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Title The greatest speeches of all time / the Nostalgia Company
Published Rolling Bay, WA : Nostalgia Co., 2007

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Description 3 videodiscs (approximately 180 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
Contents v. 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, State of the Union address (January 6, 1942) -- Winston Churchill, Address to Joint Session of Congress -- General Douglas MacArthur, Address to Joint Session of Congress (April 20, 1951) -- Harry S. Truman, 1948 campaign -- John F. Kennedy, Inaugural speech (January 20, 1961); Berlin address (June 23, 1963) -- Martin Luther King, Lincoln Memorial (August 1963); Memphis, Tennessee (April 3, 1968) -- Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis (Indiana, April 4, 1968) -- Malcolm X, Harlem, New York (March 29, 1964) -- Richard M. Nixon, the White House (August 8, 1974) -- Ronald Reagan, Inaugural speech (January 20, 1981); Farewell address (August 15, 1988)
v. 2. Franklin Delano Roosevelt: 1st Inaugural Address featuring the famous " ... fear itself" address. March 4, 1933 -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Answers the assertion that he feasts on "grilled Millionaires". December 5, 1938 -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Teamsters Union Banquet, Hotel Statler in Washington D.C. September 23, 1944 -- Richard M. Nixon: As running mate to Dwight D. Eisenhower, the future V.P. addresses the T.V. audience with his "Checkers Speech." September 23, 1952 -- John F. Kennedy: Proposing a "Test Ban Treaty" at American University on June 10, 1963 -- Martin Luther King, Jr.: Speaking at Brown Chapel in Selma, Alabama on March 8, 1965 -- Barry Goldwater: The nominee for President addresses the Republican National Convention held in San Francisco. July 16, 1984 -- Ronald Reagan: Making an early political speech in support of the Goldwater-Miller G.O.P. ticket. October 27, 1964 -- Ronald Reagan: Address at the Brandenburg Gate (Berlin Wall) during the president's second term. June 12, 1987 -- Mario Cuomo: Speaking at the Democratic National Convention held in San Francisco. July 16, 1984 -- Jesse Jackson: At a political rally in Tendley Baptist Church, Philadelphia. January 16, 1984 -- George H.W. Bush: Address to Joint Session of Congress and the Nation following Desert Storm Victory. March 6, 1991 -- William Jefferson Clinton: Speech commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Normandy Invasion. June 6, 1994 -- William Jefferson Clinton: 2nd Inaugural Address, Washington D.C. January 20, 1997
v. 3. Will Rogers, Campaign rally with FDR (1932) -- Huey Long, Addressing Congressional staff members of the "re-distribution of wealth" (Dec. 11, 1934) -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second Inaugural Address, Washington D.C. (Jan. 20, 1937) -- George S. Patton speaking in Los Angeles for war bond support (June 12, 1945) -- John L. Lewis, Congressional testimony on mining disaster and calling for the ousting of the Secretary of the Interior (Apr. 3, 1947) -- Attorney Joseph Welch, representing the Army, faces off with Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Apr. 22, 1954) -- V.P. Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev inspecting an exhibit of a "modern kitchen" at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (July 24, 1959) -- Hubert Humphrey addresses farm workers during the presidential primary race (Mar. 14, 1960) -- John F. Kennedy speaking to the nation on the introduction of civil rights legislation (June 11, 1963) -- New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller addresses the Republican National Convention (July 14, 1964) -- Robert F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City (Aug. 27, 1964) -- U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan speaking during the impeachment hearings of Richard Nixon (July 25, 1974) -- President Gerald Ford announcing to the nation a pardon for Richard Nixon (Sept. 8, 1974) -- JImmy Carter from the White House addresses the nation on the growing energy crisis (July 15, 1979) -- President Ronald Reagan at the National Association of Evangelicals Convention (Mar. 23, 1983)
Summary Containing 44 of the most important and well-known speeches of modern times from U.S. Presidents, politicians and world leaders
Notes Not rated
DVD
Subject Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Speeches, addresses, etc., English.
Political oratory.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Video recordings.
Author Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972.
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963.
X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994.
Reagan, Ronald.
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998.
Jackson, Jesse, 1941-
Bush, George, 1924-2018.
Clinton, Bill, 1946-
Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.
Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935.
Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885-1945.
Lewis, John L. (John Llewellyn), 1880-1969.
Welch, Joseph N., 1890-1960.
Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978.
Rockefeller, Nelson A. (Nelson Aldrich), 1908-1979.
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.
Jordan, Barbara, 1936-1996.
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006.
Carter, Jimmy, 1924-
Khrushchev, Nikita Sergeevich, 1894-1971.
Nostalgia Company.
ISBN 188595994X (set)
9781885959942 (set)
1885959346 (vol. 1)
9781885959348 (vol. 1)
1885959672 (vol. 2)
9781885959676 (vol. 2)
1885959877 (vol. 3)
9781885959874 (vol. 3)
Other Titles Added title on box: 44 of the great speeches that changed history