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

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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 December 27, 2024, https://dh.scu.edu/exhibits/items/show/4203.

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