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U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower answers a query on Communist menace in Cuba during a press conference in Washington DC.

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's 175th press conference in Washington DC, United States. One of the pressmen asks the President that a note delivered to the Cuban Government had a discussion on the menace of communism. He asked the President as to why it was included in the note. The President says that he thinks Communism to be a very obvious subject to bring up whenever there is a troubled area where it might take hold. Everybody knows that the Communists like to fish in troubled waters and there are certainly troubled waters in Cuba. He says that he thinks it wouldn't have been right if anything had not been mentioned to call attention to the seriousness of the Communist menace.

Date: 1959, November 4
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070010
U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower answers a query on the spirit of Camp David during a press conference in Washington DC.

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's 175th press conference in Washington DC, United States. One of the pressmen asks the President that in the discussions about a date for an East-West summit conference with General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union Mr. Nikita Khrushchev the point arises to preserve the momentum at the end. The Russians talk about the need to preserve the spirit of Camp David. He asks the President what he would like to maintain -- the spirit of Camp David or the momentum. The President says that he has heard of the expression the spirit of Camp David but he does not know what it means. He says that whenever he and Mr. Khrushchev spoke, they spoke in principle and in generality more. There was an agreement when they spoke about problems which the ministers will very likely take up. The President says he thinks that the spirit of Camp David must mean that they can talk together without being mutually abusive. About momentum, he says that that was a word used in discussions on development of foreign relations and agreements. If momentum is kept up it helps not to be rushing into things without being fully prepared.

Date: 1959, November 4
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070011
U.S. President Eisenhower answers a query on internationalizing the Panama Canal during a press conference in Washington DC.

U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower's 175th press conference in Washington DC, United States. President Eisenhower stands in front of a microphone before the newsmen during the press conference. One of the press women asks the President if he agrees to the internationalizing of the Panama Canal and whether he was considering building another canal in that area and if they did would they be able to hold it. Pressmen seated at the conference. The President says that the second question takes a lot of study but for the previous 14 years he has been in favor of building another canal, but that was something that he shall not recommend. Regarding the internationalizing of the Panama Canal he says that it is something he would not even think of at that moment. He says that they have got a treaty with Panama, the provisions of which have been obeyed and they have had a model relationship with Panama for the last 50 years. He says that he believes that a particular incident should not become a reason for breaking a relationship that has worked so well. View of the pressmen talking. The President talking to the officials and the pressmen.

Date: 1959, November 4
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070012
Cars, trucks and other vehicles in snow covered areas after a storm in Chicago, Illinois.

Snow covered areas in Chicago, Illinois. Men remove snow from a path using rakes. Vehicles parked on a snow covered path in front of a building. Vehicles moving through the snow covered areas. A car covered with snow parked on a side. People getting into a car with snow on its front part. Snow covered areas in the background. Vehicles marooned on a street covered with snow. Buildings on both sides of the street. Trucks parked on a path with both sides covered with snow. People in front of a building.

Date: 1939, February 1
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070054
Billy Schweinsberg eats and drinks with his pet crow at his home in Chicago, Illinois.

A pet crow in Chicago, Illinois. The crow eats from a spoon. Billy Schweinsberg feeds the crow seated on a table. The boy seated at the table eating from a bowl. The crow on the table. The boy smiles and holds a glass full of liquid in front of the crow. The crow drinks from the glass with its beak.

Date: 1939, February 1
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070058
Women swimming with ducks in a swimming pool during a duck racing in Seattle, Washington.

Duck racing in Seattle, Washington. A few women holding ducks on leash. People stand behind and watch. The women walking the ducks by the side of an indoor swimming pool. A signboard over a counter reads 'Place Your Bets, Pari-Mutuel'. Men and women standing in a line at the counter. The women wearing swimming dresses placing the ducks in their respective lanes in the pool during a race. The ducks swimming in the pool. The women swimming behind the ducks. Men sitting beside the pool watch the race. A man picks up the duck that reaches the other side of the pool first. The man with the winner duck and the woman.

Date: 1939, February 1
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070060