News in Brief: Maryland, Turkey Time.
News in Brief: Maryland, Turkey Time.
Clip: 356559_1_1
Year Shot: 1959
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1665
Original Film: 032-093-04
HD: N/A
Location: Maryland
Timecode: 00:29:51 - 00:30:35
News in Brief: Maryland, Turkey Time. Some 2,000 handsome toms are culled for the finest specimens, to grace the holiday tables of the President and Vice President. The strutting gobblers are their usual selves, quite unmoved by the great cranberry controversy. Lots of turkeys. Funny! - one turkey has a sign that says "Eisenhower" -- looks like he's holding it but of course that's impossible. Man (farmer?) holds struggling turkey with a card that says "Nixon" dangling around its neck (the potential political humor here...). Another turkey's card says "Benson" (Secretary of Agriculture?).