Making of A President 1968 (Reel 3 of 3)

Year Published: 1968

Complete Record: the year is 1968 starts with some news reel. Man talking to us from office. titles place commercial here. new York city over head shots. over head Washington men working with computer dead loaded off air force plane in metal coffins. political officials, Lyndon Johnson and others i should know. brief statements about war. editorial cartoons. Tet offensive. covering faces of dead Vietnamese man talking about war. is man McCarthy. McCarthy being interviewed by press. College universities. New Hampshire college kids canvassing and working on primary. Nixon for president dinner speech. Being pleasant. Nixon being moody. Nixon talking in his car while its moving. saying he isn’t a good actor and can’t be packaged. Rommey for president. The Brainwashed candidate, admits to being brainwashed in Vietnam. War footage, brief. New Hampshire primary. McCarthy speaking. Bobby Robert Kennedy. Stills of Kennedy brooding. Kennedy speaking elsewhere. Announcing candidacy for president. People booing and cheering in public. reelect president Johnson material, and add on tv. LBJ sends more men to Vietnam. LBJ leaving the race for president. Hubert Humphrey takes up the race. But people associate him with war. McCarthy talking again. “Poet, mystic, scholar” McCarthy! Kennedy speaking Kennedy as liberators for blacks. Black man for Kennedy. 911 call. people being questioned by press, at crime scenes ? Black Panthers. “ it is as American as cherry pie” violence that is. black people being arrested. Dead black people. riot fires. Martin Luther King. Clip from the I’ve been to the Mountain Top speech. Soldiers defending the capitol. first time since civil war. War protest. Jewish guy at podium. graduation speeches. May 1968 Columbia university sit in. Students campaigning for McCarthy, Kennedy. McCarthy speaking. Kennedy on California train. Robert Kennedy in Turlock California. Kennedy thanks Chicago for winning primary. Robert Kennedy shot. Stunned Students faces. People crying at the McCarthy section of primary. Rockefeller and Reagan run against Nixon. Reagan talking. follow the rules or get out says sign above his door. Reagan in the south. Nixon at some sort of party in Miami. “ Rocky can Win” Rockefeller talking. people falling asleep at republican speeches. Nixon receiving talleys of votes from primaries. Happy. Nixon wins. Rockefeller looses. Nixon on the phone with him. “ You’re good to call” Nixon playing piano and singing. Chicago aerials. Democratic national convention. inside the national convention. Mayor Daley. rehearsal of demonstration tactics. Allen Ginsberg demonstrating ahhhhh sounds for demonstration. McCarthy arriving in Chicago. Hubert Humphrey as well. George McGovern running, speaks. briefly. Vietnamese flags fixed to war memorial. students dispersed. Humphrey awaits. War protest chant at convention. blowin in the wind sung played with Vietnam flags waiving. rioting. police beating people. McGovern saying if he was president there wouldn’t be violence in the streets. Humphrey awaiting counts. Nixon ticker tape parade. George Wallace running. speaks on student violence. campaign of racism. George speaks more! Humphrey out of money. travels. students protest each presentation. “ Knock it off would you please” Humphrey Tv spot against war. Vietnam dead body. Nixon campaign advisors. Lyndon Johnson on tv. ceasing bombing in the north. Black people cheering for Humphrey. Nixon leaving on plane. people cheering for votes. Man saying he thinks Humphrey will win. