The Making of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (Jan, 1938) BEHIND the black walls of an air-conditioned Hollywood studio laboratory, the shutter on a strange eight-deck camera flicked open and shut the other day, exposing the last of 362,919 frames of color film.
The Cold War period of 1985â1991 began with the rise of Mikhail Gorbachev as leader of the Soviet Union.
Quick Answer. The Cold War affected America both while it lasted and after it ended. During the more than 40 years it lasted, the Cold War brought American soldiers into two wars that no side won, changed the political climate and kept many citizens terrified of nuclear disaster. Since the end of the Cold War, Americans have faced a new world order that has precipitated global terrorism and uncertainty.