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Cold War

A brief guide to local resources on the Cold War, with emphasis on primary source collections available through Western Libraries Archives & Special Collections..

KVOS Channel 12 Films

These films are selected from the larger collection of KVOS Channel 12 Films housed at WWU's Center for Pacific Northwest Studies. A small number of these are available online, and others available to access at CPNWS.

Please contact the Center for Pacific Northwest Studies for more information.

KVOS Special: If The Bomb Survives, Can We?

KVOS Special: Air-date June 1, 1962.

Student anti-nuclear rally in spring 1962 on the campus of Western Washington State College (subsequently Western Washington University). English professor Arthur Hicks delivers a speech in front of the student union building; a march to downtown Bellingham follows. Some onlookers are interviewed by Al Swift.

Additional examples of KVOS Channel 12 Films and other digitized content from Archives & Special Collections can be accessed on the MABEL platform at the following link: https://mabel.wwu.edu