Massachusetts Institute of Technology | Herbert Hoover | California Institute of Technology | Art Institute of Chicago | Institute for Advanced Study | American Institute of Architects | Georgia Institute of Technology | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Rochester Institute of Technology | Franklin Institute | Royal Institute of Technology | Pasteur Institute | Institute of Contemporary Arts | California Institute of the Arts | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers | British Film Institute | Hoover Dam | Pratt Institute | National Cancer Institute | Virginia Military Institute | Cato Institute | Australian Institute of Sport | Illinois Institute of Technology | Curtis Institute of Music | American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics | J. Edgar Hoover | Royal Institute of British Architects | National Institute of Standards and Technology | Monterrey Institute of Technology and Higher Education | Institute of Physics |
For historical and political commentary, the film relies on Norman Davies, a historian from University of London; Robert Conquest, a Soviet scholar at Hoover Institute; John Armstrong, an insurgency expert, and Zbigniew Brzezinski, a former US National Security Adviser.
The books are based on recent publications by Russian authors, Soviet archives, starting to open after the dissolution of the USSR and some private holdings, including the Nestor Lakoba archive (acquired by the Hoover Institute).