuban missiles. We didn't know from day to day if we would live through the day.

[@thiruvetti]

You know what makes the spy stories of those pre 1960s interesting, they had absolute freedom since there were no CCTVs, no internet tech to reveal spies. So they could walk across their boss without doubt (But does the boss already know?? ) Also they had no quick transport facilities or mobile communication tech or high tech medical support to go through their spy lives with ease.. All the transactions that took place in the video would have taken immense physical /mental toughness and loads of time+patience to get things done.

[@rogerdzik5059]

0:16 0:16

[@Peirithous]

Oleg was a HERO FOR ALL HUMANITY !! There should be A monument in his honor in DC 💪

[@robertwilson123]

A very brave man... recognising and acting against the darkness in his own country.

[@mohdfahmi8841]

//;;//;//..

[@TonyMureithi]

Brilliant documentary....Viva Oleg Penkovsky!!

[@ericotimble1161]

Oleg penskovski

[@antonietadeoliveira4900]

Thank you for that very interesting documentary.

[@get.factual]

Glad you're enjoying our "Spies of War" Series🕵🏻

[@davidmatta2727]

I wonder why Penkovsky was not honored by the Americans for his services or even considered a hero. I think he deserves it.

[@dorianmclean6755]

This podcast has to be the Honoring of this soul. How could they ? It would be double betrayal ? Idk I'm really struck by this man's Integrity And Currently repulsed... At this inhumane effort to Slaughter Actually.... All living things.

[@philipmulindwa9722]

I would have loved there to be something we would always remaind ourselves of this courageous and brilliant man .

[@TheDavidlloydjones]

Maybe, and I'm not sure of this, because it mostly took place in Canada? Walking around on Maitland Street with a paper bag over his head, fer cryin' in the beer...

[@cbskwkdnslwhanznamdm2849]

He is

[@jean6872]

Americans hate traitors.

[@Shirley-lock]

We should have protected him and brought him out. We used him and got him killed. Very disgraceful.

[@raymondnanopa4951]

What a brave man..

[@MrDhandley]

Indeed!

[@mosesojuang8481]

Ames too was brave man

[@jean6872]

Snowden is brave but more cautious than Penkovsky.

[@bernardovilledojr.6384]

Penkovsky deserve the title he aimed for and payed for with his life: the best modern day spy.

[@jean6872]

*_Any American who would give secrets to the Soviets asks for public opprobrium and the electric chair after a public trial. Traitors are hated by Americans._*

[@jamesthornton9399]

The medal people are generally blind. They hand out plenty of medals to people who do not deserve them.

[@pranabkumardas1951]

Super Narrative of an Outstanding Documentary

[@ashimchatterjee8557]

Very well made. A delight to watch!

[@gaylonlavigne3007]

He's truly "the man who saved the world" from a nuclear war!

[@raysmith2452]

Regardless of the politics. A great documentary. Interesting. Love History.

[@Murkomenstanley]

This piece is enough to make me subscribe to this channel.

[@chris.asi_romeo]

Excellent documentary 💯💯👏👏.

[@user-fq6uy3rr4d]

Hero of all heroes

[@paralleldesign1510]

May he find peace Amen

[@joefoley1480]

love the drama and the hysterical muzak

[@chickiesmp]

He saved the world period

[@thomaslightfoot6599]

You made us proud.....Thanks🇰🇪🇺🇸

[@erikgerhardt7335]

I think that historically Richard Sorge had a greater impact, but this was very well done.

[@lillianmcgrew217]

History ❤

[@hectorkeezy1633]

He was the greatest.

