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Digital Identifier:
USG-01-27
Title:
The President's News Conference of March 8, 1961
Date(s) of Materials:
8 March 1961
8 March 1961
Description:
Motion picture of President John F. Kennedy's News Conference of March 8, 1961 (News Conference 6). President Kennedy begins the press conference by urging the public to support Radio Free Europe. He then announces that he will be making a statement concerning his views of problems in the Americas following an upcoming reception at the White House; that he had directed Federal departments and agencies to speed up government spending; and the upcoming visit of Swedish Prime Minister Tage Erlander to the United States. He then makes several statements concerning the building of schools for Native American and Inuit children, the distribution of surplus food, and the polio outbreak in Cuba. Following the announcements the President answers questions from the press on a variety of topics including the President's economic program, the situation in Laos, and federal aid to education.
This is a recording by the United States Information Agency (USIA) and the White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA).
This is a recording by the United States Information Agency (USIA) and the White House Army Signal Agency (WHASA).
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Physical Description:
1 Video Cassette (black-and-white; sound; Beta-SP; 31 minutes)
Contributor(s):
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. White House Army Signal Agency. (05/01/1954 - 1962)
United States Information Agency
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Department of Defense. Department of the Army. Office of the Chief Signal Officer. White House Army Signal Agency. (05/01/1954 - 1962)
United States Information Agency
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Subject(s):
Economics and economy
American Indians (Native Americans)
International relations
News media
Economics and economy
American Indians (Native Americans)
International relations
News media
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Some of the archival materials in this collection may be subject to copyright or other intellectual property restrictions. Users of these materials are advised to determine the copyright status of any document from which they wish to publish.
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One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excesses of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. This institution reserves the right to refuse to accept a copying order if, in its judgment, fulfillment of the order would involve violation of copyright law. The copyright law extends its protection to unpublished works from the moment of creation in a tangible form.