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Modern Presidential Campaigns. Volume 2 From Train to Television (1948 - 60)

Title
Modern Presidential Campaigns. Volume 2 [electronic resource (video)] : From Train to Television (1948 - 60) / Educational Video Group.
Published
New York, N.Y. : Infobase, [2012], c2010.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (79 min.) : sd., col.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on September 27, 2012.
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Closed-captioned.
Title from distributor's description.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
This second volume - "From Train to Television" (1948 - 60) - covers the Whistlestop campaign of Harry S. Truman and the Eisenhower years to Kennedy defeating Nixon.
Variant and related titles
From Train to Television (1948 - 60)
Films on demand.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
Modern presidential campaign
Modern Presidential Campaigns Series
System details note
Mode of access: Internet.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
6 & up.
Contents
1948: Harry Truman vs. Thomas E. Dewey (4:10)
The 1948 Democratic Convention (2:12)
Harry Truman's Dexter, Iowa Campaign Speech (8:05)
Harry Truman's Whistle-stop Speeches (1:21)
Thomas Dewey's Overconfidence (2:39)
Truman Defeats Dewey (1:31)
Harry Truman's Inaugural Address (3:38)
1952: Dwight Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson (1:54)
The 1952 Republican and Democratic Conventions in Chicago (1:48)
Adlai Stevenson's Campaign (3:30)
Dwight Eisenhower's Campaign (3:32)
Ike Takes the High Road (1:50)
Richard Nixon Accused of Corruption (1:32)
Richard Nixon's "Checkers" Speech (2:59)
Nixon Stays on the Ticket (2:17)
Dwight Eisenhower Wins in a Landslide (1:55)
1956: Dwight Eisenhower vs. Adlai Stevenson (2:53)
Adlai Stevenson's Campaign (2:42)
Adlai Stevenson Raises the Nuclear Issue (2:45)
Lackluster Campaign Ends with Eisenhower Victory (1:53)
1960: John F. Kennedy vs. Richard Nixon (2:27)
The Youngest Pair of Candidates in History (2:18)
The 1960 Campaign Begins (1:54)
The First Kennedy-Nixon Debate (3:27)
Style vs. Substance (2:20)
The Catholic Issue (1:27)
JFK Wins a Close Election (1:33)
John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (6:59)
Credits: Modern Presidential Campaigns, Volume 2: "From Train to Television" (1948-60) (0:37)
Videorecording number
49179s Infobase
49181 Infobase
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Infobase.
Educational Video Group.
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