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X Men: First Class - 2011

What is this trailer about?

Most of the words from this trailer are taken from a speech made by the former US president John F Kennedy in 1962. This speech was during The Cuban Missile Crisis. At this time there was a Cold War between the countries of USSR and USA. Although there was no actual war, for many years it was thought tension between these 2 countries might lead up to a nuclear war. Around the year 1962 Cuba and USSR were both communist countries, and Cuba agreed to let USSR keep missiles in Cuba. USA didn't want these missiles in Cuba because it would have made it easy for USSR to attack USA. Eventually USSR agreed to keep its missiles out of Cuba and the threat of nuclear war was decreased.

nation () - the people of a country, or the country itself

nuclear missile () - an explosive device that can cause a nuclear reaction

Western Hemisphere () - the area of the globe to the left of the Prime Meridian (a line which goes from the north to south pole, roughly through London)

foresee () - to see or know something before it happens

precisely () - exactly

surrender () - to give up

former () - something in the past, ex

tension () - to feel worried about something

communist () - a type of government in which one single party controls the whole country

decreased () - to make something less

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