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Canham, Erwin D.

Description: Outtakes from an interview with Erwin Canham, editor of the Christian Science Monitor. He talks about the atomic stalemate between the United States and the Soviet Union. He credits each country's second-strike capability with preserving the peace. He mentions the Vietnam War.
Collection: WHDH
Date Created: 1967

Carter in North End

Description: Presidential candidate Jimmy Carter enters North End Post 144, Veterans of Foreign Wars hall, shakes hands. A man introduces Carter; he also points out local politicians in attendance. Carter addresses a small crowd. He calls himself a 'Washington outsider' and appeals to them as same. Carter takes questions from the audience. He lays out his plans for national defense. He talks about the nuclear positions of the United States and the Soviet Union. Exteriors of the VFW.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/17/1976

Compilation tape

Description: Regina Maris ship. Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg unveils JFK sculpture model. Michael Dukakis and William Bulger pose for picture with the statue. Soviet ambassador Yuri Dubynin give speech at Kennedy Library on nuclear weapons control; Jerome Wiesner, McGeorge Bundy, Ted Sorenson, Edward Kennedy. Christian Science Twitchells story. Steven Pierce on revenue in the State House chambers. Massachusetts National Guard building. Illegal immigrant raid at Suffolk Downs. Justice Department seal. Excerpts from Charles Stark Draper films, including lecture, "Theory of Inertial Guidance" from 1961, "The Airplane at Play" from 1931, with audio from a 1976 lecture, and 1976 dedication ceremony in Technology Square.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/01/1988

Dukakis and nuclear weapons

Description: New York Daily News creates misunderstanding over Dukakis' policy on nuclear weapons by freely paraphrasing transcript of his remarks - "first strike" vs. "first use."
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 04/13/1988

Gorbachev & INF Treaty

Description: Reagan, Gorbachev, Shultz, Shevardnadze agree on INF treaty to eliminate intermediate range nuclear weapons & call for arms control summit. Missiles b-roll.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 09/18/1987

Hiroshima survivor

Description: Interview with survivor of Hiroshima. She gives vivid description of bomb blast, destruction and injuries.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/06/1979

Hiroshima survivors

Description: Survivors of Hiroshima recount their memories of the atomic bomb and plead for extinction of nuclear weapons, while Reagan & Gorbachev mull over arms treaty.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 06/01/1988

LBJ during Vietnam war

Description: Doris Kearns Goodwin recounts LBJ's immersion in the Vietnam war, from choosing bomb targets to feeling responsible for soldiers. Truman announces dropping atomic bomb in WWII.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 02/15/1991

Nuclear capability in Persian Gulf

Description: US ships, submarines and planes in Persian Gulf are capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Professor speculates on resorting to this arsenal. Bush says mission 'wholly defensive.' File of military matériel.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 08/27/1990

Nuclear pollution

Description: Manufacture of nuclear bombs is known to pose danger to workers exposed to radiation. International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War want to publicize this risk. Bomb photos.
Collection: Ten O'Clock News
Date Created: 12/07/1988