[@Retroscoop]

39:24 There is no "jungle" in Cuba. That was exactly why the Soviets knew it would be difficult to keep on hiding the 20 m long SS 4 and 5 missiles for long, and why in stead they started with important numbers of surface to air missiles in stead. The idea was to shoot down U 2's crossing over Cuba like the one which was shot down above the USSR. Somehow, this spyplane managed to slip through the maze, maybe because it was the first flight since quite some time above the island. I'm currently reading the very interesting book by Serhii Plokhy called Nuclear folly A new history of the Cuban Missile Crisis. The Russian author had access to a lot of KGB files about this dramatic episode of history, if you're interested in the topic I highly recommend it. I still have some doubts about Penkowsky: the way he claims he managed to photograph some of his most crucial material sounds somewhat hard to believe. The documents may be true, but the way he got them sound somewhat embellished.

[@touchofgrey5372]

This video is a bit off of what really happened between the CIA/FBI handlers and Penkovsky. He begged them to allow him to stay in US/UK 'custody' before Moscow ordered him to return. The US failed to take action - call it bureaucracy, incompetence or just plane indifference - to protect him and giving him the necessary means to stay safe. Try searching for another video on this subject!

[@1andyou2]

Wow amazing self-sacrifice

[@jonhildahl9982]

42:39 I appreciate the staffer who secured the desk cover with tape, a bit on the tacky side for the Oval Office but still such a classic American style for a quick fix. Perfect!

[@Johnny-qu9op]

Excellent documentary.

[@Capo51]

Interesting document from Cold Era👍

[@dorissanders1950]

Excellent

[@get.factual]

Thank you so much 😀

[@TRIBALGAMERS-vl2bt9bb7k]

8billions people who are leaving on this Earth now... We pray for His Souls and Thanks him for what he has done for us to live to see this days

[@stevehartman1730]

Agreed

[@brianswelding]

I love this song! But the documentary playing in the background is annoying.

[@hanaluong2672]

Thank you, Mr. Oleg Pankowski.

[@sergiufischman1002]

Facing this crisis Khrushchev called the famous clairvoyant Mr. Messing to give his advice. Khrushchev was nervous but very aggressive. The advice was in Russian “ Ustupite“ / English give up or to cede/ My remark is based on the Russian biography of Mr. Messing !!

[@greggweber9967]

Like so many, there are many times in which different and not just one person or thing played a crucial role in history. It wasn't just the Jeep that won WW-II.

[@stumpedII]

yep it was the russians! tho the west likes to take credit. we only entered when it was obvious eveyrone would soon be speaking russian if we didnt.

[@vandana63]

Is this a music program with BACKGROUND documentary????? 🤔

[@mweb1]

Oleg, Heaven awaited you.

[@user-rb2jx1px6e]

What a hero of all time I respect him

[@bobl1769]

When declaring the winner of the Missile Crisis, it all depends on who is keeping score. The removal of missiles from the UK, Italy and Turkey, as well as the Cuba non aggression agreement and the shiploads of humanitarian aid to the island, also were very meaningful concessions. Kennedy clearly did not rely on this single source of information to make his decision to stand firm. Nevertheless, the results speak for themselves and the world became a safer place thanks to Penkovsky’s sacrifice.

[@chrismashburn9710]

100% agree.

[@michaeladekunle3857]

The video is no longer available

[@greggweber9967]

One day, I walked the 4 miles to high school, wondering if I would hear on the radio or see on the TV when I got back home about cities being nuked.

[@oldmanfromscenetwentyfour8164]

Just on one day?

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

Its his vengeance, not a cause he believed in!

[@user-hb1mw8qg4y]

I feel very sorry for Penkovsky but I am sure he expected this. He knew how harsh & unforgiving his country was.

[@jodywho6696]

Awesome✨🇺🇸✨💙✨

[@chris.asi_romeo]

He is different from "Stanislav Petrov" . The man who saved the world so there are two people that saved the world.

[@vincevincent6984]

Brilliant I especially love the music 🎶 . Helps drown out the miserable trolls in the comment section 🤣

[@susansampson3488]

Shame on the US for not getting him out of Russia.

[@user-kb6xn6ig7k]

43:04 : even across these decades, it is chilling to hear President Kennedy speak those words. 🔥 🇺🇸

[@bicyclist2]

There's a great movie about the Cuban missile crisis called Thirteen Days. I highly recommend it. Thank you.

