The 1950s Video & Audio
McCarthy's Demise
We're not linking you to the recorded version of the Army-McCarthy Hearings on Washington, but our learning guide on this exchange between Senator Joseph McCarthy and lawyer Joseph Welsh, in which McCarthy smeared one of Welsh's assistants, will go into depth on the turning point in the senator's vicious career.
Eisenhower's Farewell Address
Again, not the recorded version here, but in this television speech, the departing president warned of the influence of the "military-industrial" complex.