CNN The Sixties June 14, 2014 23:04:00
Public exhibition. to the soviet union, this wreckage was a national cause. national outrage over the violation of soviet boundaries. >> and so, out comes the cover story. >> the department has been informed by the nasa, a u-2 weather research plane piloted by a civilian has been missing since may 1. >> eisenhower had said, no, that didn't happen, et cetera, et cetera. he had been drawn into a trap by khrushchev. >> the soviet later able to show not only shot down the plane, but they had the pilot! >> gary powers, ordinary man caught up in extraordinary circumstances and, in a way, magnified b...