Voice cuts, Reel #3-62

1962-02-06/1962-02-20

(1) Unedited interviews with participants in the “Turn to Peace” demonstration; college students picket the White House and visit government officials seeking disarmament and an end to nuclear testing by the United States and Russia (Tom Bryson, 2/16; audio garbled at points). (2) JFK remarks on astronaut John Glenn's successful flight (2/20). (3) John Glenn speaks to Congress (2/26). (4) JFK remarks on Voice of America's 20th anniversary (2/26). (5) John Glenn, Alan Shepard, Gus Grissom, and Rep. William E. Miller (R-NY) answer questions from reporters after testifying before the House Space Committee (2/27). (6) Attorney General Robert Kennedy in West Berlin: "an attack on Berlin will be the same as an attack on New York, Chicago, London, or Paris" (2/28). (6) Kennedy and astronaut John Glenn communicate after the successful launch of Friendship 7 from Cape Canaveral (2/20). (7) JFK's statement on Glenn's historic orbital flight (2/20).

Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W

Special events radio coverage

Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes

Special Collections and University Archives

English

sound tape reel

A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884

Catalog Key: bcast-077678; Other: 0492-MMC