/internal/media/dispatcher/72274/fullPierre Salinger Program09/09/19966 3/4 × 4 1/2 × 1 1/4 in. (17.1 × 11.4 × 3.2 cm)
Duration: 50 MinutesBetacam SPOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza1996.055.002202 Beta SP videotapes - masters
In partnership with the Japan-America Society’s Sun and Star Project, White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger discussed at this private event the Kennedy years and his memories of being en-route to Japan at the time of the assassination.Oral Histories650110E-1011.43000000000E-1017.145000000015787Oral history3.17500000000E-10Videotaped program with Pierre Salinger. Salinger served as White House Press Secretary for Presidents Kennedy and Johnson (1961-64) and was briefly a U.S. senator from California (1964). At the time of the assassination in 1963, Salinger was en route to Japan with a group of cabinet members.
This program, part of the Sun & Star 1996 cultural festival in Dallas-Fort Worth, was recorded at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on September 9, 1996 and was moderated by Jeff West. The program is fifty minutes long.
Oral historiesInterviewsPressAssassinationSalinger, PierreDallasWashington, D.C.JapanWhite House and State Officials (OHC)This program with Pierre Salinger was part of Sun & Star 1996, a prominent cultural festival held in Dallas/Fort Worth between September and December 1996 that was jointly coordinated and funded by the United States and Japan. At the time, it was called "the most significant festival of Japanese culture ever to be planned for the United States." According to a contemporary press release, virtually every DFW cultural institution took part "by organizing, presenting, or producing an exhibition or event that focuses on historical or contemporary Japanese culture." Since Salinger was en route to Japan with members of the Kennedy Cabinet at the time of the assassination, The Sixth Floor Museum was able to contribute to Sun & Star 1996 through this unique conversation. Mr. Salinger passed away on October 16, 2004. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator