| KHRUSCHEV - EISENHOWER PRESS CONFERENCE Both Khruschev and Eisenhower speak at the end of their meeting in Washington. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8703 |
| Catalog #: | 520816 | |
| Clip Number: | 520816-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3265 B | |
| Timecode: | 00:33:00 - 00:35:50 | |
| Location: | Washington, D.C. | |
| Year Shot: | 1959 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Diplomacy JOURNALISM: Press Conference LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Eisenhower, Dwight (Ike) PERSONALITIES: Khrushchev, Nikita WAR & CONFLICT/COLD WAR: Diplomacy | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 311403 KHRUSCHEV - EISENHOWER PRESS CONFERENCE Both Khruschev and Eisenhower speak at the end of their meeting in Washington. Andrews Air Force Base, Washington DC, United States of America (USA). High angle TLS USSR Premier NIKITA KHRUSHCHEV getting out of black limousine at Andrews Air Force Base, night, being wlecomed by U.S. Vice-President RICHARD NIXON, wife PAT NIXON, U.S. Secretary of State CHRISTIAN A. HERTER (using metal braces); MS U.S. military honor guard with American & military branch flags; MS Nikita Khrushchev making speech (in Russian) at Andrews AFB before departing for home, interpreter then translating-- "From the bottom of my heart I want to express my gratitude for your kind hospitality, for your bread & salt as they say in our country. I hope that the relationship between our two countries will be more & more open. Until we meet again, friend." Nixon & Khrushchev shake hands, step from dais. TLS/MSs reporters in room for Eisenhower press conference the following day; TLS U.S. President DWIGHT EISENHOWER entering room, reporters standing; MS old white male reporter with long white beard, thick black glasses, writing in notepad; MS Dwight D. Eisenhower speaking at press conference: "If any of this has been done again it's due to the American people. I make special acknowledgment to the mayors, governors, & local officials who carried so much responsibility for making these visits possible. I invited Mr. Khrushchev to come here so that we might have a chance to discuss some of the obvious reasons for tensions in the world, particularly between our two countries b/c of the outstanding unsettled matters. I did not ask him here for substantive negotiations b/c those are impossible w/out the presence of our associates, but I thought that through this visit that some of the ice might be melted." | |
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