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20th Anniversary of the Voice of America. Scenes of Washington, DC and headquarters of the Voice of America. Staff at work.

Fountain and pool in front of U.S. Capitol. Washington Monument in Washington DC, United States. Voice of America Headquarters, Wilbur J. Cohen Building, 330 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC. News editorial and newsroom staff busy writing materials for broadcast Teletype tapes being cut by journalist. Banks of teletype machines receiving news from all over the world. VOI staff person assembles incoming story from teletype machine printer. Vast files of VOI broadcast tape recordings related to many countries. One file rack is labeled: Lao, Thai, Cambodia. Staff member retrieves tapes while another signs for some.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1962
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024505
Voice of America broadcasting studio in operation. Broadcasts in Chinese, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, and Russian

Voice of America broadcasts from its studios in Washington, DC. Director in broadcast booth directs operation, pointing to engineer and then to a woman about to broadcast in chinese. Other reporters broadcast in different languages: a man in Hindi; a man in Arabic; a woman in Spanish; and a man in Russian.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1962
Duration: 1 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024506
Voice of America engineers mastering sound discs and tapes at VOA headquarters in Washington DC.

Voice of America engineer sets up and operates equipment to master sound discs and tapes of broadcasts. Banks of sound tapes are seen in operation. An engineer is seen in a master control booth.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1962
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024507
President John F. Kennedy speaks at the 20th anniversary of Voice of America in Washington DC.

President John F. Kennedy speaks to staff of the Voice of America on the occasion of its 20th anniversary.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1962, February 26
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024508
Director Streibert speaks on the purposes of the USIA and Soviet influence; scenes from a Soviet anti-American propaganda film

Theodore Cuyler Streibert , Director of the U.S. Information Agency, speaks on the purposes of the Agency (USIS). The Director seated at a table. He states that there is much misunderstanding about the United States, throughout the world, and Communist entities wish to take advantage of this to spread misinformation about the U.S. As the leading world power for peace, he says the U.S. must tell the world the truth about America. This is the mission of the USIA. A map portrays Soviet dominated areas within the so-called "iron curtain,"encompassing 800 million people. Another map illustrates targets of Communist propaganda employed to facilitate North Korea's aggression against South Korea. A graph illustrates propaganda spending by the Soviet Union and Communist China, primarily to spread misinformation about America. Segments of a Soviet propaganda film about the U.S. are shown. It begins with a map of the U.S. and then shows the Statue of Liberty. Camera pans over Manhattan, showing skyscrapers. A narrator disparages American commercialism, materialism and sensationalism. A lion is seen sitting in a convertible car, looking over a young woman's head. Next are scenes of an American beauty contest, and of women performing precision water skiing. Then an airplane is seen crashing on landing and a car is seen burning. View from trolley car moving along Broadway, from Times Square, in Manhattan, New York City, at night. A follies-style Broadway show. Show girls in bathing suits, walking past the camera. Show girls performing on stage. Another nighttime view of Times Square. Dogs being manicured by groomers. Outdoor soup kitchen scene from the Great Depression in the 1930s with unemployed men receiving food. Hobos or homeless men at a railroad siding. Milk and grain being spilled from containers during a labor and pricing dispute. Scenes of slum area tenement houses with wash drying on lines strung between the buildings. Men playing bocce ball in the yard of an apartment house. Camera pans up the Empire State Building from street level view. African American drummer with other band musicians performing in a civilian band, and scenes of African American musicians in a U.S. Army band. Poor African Americans in the South, at home and doing wash outdoors. Mounted police maintaining order in scenes of a fire and public protest or labor strife (circa 1935) interposed with views of the Statue of Liberty. A Soviet propaganda poster about the Korean War, shows an American soldier walking away from a dead Korean woman whose small child clings to her. Fires burn and a burning airplane falls from the sky in the background. A propaganda cartoon shows "warmongers of the west" being counterbalanced by a Soviet fist on a pair of scales.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 6 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024519
American Information Agency film showing that people in friendly countries also hold misconceptions about America and Americans

From a U.S. Information Agency film about the role of that agency. Colored map shows Soviet- controlled area in red and other areas in blue. Expressing concern about false impressions among Allies, regarding America and Americans, a chart is shown depicting results of a public opinion poll conducted in January 1953. In this poll French respondents expressed the view that Americans have poor taste; are overgrown children; and are only interested in money. and no family life. Narrator adds that many French also believe most Americans live in skyscrapers and have no family life.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1954
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675024520
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