REPORT FROM WASHINGTON; THE STATE DEPARTMENT Part 1

Description

NEWS PROGRAM: NBC corespondent Eli Able narrates a report on the State Department with emphasis on its internal operations; shows Secretary of State Dean Rusk holding a staff conference with assistant secretaries and employees handling diplomatic correspondence, answering inquiries, making maps, issuing passports, affixing the Great Seal of the U.S. and explains operations of divisions and branches. Former Ambassador to Japan Robert D. Murphy discusses the growth and size of the agency, staff morale, the foreign service, etc. Foreign service officers are presented working in language laboratories, practicing as interpreters and participating in sessions dealing with problems confronting Vietnamese civilians in guerrilla warfare. Shows news briefings, public briefings for Department visitors and ceremonial activities.

Collection

General Records of the Department of State

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Foreign Policy and Foreign Relations