JFK White House Tapes, Cuban Missile Crisis
President Kennedy taped many of his White House conversations. In this October 18, 1962 recording, he dictates an accoun…
Archival footage of President John F. Kennedy's Oval Office Address during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On October 22, 1962 President Kennedy a… read more
Archival footage of President John F. Kennedy's Oval Office Address during the Cuban Missile Crisis. On October 22, 1962 President Kennedy addressed the nation on the build-up of Soviet nuclear missiles on Cuba, saying he had ordered a quarantine of the island and would continue military surveillance missions. He also said that the U.S. would consider any attack on the Western Hemisphere an attack on the U.S., "requiring a full retaliatory response upon the Soviet Union." He also called on international diplomatic organizations to back the U.S. close
President Kennedy taped many of his White House conversations. In this October 18, 1962 recording, he dictates an accoun…
Journalists and former aides to President Kennedy commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the Cuban Missile Crisis at the O…
President Kennedy spoke to the Society of Newspaper Editors about events in Cuba, which later became known as the Bay of…
A newsreel from October 1962 on the Cuban Missile Crisis was shown. On October 22, 1962, President John F. Kennedy anno…