En el momento de la caída del muro de Berlín, miles de personas eran espiadas en Suiza. El policía Schuler se infiltra para revelar un posible golpe de estado en el Zurich Schauspielhaus.

A different history of the Cold War: how Estonians under Soviet tyranny began to feel the breeze of freedom when a group of anonymous dreamers successfully used improbable methods to capture the Finnish television signal, a window into Western popular culture, brave but harmless warriors who helped change the fate of an entire nation.

El presidente Mikhail Gorbachov relata el final de la Guerra Fría y la reducción de las armas nucleares.

During the 1980s, Russia fought a disastrous war in Afghanistan. Shot by a Western crew, the 40 minute film includes footage of combat missions with the Spetsnaz elite units, helicopter gunship pilots from a Kabul-based Air Assault Unit flying missions, the patrolling of the Salang mountain pass and the military hospital in Kabul. Soviet General Lev Serebrov referred to the making of the film as "An experiment in glasnost".