[@suekuhn4090]

wow, amazing documentary. This is an amazing man that maybe started as a disgruntled "employee" who did the right thing for the right reasons.

[@brentdallyn8459]

The USSR removed all the Strategic nukes, being observably stupid someone forgot to take the Tactical nukes, those remained under Castro's sole control for some time. later on, he was convinced he had no choice but to return them to the USSR

[@raijmondvanderijt3708]

The US removed them from Turkey. It was a swob but they didnt tell it in the US. So the US could say they won. But it was a swob. Look it up. In Europa we know this

[@paulelephant9521]

I think the Cuban missille crisis woke a lot of people in the military establishment up on both sides. The Russians realised that giving the Cubans a bunch of tactical nukes was a terrible idea because they would have no control over there use , if the USA decided to invade Cuba Russia didn't want to be unavoidably destroyed in ww3 because Fidel fired off a couple of tactical nukes. Same sort of thing happened with the Americans and the bombers of S.A.C. who provided at least a few bombers circling the Artic loaded with a bunch of nukes to assure a retaliatory strike at all times. The possibility of a rogue crew or even a single rogue crewman could have decided they were going to drop their nuke regardless of orders and that would almost certainly kick off the end of civilisation. Nuclear safety, in the sense of the ability of these weapons to resist being unintentionally fired, improved a huge amount after this period, as the penny dropped that any nuke unexpectedly exploding anywhere was potentially maximally serious. Still amazing we got through this, I'm sure i read somewhere that some genius in the American military decided the middle of the crisis was the perfect time to do a test firing of some missile system without informing the higher ups, just so many near misses!

[@MakerBoyOldBoy]

An interesting sidelight to this story is the movie "The Russia House" from the best seller. The author deals with all of the issues raised here, but with a doozer of a twist.

[@seandobson499]

This documentary neglects to mention that Greville Wynn was also arrested and tortured by the KGB and endured appalling prison conditions for a number of years until he was exchanged for a high-ranking Soviet prisoner.

[@n.l.vannstallings4664]

Any news on what happened to his family after they killed him as a traitor? 😔

[@beckynjeri8559]

@@tamarausher60 where can we watch the correct documentary on this great man?

[@lkbv464]

​@@tamarausher60👏👏👏

[@bonhomietv9350]

The courier!

[@johnnydebeer9409]

Traitor's deserve their fate

[@trudyharding4277]

And you are perfect, never lied, steel or coveted. Get reall

[@johnnydebeer9409]

@@trudyharding4277 and what exactly has that to do with treason, get real

[@trudyharding4277]

@@johnnydebeer9409 What is treason

[@johnnydebeer9409]

@@trudyharding4277 get a dictionary and learn English

[@trespire]

Hats off to David Major, FBI Supervisory Special Agent, 1970 to 1994 These men and women toll for decades in the shadows, serving their nation to protect the general public. It's not often we get to acknowladge them in person, due to the necassery strict covert nature of such operations. All I want to say is thank you, to you and your family for your sacrifice and service to the free nations.

[@bbmtge]

Anytime a banner reads something like ..."saved the world", it's best to take a pass.

[@TS-1267]

... LATERS THEN....

[@maryrose4712]

Music is driving me insane. it's supposed to be BACKGROUND MUSIC!!!

[@ednorton47]

That is the same kind of camera that Lee Oswald had.

[@user-lv7te1fk5e]

America, in 1963 must have built a large monumental statue of Penkovsky in a so called, "World Freedom Park" as a tribute to his extraordinary and rare Soviet spying for a universal cause.

[@genespell4340]

We can only hope that happened. He definitely deserves to be honored by the American people. He may have children or grandchildren that would love to see him receive recognition for his sacrifice.

[@jean6872]

There has never been a statue erected of a traitor.

