During the Cold War, London was a major centre of espionage with many Soviet spies living and operating within the city.
In this video, I'll be taking you on a tour of various sites associated with such Cold War spies, including tube stations, pubs, unassuming houses, the locations of so called 'dead letter boxes' and much more...
(Disclaimer: Please note, this video includes German, Russian, Polish and Czech names- in other words, names which are not in my native tongue. So, apologies in advance for any mispronunciations!)
Chapters
00:00 Intro
01:12 Tube Stations & Pubs
06:12 Spies in Suburbia
14:26 Dead Letter Boxes
19:29 George Blake's Prison Breakout
24:06 Outro
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Links for this video:
The Spotted Horse, Putney
https://www.spottedhorse.co.uk/
The Nag's Head, Wood Green
https://www.greatukpubs.co.uk/the-nags-head-wood-green
The Red Lion, St James's
https://www.redlionmayfair.co.uk
Bloomsbury Street Hotel
https://www.radissonhotels.com/en-us/hotels/radisson-blu-london-bloomsbury-street
St Clement Danes RAF Church
https://stclementdanesraf.org
Hilton, Park Lane
https://www.hilton.com/en/hotels/lonhitw-london-hilton-on-park-lane/
Brompton Oratory
https://www.bromptonoratory.co.uk/#about
Harrods
https://www.harrods.com/en-gb/
Daquise
https://daquise.co.uk/
Mount Street Gardens
https://citydays.com/places/mount-street-gardens/
Horsenden Hill
https://www.ealing.gov.uk/info/201134/nature_conservation/634/conservation_sites/3
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Credits
Images and footage:
Soviet May Day Footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77Q7G8pdXtA
USSR Flag lowered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcyaNScYWZo
Radio Footage: Anthony, via pexels.com
https://www.pexels.com/video/an-old-component-sound-system-2000539/
Animated numbers: Pressmaster (pexels)
https://www.pexels.com/video/monitoring-board-of-buy-and-sell-of-shares-of-stocks-in-a-stock-exchange-3191576/
Radio Green Screen:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YA5DJAZC1s
Moscow mid 1980s footage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cTRpmOVVKJw
Number Stations Recordings: The Conet Project:
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/The_Conet_Project/
Maps: David Rumsey.
Sound Effects:
Atomic Bomb 2 Sound: Hard3eat (freesound.org)
Morse code: SDFISDFJOSDFSDF (freesound.org)
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Music:
From Russia With Love (Huma-Huma)
Spooked (Mini Vandals)
Forest Lullabye (Asher Fulero)
Analogue Cabin (Noir Et Blanc Vie)
Pouring Out (Asher Fulero)
Local Elevator by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1300012
Artist: http://incompetech.com/
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