Great American speeches [videorecording] : 80 years of political oratory / written and produced by Parker Payson

Published:: [Alexandria, Va.] : Pieri & Spring Productions, [1995]
Copyright Date:: ©1995
Physical Description:: 2 videocassettes (4 hrs.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 1/2 in.
Additional Creators:: Powell, Jody, 1943-2009, Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919, La Follette, Robert M. (Robert Marion), 1855-1925, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Coughlin, Charles E. (Charles Edward), 1891-1979, Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935, Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946, Smith, Gerald L. K. (Gerald Lyman Kenneth), 1898-1976, Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945, Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969, MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964, Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994, McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957, Welch, Joseph N., 1890-1960, Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978, Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963, King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968, X, Malcolm, 1925-1965, Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979, Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998, Reagan, Ronald, Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968, Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996, Cuomo, Mario M., 1932-2015, Jackson, Jesse, 1941-, Payson, Parker, and Pieri & Spring Productions

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Contents:

tape 2. Inaugural address, 1961 ; American University speech, 1963 ; Ich bin ein Berliner, 1963 / John F. Kennedy -- When a man has already died, 1965 ; I have a dream, 1963 / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Easter speech in Harlem, 1964 / Malcolm X -- Platform attack, 1964 / Nelson Rockefeller -- Extremism is no vice, 1964 / Barry Goldwater -- A time for choosing, 1964 / Ronald Reagan -- On the death of Martin Luther King, 1968 / Robert F. Kennedy -- Watergate statement, 1974 / Barbara Jordan -- 1st inaugural address, 1981 / Ronald Reagan -- Democratic National Convention speech, 1984 / Mario Cuomo -- Political rally, Tendley Baptist Church, 1984 / Jesse Jackson. and tape 1. Bull-Moose campaign, 1912 / Theodore Roosevelt -- On responsible government, 1924 / Robert LaFollette, Sr. -- 1st inaugural address, 1933 / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Roosevelt or ruin, 1933 ; Madison Square Garden rally, 1935 / Charles E. Coughlin -- Universal newsreel broadcast, 1935 ; Share the wealth, 1935 / Huey Long -- Speaks to Jeffersonian-Democrats, 1936 / Eugene Talmadge -- The bug-grumping politicians, 1936 / Gerald L.K. Smith -- Grilled millionaire, 1938 ; Declaration of war, 1941 ; Teamsters' Union banquet, 1944 / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Urges war support, 1945 / George S. Patton -- The blood of our workers, 1947 / John L. Lewis -- Old soldiers never die, 1951 / Douglas MacArthur -- Checkers speech, 1952 / Richard Nixon -- Attack on Fred Fisher, Army-McCarthy hearings, 1954 / Joseph McCarthy -- Defense of Fred Fisher, Army-McCarthy hearings, 1954 / Joseph Welch -- Ampex Kitchen debate, 1959 / Richard Nixon -- Addresses farm workers, 1960 / Hubert Humphrey.

Summary:

Traces the history of visually recorded American oratory and discusses the evolution of how, through technology, politicians appear to the public. Each segment has narrative perspective and visual clips which portray that historical era.

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ISBN:

0964916800

Creation/Production Credits Note:

Cameraman, Frank Maniglia, Jr.; editors, Caroline Allnutt Lisle, Alec Nisbet; music, Stephen Mullany, Messenger Music.

Participant/Performer Note:

Narrator: Jody Powell.

Technical Details:

VHS.

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