[@victorkazakin9124]

A traitor is a traitor! He done it not for’universal cause’, but for American cause! Future hegemon with neocon policy, disastrous in the modern world! Without him, things would go as they did: Russia withdraws its missiles from Cuba, America-from Turkey!

[@n.l.vannstallings4664]

USA should have rescued his family 👪

[@lkbv464]

🤣🥴

[@juanroman9314]

I hope we did rescue his family. If we didn't, we should still do something for his descendants.

[@user-xe3oe7kj2w]

" sacrificial lamb ? " Maybe

[@raijmondvanderijt3708]

Watch the movie ' a fair game'

[@jonhildahl9982]

I understand the sentiment & wish something could have been done but realistically you can't just land in Moscow & pick them up. Risking American lives to go get them was out of the question & a somewhat comical notion that it would even be considered, you might as well send some team to Mars to rescue an alien. He knew & fully understood the risk, to protect them all he had to do was keep them in the dark. I don't know what became of them but hopefully they were kept out of it. He contributed a great deal & had he got away, he would have deserved to live his life in the US.

[@henryarero]

The World of the Spies,Some Succeed some fail but Not All the time

[@filipino_nomad]

They should have protected him though. I bet he was hoping to be able to move to the US.

[@melinda5777]

I wonder if there is a plaque or something special on/in the halls of the CIA? Does anyone know?

[@krayzie505]

I would like to see the shopping list

[@NathanPurvis-hm8nc]

He stayed in the game a little too long, he should've known he was being watched, that's how the trade works, and defected by the time he was handing 'packages' to the MI6 contact

[@FrankJmClarke]

If he spied for the Soviets he would be a criminal who almost started WW3. Because he spied for America, he is an angel who saved humanity.

[@MsThePrettiest]

War propaganda be like 😅

[@mightymorodgers-uy7hw]

Incredible. Should be honored in the West.

[@williambabbitt7602]

Kennedy was assassinated but there’s over a year later perhaps not even that much. It is extremely possible I think, did Mr. Chris Jeff was so humiliated by what his by I told her United States, and so humiliated by being forced to back down, and he immediately set a trap to kill President Kennedy as repayment for his own humiliation. I believe the Soviet union was so angry over the Cuban missile crisis and all of their anger was focused on one man, Jack Kennedy. They knew that it was the best way to get back of the United States into ensure that the military industrial complex that was building up, would get stronger instead of weaker. I believe that Kennedy might have kept us out of Vietnam. That was the one reason why among others that he was assassinated. This is not my theory, but a theory that has been flooded for several years. Period I believe that the work of Oleg Penkovsky demonstrates that. I believe he should be given an award or recognition in this country for what he did in saving our nation from horrible war.

[@chrismashburn9710]

Back in the 80s, walking around our embassies, you could always tell the spook wings. Conspiracy tends to give off a slight musty, sour smell, especially if they never open the windows. They also often had a conveniently placed cart with booze, including vodka from behind the curtain and a large bottle of aspirin (justifiable operational support or retro nostalgia for halcion Yalie days, you decide). And of course, those sprinkled throughout the building had the extra heavy Sargeant & Greenleaf safes and any paper on thier desks moved less than a painting. I'm sure the host country cleaning crews never noticed...

[@longslonz4982]

Did the producer ask the music director to put all the music he has on his list

[@dianehghzn7670]

And your right too much music its very distracting

[@changsan608]

Bridge of spies

[@Retroscoop]

The idea of a blockade was not just pulled out of the magician's hat at the time the Soviet ships were steaming toward Cuba with nuclear missiles. The idea was launched earlier, mainly by Robert McNamara. At that time, no one else was in favour of this option. JFK still wanted a surgical strike, while his generals strangely enough were opposed to that idea, because they couldn't guarantee it would be 100 % effective.The chronology of who said or proposed what on which day exactly is extremely important, and sometimes gets somewhat lost, especially due to JFK fans. When push came to shove he went for the blockade idea. But NOT from day 1 onwards.

