Year

1960 (circa)

Video Details

4:30: b&w; sound; V-186 BA229; M89-17

Description

Sen. George Smathers interviews Sen. Stuart Symington, former Secretary of the Air Force, regarding National Defense. Symington discusses meeting Lord Montgomery on a recent trip to Britain and states that America needs to update its air defense program to protect itself in the nuclear age. He also comments briefly on meeting Mayor Willy Brandt of West Berlin, Germany. Produced by the Senate Recording Studios.

Contributors

Senate Recording Studios

Corporate Subject

United States Air Force

Geographic Subject

Florida
Great Britain
Washington (D.C.)
West Berlin (Germany)

Personal Subject

Brandt, Willy, 1913-1992
Montgomery, Lord Bernard Law, 1887-1976
Smathers, George, 1913-2007
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

Subject

Cold War
Nuclear weapons
Politicians
Politics