| 1956 Republican Convention | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 385 |
| Catalog #: | 432939 | |
| Clip Number: | 432939-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 920 | |
| Timecode: | 01:23:07 - 01:26:46 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA | |
| Year Shot: | 1956 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CIVIL RIGHTS: African-American DEMONSTRATIONS: Protest ELECTIONS: Conventions PERSONALITIES: Goldwater, Barry PERSONALITIES: Hoover, Herbert PERSONALITIES: Nixon, Richard M. PERSONALITIES: Rockefeller, Nelson POLITICS: United States | |
| Description: | United Press newsreel of the 1956 Republican National Convention in San Francisco. Note that some of the material is MOS, from opening until speakers Herbert Hoover and Barry Goldwater. EST Cow Palace convention center, cars & pedestrians in FG, bunting hanging from building. Panning high angle TLS of civil rights marchers, both African-American & Caucasian; great MSs demonstrators carrying protest signs that say "Freedom Now" & "End School Segregation, Endorse Supreme Court (Brown) Decision" & "Fight Like (boxer) Floyd Patterson Against Racism". High angle LS convention floor. MS of NELSON ROCKEFELLER walking along aisle, greeting delegates. MS of BARRY GOLDWATER talking to several delegates. Panning TLSs several men walking through aisles with American flags (syncopated display). TLS banners hanging from rafters depicting Republican Party tryptich: Dwight Eisenhower, Abraham Lincoln & Richard Nixon (the Father, the Son & the Holy Ghost?); zoom into MS of Lincoln. TLS of former President HERBERT HOOVER waving to applauding crowd; wide MS Mr. Hoover speaking to convention, making self-deprecating remarks about how many times he's been invited to speak. TLS South Dakota delegation, many signs stating "South Dakota Conservatives Want Goldwater" & "Goldwater for President". Wide MS Barry Goldwater speaking to convention: "The prophets of the radical liberal left continue to offer only one solution to the problems which confront us. They tell us again & again & again we should spend our way out of trouble & spend our way into a better tomorrow. We need Republicans in the Congress to protect this nation against the reckless spenders, and what is a clear & unmistakeable intention of Russia to conquer the free world. When the apostles of apeasement attempt to persuade us to accept piecemeal surrender to a timid refusal to face reality, we need Republicans in the Congress to protect this nation. We need Republicans in the Congress whose goal is victory, not a stalemate." MSs Vice-President RICHARD NIXON shaking hands & meeting with Herbert Hoover. | |
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