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CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) motion picture excerpt of Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy's full acceptance speech at the 1960 Democratic National ...
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Oct 30, 2020 · This newsreel-style film for the U.S. Information Agency by Hearst Movietone News documents the 1960 presidential election from the nominating conventions through the concession and victory...
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- See how Kennedy emerged from a crowded field to become the Democratic Party's 1960 presidential nominee
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See how Kennedy emerged from a crowded field to become the Democratic Party's 1960 presidential nominee
Scenes from the 1960 Democratic National Convention, which nominated as candidate for president U.S. Sen. John F. Kennedy, who, in his acceptance speech, spoke of his hopes for a “New Frontier.”
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•See how Kennedy emerged from a crowded field to become the Democratic Party's 1960 presidential nominee
•Watch President John F. Kennedy delivering his inaugural address in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1961
•Watch Democrats campaigning in the 1960 U.S. presidential primaries
[Background noise from the convention]
NARRATOR: In Los Angeles the candidates made the rounds of state delegation. Each candidate urged his own nomination, but the Kennedy lead seemed insurmountable. The job of the Kennedy organization was to hold on to its committed delegates.
Adlai Stevenson still had not declared himself, but this did not dim the enthusiasm of his volunteers all over the country. A massive grass roots campaign was mounted even as Stevenson denied his own candidacy.
STEVENSON: I am not a candidate for the nomination, but I deeply care about the issues before my party and the nation and I intend to speak in support of a liberal program as forcefully as I can in the weeks ahead, as I have always done.
NARRATOR: The Stevenson forces had packed the galleries and stormed the floor. But there was little support for him among the delegations and none from the big-state leaders. Stevenson himself received a tremendous ovation when he appeared on the floor. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt urged his selection.
MRS. ROOSEVELT: If we really want to win in November, I think we will nominate a Stevenson-Kennedy ticket.
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Aug 15, 2020 · C-SPAN presented historic speeches from the 1960 political conventions with presidential nominees Senator John F. Kennedy (D) and Vice President Richard Nixon (R).
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Full text and audio mp3 and video of John F. Kennedy's 1960 Democratic National Convention Address.
