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Året var 1962

Året var 1962

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Status

Released

Release Date

Jan 8, 2012

Runtime

0h 59m

Genres

Documentary, History

Original Title

Året var 1962

Production Companies

SVT

Director

Jonas Fohlin

Description

1962 - the year when Anita Lindblom sings Sånt är livet on TV and the Swedish national ice hockey team wins gold in Colorado. Ursula Wirth and Ewy Rosqvist win Argentina's Gran Premio for standard cars in fierce competition. The Third World War almost breaks out - the Cuban Missile Crisis pits the superpowers the USA and the Soviet Union against each other. Leif Erik Nygårds is in New York and takes a picture of Marilyn Monroe, just a few weeks before she dies. Bobby Fischer plays chess in Stockholm and wins.