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President Kennedy Signs Test Ban Treaty (1963)

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Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. American newsreel item. Title reads: "Historic Signing: President Ratifies Test Ban Treaty" Washington DC, United States of America / USA GV White House through trees. Various shots, around the Treaty Room in the White House where the peace pact ending the Spanish-American War in 1898 was signed. MS US President John F Kennedy is seated at his desk surrounded by senior Congressmen and Administration members, possibly including Senator Hubert Humphrey. He signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (four leather-bound documents, one each for the three pact members and one for the National Archives) and presents pens to the men around him as souvenirs of the signing. The President says that the Treaty need not fail, but if it does it would not be America's fault. More efforts should be made, he adds, to promote better understanding and more non-proliferation treaties signed …...more
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President Kennedy Signs Test Ban Treaty (1963)
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2014Apr 13
Unissued / unused material - dates and locations may be unclear / unknown. American newsreel item. Title reads: "Historic Signing: President Ratifies Test Ban Treaty" Washington DC, United States of America / USA GV White House through trees. Various shots, around the Treaty Room in the White House where the peace pact ending the Spanish-American War in 1898 was signed. MS US President John F Kennedy is seated at his desk surrounded by senior Congressmen and Administration members, possibly including Senator Hubert Humphrey. He signs the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (four leather-bound documents, one each for the three pact members and one for the National Archives) and presents pens to the men around him as souvenirs of the signing. The President says that the Treaty need not fail, but if it does it would not be America's fault. More efforts should be made, he adds, to promote better understanding and more non-proliferation treaties signed. (Sync sound). Note: Date on original record: 07/10/1963. American commentary. FILM ID:3107.11 A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. http://www.britishpathe.tv/ FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT http://www.britishpathe.com/ British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

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