- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- WSB-TV newsfilm clip of Montana Senator Mike Mansfield commenting on a possible cease fire in Laos, 1961
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Date of Original:
- 1961-01-01
- Subject:
- Insurgency--Laos
International relations
United States
Laos--History--20th century
Laos--Relations--United States
United States. Congress - People:
- Mansfield, Mike, 1903-2001
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Albert, Carl Bert, 1908-2000
McCormack, John W., 1891-1980
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978
Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961 - Location:
- Lao People's Democratic Republic, 18.0, 105.0
United States, 39.76, -98.5 - Medium:
- news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- The clip opens with a close-up of Senator Mansfield, then expands to include other members of the Democratic Party congressional leadership. The Speaker of the House and Congressman from Texas, Sam Rayburn, is seated to the left of Senator Mansfield. Standing behind them, left to right, are Congressman from Massachusetts, John W. McCormack, Congressman from Oklahoma, Carl Albert, Florida Senator George Smathers, and Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey. Senator Mansfield is responding to a question from an unidentified person off camera. Mansfield indicates that the issue was not discussed, but that President Kennedy maintained his position, hoping that a cease fire could be negotiated and the country remain neutral.
Time codes between original film and digitized video may be different.
Title supplied by cataloger. - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn31923
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn31923
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/ugabma_wsbn_wsbn31923/presentation/manifest.json
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn31923, (No title), WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0715, 11:38/12:11, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Ga
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 min.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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