Collection Summary
Administrative Information
Scope and Content of Collection
Indexing Terms
Collection Summary
Title: Confessions of a weaponeer : video tape
Dates: 1987
Collection Number: 87064
Collection Size:
1 video cassette, 1 folder.
(0.2 linear feet)
Repository:
Hoover Institution Archives
Stanford, California 94305-6010
Abstract: Interview with George Kistiakowsky, science adviser to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1959-1961), relating to the development
of American nuclear weapons policy and the history of the nuclear arms race. Interview conducted by Carl Sagan and broadcast
on the television program Nova. Includes a printed transcript of the broadcast.
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Archives
Languages: In
English
Administrative Information
Access
Collection is open for research.
The Hoover Institution Archives only allows access to
copies of audiovisual items. To listen to sound recordings or to view videos or films during your visit, please contact the Archives
at least two working days before your arrival. We will then advise you of the accessibility of the material you wish to see
or hear. Please note that not all audiovisual material is immediately accessible.
Publication Rights
May not be reproduced without permission of Carl Sagan Productions.
For copyright status, please contact the Hoover Institution Archives.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Confessions of a weaponeer : video tape, [Box number], Hoover Institution Archives.
Acquisition Information
Acquired by the Hoover Institution Archives in 1987.
Accruals
Materials may have been added to the collection since this finding aid was prepared. To determine if this has occurred, find
the collection in Stanford University's online catalog at
http://searchworks.stanford.edu/ . Materials have been added to the collection if the number of boxes listed in the online catalog is larger than the number
of boxes listed in this finding aid.
Location of Originals
Original in possession of: WGBH Educational Foundation.
Scope and Content of Collection
Interview with George Kistiakowsky, science adviser to President Dwight D. Eisenhower (1959-1961), relating to the development
of American nuclear weapons policy and the history of the nuclear arms race. Interview conducted by Carl Sagan and broadcast
on the television program Nova. Includes a printed transcript of the broadcast.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Nuclear weapons.
United States--Military policy.
Videotapes.
Kistiakowsky, George B. (George Bogdan), 1900-
Sagan, Carl, 1934-