| Capitol Journal - Geneva Arms Negotiations | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 10181 |
| Catalog #: | 467308 | |
| Clip Number: | 467308-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 31-2778 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | N/A | |
| Year Shot: | 1985 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | Yes | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Summit Meetings | |
| Description: | (00:59:33) WETA logo, PBS funding credits (00:59:47) Opens to shot of crowded Geneva Summit table over which President RONALD REAGAN and Secretary MIKHAIL GORBACHEV shake hands, shots of a meeting of U.S. Senators in Geneva - Senators all sit around table, in TV studio Capital Journal host HODDING CARTER introduces show (01:00:13) Capital Journal title screen and credits (01:00:19) Long shot of Capital Building at night, after Geneva summit Reagan comes back to Washington and lands in helicopter at the Capital Building - also in the helicopter and emerging following Reagan are NANCY REAGAN, Senator BOB DOLE and Speaker of the House TIP O'NEILL - they move from helicopter into limousines (01:00:42) Reagan is announced on the House floor before a joint session of Congress - he walks down an aisle as clapping congressmen close in on him, in an excerpt from his congressional address Reagan calls on Congress' support to continue building a strong defense, various shots of a smiling Reagan at the center podium on the House floor with Vice President GEORGE BUSH and House Speaker Tip O'Neill sitting behind him as Congress gives him a standing ovation (01:02:10) Segment on the history of the contest for international policy powers between Congress and the Presidency - b/w photos and illustrations are used to illustrate history - they include images of GEORGE WASHINGTON, Native Americans, American troops in Mexico and China, American battleships in Panama, TEDDY ROOSEVELT, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, etc (01:03:22) B/W footage of President WOODROW WILSON campaigning across the U.S. for membership in the League of Nations, b/w footage of a Senate meeting from Wilson's time, b/w footage and stills of President FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT speaking before crowds and the Congress, b/w footage of President HARRY TRUMAN's limousine at a World War II victory parade in New York - throngs of people crowd the streets and sidewalks, b/w footage of Truman meeting various world leaders, President Truman in an outdoor speech says had Korea been forfeited to the communists "no nation in the world would have felt safe", b/w footage of troops being briefed by DWIGHT EISENHOWER in Korea, b/w footage of U.S. soldiers marching along roads in Vietnam (01:04:54) Senator WILLIAM FULBRIGHT at a podium speaks of the need of the Senate to examine foreign policy, footage of sailors boarding ship to Vietnam, footage of U.S. troops wearing huge back packs and loading themselves on to a helicopter, shot of Vietnamese people (01:05:20) Shots of crowds protesting the giving away of the Panama Canal, various shots of Senator and President JIMMY CARTER negotiating the Canal's release (01:05:39) Brief b/w footage of an atom bomb explosion on an island, shots of U.S. senators and President JOHN KENNEDY participating in Cold War negotiations with KHRUSHCHEV(?), President Kennedy signs a nuclear test ban in 1963 and gives an explanation why he is doing so (01:06:19) Various brief shots of President RICHARD NIXON ratifying Salt I nuclear treaties, President Carter speaks before a Soviet-American audience about the importance of ratifying the Salt II treaties - after speaking he shakes hands with BREZHNEV (01:07:13) Back in studio Hodding Carter segues to current Geneva talks, various shots of the canals of downtown Geneva, various shots of the arrival to Geneva of a delegation of Senators - they arrive at the airport and enter a hotel lobby where they confer with one another - among them are Senators TED KENNEDY and AL GORE, Senators TED STEVENS and SAM NUNN explains their role in the Geneva negotiations (01:09:46) Shots of Soviets arriving and shaking hands with the Senate delegation at a reception at the American Mission in Geneva, various shots of the Senate Delegation seated at a table and discussing the current negotiation plans - Senators Stevens, Gore, Nunn, PETE WILSON, MALCOM WALLOP, and Kennedy give their negotiation objectives and opinions, various shots of the Senate delegation leaving hotel and boarding van for airport (01:14:50) At a press conference President Reagan states his new negotiation objectives, a few brief shots of Secretary of State GEORGE SCHULTZ meeting with MIKHAIL GORBACHEV in Moscow and setting up the U.S.-Soviet negotiations in Geneva (01:15:23) Senators Nunn and Gore in their respective offices talk with Hodding Carter about the Senate's reception of the White House's new negotiation plan (01:17:00) Hodding Carter, standing outside the Capital Building, segues to further interviews with Senators, Senators Nunn and Stevens in their respective offices talk to Hodding Carter about the role of the Senate in U.S.-Soviet arms negotiations (01:18:22) Back in studio Hodding Carter introduces discussion panel - Former National Security Advisor ZBIGNIEW BRECZINSKI (?), BERNARD GWERTZMAN of the New York Times, and FRED BARNES of the New Republic - they discuss the Congress' relationship to U.S. - Soviet Arms negotiations and foreign policy in general (01:26:15) Carter thanks guests and closes out show, credits roll over footage of President Reagan getting a standing ovation from the Congress after his address to them (01:27:04) PBS funding credits | |
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