Category United Nations

President Eisenhower and NATO

NATO In Paris – December 16, 1957

NATO Summit and News of December 16, 1957 – MBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Opening of the NATO Peace Summit in Paris, this December 16th in 1957. With the arrival of President Eisenhower to open the conference, Eisenhower…

Post-War Europe – Foreign Ministers Conference – People Behaving Badly – December 13, 1947 –

– News for Dec. 13, 1947- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day was dominated by the goings on in Europe. Primarily over the Foreign Ministers Conference in London, which wasn’t going as well as expected. But also,…

Nuremberg

Nuremberg: Every Passing Minute, New Horror – December 13, 1945

– Nuremberg Trial report – Mutual News – December 13, 1945 – December 1945 marked the continuation of one of the most famous trials in modern history.Starting in November, the Nuremberg War Crimes Trial assembled  high ranking and influential members of…

Building The UN Headquarters – Home Sweet Fracas – December 12, 1946

News for Dec. 12, 1946 – NBC/KFI – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in December, 1946 was loaded with news of Union talks, threats and pickets. President Truman beginning the process of dismantling the maze of Government agencies set…

Vietnam: ‘An Urgent Need For Peace’ – December 2, 1967

ABC News Around The World – December 2, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Peace seemed to be the illusive goal, this December 2nd in 1967. With fighting in Vietnam continuing, B-52’s staging raids, South Vietnamese incursions into Cambodia…

Hostage Drama: Day 18 – Another Day, Another Mob, Another Burning Effigy – November 21, 1979

– CBS Radio News + Bulletin – November 21, 1979 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the hostage drama at the American Embassy in Tehran continued, flare ups were being reported in other places. A bulletin on this November…

Atomic Testing – Things That Go Boom – November 1, 1951

– Edward R. Murrow and The News w/Don Hollenbeck – November 1, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Knee-deep in Cold War, this November 1st in 1951. Atomic testing was continuing at a rapid pace, with advances of new…

October 25, 1957 – NATO, Syria And Sputnik

October 25, 1957 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 25, 1957 – a day of meetings, conflicts and the Space Race. In Washington, President Eisenhower was meeting with UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and…

September 20, 1994 – A Photo-Op In Haiti – The Return Of Aristide.

News For September 20, 1994 – NPR Morning Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – For September 20, 1994 the news was about U.S. troops landing in Haiti and the removal of one government, headed up by Military strongman Raoul…

September 8, 1951 – A Peace Treaty Signed – World War 2 Officially Ended.

– UN Signing of Treaty With Japan – Sepetember 8, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Six years, almost to the day of the surrender signing between Japan and the Allies, ending hostilities in World War 2. The Treaty…