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TR | Clip
TR and the Panama Canal

Shortly after taking office, TR said of the Panama Canal that, "No single great material work which remains to be undertaken on this continent is as of such consequence to the American people."
Eleanor Roosevelt | Clip
Prospects of Mankind with Eleanor Roosevelt

Watch Eleanor Roosevelt discuss service and the development of the Peace Corps with JFK and other officials on Prospects of Mankind.
16 MIN 19 SEC
Nixon | Clip
Nixon's Gamble

In 1972, Nixon took a risk and responded to North Vietnamese aggression by bombing Hanoi.
2 MIN 46 SEC
LBJ | Clip
Johnson's War

Protests against the Vietnam War turned personal for President Johnson.
2 MIN 37 SEC
LBJ | Clip
Combating Communism

In 1964, American bombers in Vietnam demonstrated that LBJ was a committed anti-Communist.
2 MIN 31 SEC
Nixon | Clip
The Silent Majority

President Nixon garnered approval with his "Silent Majority" speech in November 1969.
1 MIN 33 SEC
Nixon | Clip
Carpet Bombing

Nixon decided to use force to end the Vietnam War with "the Christmas Bombing."
2 MIN 49 SEC
Truman | Clip
Crisis in Korea

Truman interpreted a North Korean attack as direct aggression from the Soviet Union.
2 MIN 45 SEC
Truman | Clip
Sizing Up Stalin

Truman's first impression of Joseph Stalin was favorable.
1 MIN 49 SEC
Cold War Roadshow | Clip
Khrushchev on the Farm

When the Soviet premier visited the Agricultural Experiment Station in Beltsville, Maryland, he was unimpressed with the small turkeys.
1 MIN 45 SEC
Cold War Roadshow | Clip
Sergei Khrushchev Reflects

Sergei Khrushchev was 22 when he accompanied his father on an unprecedented American tour. Sergei reflects on the whirlwind, cross-country trip and his impressions of America.
3 MIN 45 SEC
Cold War Roadshow | Clip
Khrushchev Takes Manhattan

Nikita Khrushchev took in the sites of 1950s New York City, and his son captured it on camera.
11 MIN 11 SEC

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