| ELECTIONS IN AMERICA For the first time since the Second World War, the Democrats gain control of the US Congress. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 8673 |
| Catalog #: | 233814 | |
| Clip Number: | 233814-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 3156 D | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Washington DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1958 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Misc | |
| Description: | ELECTIONS IN AMERICA For the first time since the Second World War, the Democrats gain control of the US Congress. Washington DC, USA LS White House. Three shots of Assembly. CU.Sign "Polling Place". LS.CU.Women sorting and counting votes. Various CUs of types entering voting booths. CU President Eisenhower arriving to cast vote. CU Ext: Barlow Firemen's Hall. CU. LS. President Dwight Eisenhower casting vote in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Various shots, Governor Goodwin J Knight of California entering building (he is trying for the Senate Seat). MS.CU Senator William F.Knowland, Republican. CU.Clair Engle, Senator-elect of California. CU.Clair Engle and Edmund Brown, Democrat Governor of California. Various shots of Senator John F.Kennedy (later President), flanked by wife Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy and younger brother (later Senator) Edward Kennedy and surrounded by voters. GV.New York skyscrapers. MS.Panning down shot of skyscraper. MS.Nelson A Rockefeller (Governor of New York). MS Nelson A.Rockefeller, Kenneth Keating, US Senate, and Malcolm Wilson, Lieutenant Governor of New York State. CU.Crowd Cheering. CU.Nelson Rockefeller. CU.Crowd cheering. CU.Rockerfeller. | |
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