[1960s NEWSREEL SHORTS VICE PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW JUSTICE ABE FORTAS CONFIRMATION HEARING]

These short newsreels were created by Off Network Productions, a New York company created by producer and media magnate Gerald Bartell, using an archive compiled by Merton Koplin. The company distributed these films to TV stations around the United States, where they were used as fillers, and to present historical events and personalities to the public. Bartell referred to the films as a "visual encyclopedia".

0:00 FILM 1070: Vice President Spiro Agnew speaking in 1968, watching his wife christen an aircraft, and speaking to a reporter on an airplane.
2:04 FILM 1071: Vice Presidential candidate Spiro Agnew on the campaign trail in 1968. At 2:37, he speaks about the Pueblo Incident.
5:00 FILM 1072: Lawyer and associate Justice of the Supreme Court Abe Fortas, who was nominated to be the Chief Justice, speaks about the Miranda case in 1968 --- Fortas was a member of the Supreme Court majority in the landmark Miranda v. Arizona case, which established the requirement for police to inform suspects of their constitutional rights before custodial interrogation. He supported the ruling, which was part of the Warren Court's expansion of civil liberties.
6:45 Senator Strom Thurmond speaks about Abe Fortas in 1968. In 1968, Senator Strom Thurmond opposed Abe Fortas's nomination to be Chief Justice by berating him for refusing to answer questions during his confirmation hearing, and he also alleged that Fortas was pro-obscenity on the Court. Thurmond's opposition was part of a larger conservative effort that included using stalling tactics to block a vote and a filibuster that ultimately forced Fortas to withdraw his name.