| The Republican Convention | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1725 |
| Catalog #: | 425294 | |
| Clip Number: | 425294-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 037-055-01 | |
| Timecode: | 00:40:05 - 00:42:55 | |
| Location: | San Francisco, California | |
| Year Shot: | 1964 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Campaigns ELECTIONS: Conventions LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, California, San Francisco PERSONALITIES: Goldwater, Barry PERSONALITIES: Lodge, Henry Cabot PERSONALITIES: Rockefeller, Nelson POLITICS: Political Party, USA, Republican | |
| Description: | Some damage to film "The eyes of the nation are on San Francisco as the Republican Party convenes to nominate their choice for President. 1,309 delegates gather to choose the man who will oppose Lyndon B. Johnson. Early arrivals include Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Henry Cabot Lodge Jr., Gov. William Scranton, Gov. George Romney & Senator Barry Goldwater. All is in readiness & history will be made at the Cow Palace in one of the most crucial conventions in Republican annals." Craning LS downtown San Francisco. Nice head-on traveling shot of famous cable car trolley traveling up hill. Panning TLS cable car with "Republican National Convention" ad on front passing cam. MS/CUs man hawking GOP buttons, elephant balloon, cutout of face of Dwight Eisenhower on street; one button reads, "Don’t Care Who Wins, My Business is Buttons." MS Governor of New York NELSON ROCKEFELLER arriving at airport, talking w/ men on tarmac. MS handwritten sign on glass door: "HQ of Margaret Chase Smith for President"; MSs Smith campaign workers in office typing, printing flyers, unloading buttons, etc. MS "Welcome Mr. Lodge" sign held above crowd in room; MSs HENRY CABOT LODGE JR. entering room, shaking hands with youngsters, smiling. LS crowd, traffic (including cable car) outside St. Francis Hotel. H/a TLS platform committee meeting; MS perennial dark horse GOP candidate HAROLD STASSEN in crowd; MS Governor of Michigan GEORGE ROMNEY speaking to crowd; MS/TLSs standing ovation; MSs AFL-CIO President GEORGE MEANY taking podium, speaking to crowd. TLS Scranton supporters walking on tarmac with placards; MSs Governor of Pennsylvania WILLIAM SCRANTON alighting plane, shaking hands with supporters; MS/TLSs supporters waving bevy of placards. MS two female Goldwater supporters at desk in hospitality room; MSs two Goldwater campaign aides talking on phone in hotel room. MS Senator BARRY GOLDWATER (R-AZ) wearing thick glasses, large image of himself in BG. MS "Goldwater in 64" campaign poster. MS Barry Goldwater wearing glasses. TLS Cow Palace, American flag flying from pole. TLS/LSs construction workers inside Cow Palace. | |
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