Cold War Press Conferences

Historic press conferences featuring military leaders discussing significant events like the Cuban Missile Crisis and Vietnam War.

1946 - Sir Hartley Shawcross relays his argument for giving the Nazi war criminals the death penalty at the Nuremberg Trials.
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Anefo photo collection. Military blockade of Cuba, President Kennedy. October 23, 1962
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1982 - Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70)..
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Maj. Gen. J.B. Medaris & Dr. Wernher von Braun with Replica of Redstone Guided Missile, photograph by Thomas J. O'Halloran, January 20, 1956
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DN-ST-90-00154. Base: Annapolis State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Frank C. Carlucci, secretary of defense, answers questions from the press regarding the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 as Adm. William J. Crowe Jr., chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, briefing at the Pentagon. The aircraft was struck by missiles launched from the guided missile cruiser USS VINCENNES (CG-49) on July 3, 1988. Base: Arlington State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Gauleiter Sprenger. Hoffmann Photographs 1933 Adolf Hitler's official photographer, and a Nazi politician and publisher, who was a member of Hitler's intimate circle.
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930325-D-9880W-023. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials
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Secretary of the Navy John F. Lehman Jr. speaks during the commissioning ceremony for the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS CARL VINSON (CVN-70). Base: Newport News State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Emergency Mass Feeding, Fort Dix, New Jersey 1954 , Civil defense, Public speaking. Records of the Office of Civil Defense and Defense Mobilization
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930312-D-2987S-019. Base: Pentagon State: District Of Columbia (DC) Country: United States Of America (USA)
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Anefo photo collection. Broadcast Polish TV taken over by soldiers. December 14, 1981
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