An excerpt from a speech by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. about President Eisenhower’s “Open Skies” proposal to the United Nations, 1962.
Title
An excerpt from a speech by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. about President Eisenhower’s “Open Skies” proposal to the United Nations, 1962.
Creator
WSB-TV, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection via Digital Library of Georgia
Subject
Open Skies
Cold War
Space Race
Description
Senator Lodge describes the proposed Open Skies program, which was intended to de-escalate the Cold War and provide more transparency for technological and military developments. The Open Skies program would have allowed reconnaissance operations to have open access to the skies above both the US and USSR. The Soviet Union rejected this plan, which contributed to the launch of the Space Race.
Publisher
Digital Public Library of America
Date
1962
Type
Video
Format
Duration: 1 minute, 22 seconds
Identifier
Open Skies Program
Source
Primary Source Sets > Space Race
Language
English
Coverage
Space Race
Cold War
Local URL
https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/space-race/sources/1703
Files
Collection
Citation
WSB-TV, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection via Digital Library of Georgia, “An excerpt from a speech by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. about President Eisenhower’s “Open Skies” proposal to the United Nations, 1962.,” Santa Clara University Digital Exhibits, accessed June 19, 2026, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4203.
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