Year

1958 (circa)

Video Details

4:45; b&w; sound; V-184 AA329; M89-17

Description

Senator George Smathers interviews Senator Stuart Symington of Missouri, former director of the Strategic Air Command. Senator Symington responds to President Eisenhower's 1958 State of the Union Address. He asserts that the United States is falling behind the Russians in missile research, bomber and submarine production and military spending. He complains that more military development is needed, especially in the wake of Sputnik. Produced by the Senate Recording Studios.

Contributors

Senate Recording Studios

Corporate Subject

Sputnik (Satellite)
Strategic Air Command

Geographic Subject

Florida
Washington (D.C.)

Personal Subject

Eisenhower, Dwight D., 1890-1969
Smathers, George, 1913-2007
Symington, Stuart, 1901-1988

Subject

Arms race
Cold War
Politicians
Politics
Space program
Space race
United States-Foreign relations-Soviet Union