Comments from David Brinkley on the Julius and Ethel Rosenberg execution, which took place on June,19th,1953. The Rosenbergs were convicted of spying for the Soviet Union, which included providing top-secret information about American radar, sonar, jet propulsion engines, and nuclear weapon designs. Pleas of clemency were ignored by President Eisenhower and the couple became the first American civilians to be put to death on spying charges.
David Brinkley reports.