[@user-hb1mw8qg4y]

Bless my late Father who took the time to explain all this to me. I graduated from grade school in 1962.

[@kathyeyesopen4078]

Once again, we overestimated USSR military capacity.

[@15keshaw]

There is a phrase ´never underestimate your enemy`

[@raijmondvanderijt3708]

But the US removed their missiles from Turkey, it was a swob. So it was not a back down . The US promised to remove their Turkey NUKES. In Europa this is known. The US didnt tell this so they could claime victory. In Europ known facts look it up.

[@raijmondvanderijt3708]

And Under estimated Vietnam freedom fighters

[@kathyeyesopen4078]

@@raijmondvanderijt3708 You are correct. We did not initially widely know that the nukes were being removed from Turkey as part of the deal, but became public shortly after everything calmed down and is now in our history books.

[@kathyeyesopen4078]

@@raijmondvanderijt3708 Boy did we Ever underestimate them!

[@khakimmalekov]

I believed there's a movie "the courier" , is based on the true story of Greville Wynne, a British businessman who became an unlikely MI6 agent in the early 1960s. Benedict Cumberbatch played Greville Wynne in The Courier alongside Merab Ninidze as Soviet intelligence officer Oleg Penkovsky, whose actions during the Cold War serve as the inspiration for the movie.

[@stevepower6616]

Will Ferrell should play him in the movie...

[@Aluminata]

Yeah.. I kind of like a just a bit more background noise....does the dial go to eleven?

[@keneli2735]

too much music is so annoying

[@thebritishbushman8389]

Play it in reverse at 1/8 of the original speed. Very interesting.

[@dorianmclean6755]

@@thebritishbushman8389 lolol

[@MikeMcDonough-ki4rbc]

And you are?

[@jeffclark7888]

Agree.

[@jeffclark7888]

Everywhere we turn there is blasting music. Overwhelming.

[@mariannedijzel3075]

So the crisis came about as a result of US missiles that had been placed on Turkish soil, pointed directly at Moscow. Also mentioned in the movie "The Courier" that I watched recently.

[@silvershadchan4085]

JFK met Oleg Penkovsky just six months later.

[@user-lv7te1fk5e]

Oleg Penkovsky should have planned of migrating with his family secretly to the U.S. as soon as he had submitted at least 85 percent of his spy documents to the CIA in order to totally avoid the KGB's arrest.

[@debbieellett9093]

Agree that the music is annoying. It is way too loud.

[@haphappablap7684]

Dear documentary makers, you don't have to have non-stop music in the background. It's just so annoying.

[@jeffclark7888]

Was he lowered from a plank into a blast furnace?

[@davidohalloran9607]

The other way to view this, is the USSR got exactly what they wanted. The withdrawl of more effective and powerful US missiles from ITaly, Turkey and Britain. Perhaps it was Krushchev 1, Kennedy 0.

[@pepitop7812]

They just let him die after what he did

[@greggweber9967]

33:45 Text of speeches to be spoken are often not what comes out of the mouth. Is this a copy of what was spoken?

[@user-wc6bd8ll1x]

18 months is 1 - 1/2 years.

[@henryarero]

The Government Inspector

[@stuartstringer2563]

I'll have to waste my time watching and listening to this and then I will post my personal interpretation!!!!

[@raijmondvanderijt3708]

The US removed its rockets from turkey as a trade. So dont say the soviets backed down. The US did also back down in turkeye

[@tobyihli9470]

Why on earth didn’t we save him? We could have negotiated a spy swap, or something! We, actually the world, even the Soviet Union, owe him a debt of gratitude.

[@alanfenick1103]

There is an alternate method of execution in that he was tied to a litter (medical stretcher) and was slowly put into a furnace alive feet first! This was to demonstrate the seriousness and what will happen to any spy. Whether this is a rumor or fact, it has been repeated by others who defected consistently over the years.

[@supornsoubie5119]

He is in heaven now 🙏