John F. Kennedy on atmospheric A-tests

1961-11-02

Statement by President Kennedy concerning the development and testing of nuclear weapons, following a conference with advisers in a National Security Meeting. The president says that Russia's testing cannot be dismissed as "mere bluff and blunder." Voice cut from Kennedy's Chapel Hill speech (10/12/61), "neither dead nor red but alive and free;" clip about labor (possibly Hoffa); clips of Attorney General Robert Kennedy on Hoffa, organized crime; Senator Sam Rayburn in hospital recovering from pneumonia; President Kennedy’s visit to the University of North Carolina and Fort Bragg on the same day – Two versions. (Sid Davis); Russia resumes atmospheric nuclear testing, raising concerns about fallout (Jim Snyder); Strike against Ford Motor Company continues, Walter Reuther booed (Frank Tomlinson); Clips from Kennedy’s appearance at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.

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-077706; Other: 0492-MMC