Christian A. Herter

Clip: 356187_1_1

Year Shot: 1959 (Actual Year)

Audio: Yes

Video: B/W

Tape Master: 1658

Original Film: 032-032-02

HD: N/A

Location: Georgia

Timecode: 00:47:24 - 00:48:01

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Christian A. Herter At Augusta, Georgia, President Dwight D. Eisenhower formally announces the appointment of Paris-born, Harvard educated Christian A. Herter as Secretary of State. He succeeds cancer-stricken John Foster Dulles who resigned. Hanging sign, Augusta National Golf Club. Ike with Herter (?), the two men shake hands. Cameramen at their motion picture/newsreel cameras, exterior. Ike and Herter at microphones (no nat sound).