About the difficult political situation in the world related to the arms race.
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
 Aleksandr MedvedkinSelf | Self |
 Mohammad Reza Shah PahlaviSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Anwar SadatSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Jimmy CarterSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Deng XiaopingSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| HHua GuofengSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Franz Josef StraußSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Joseph LunsSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Zbigniew BrzezinskiSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Moshe DayanSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Menachem BeginSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Anastasio Somoza DebayleSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Emperor Haile Selassie I of EthiopiaSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
| AAbel MuzorewaSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Leonid BrezhnevSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |
 Erich HoneckerSelf (archive footage) | Self (archive footage) |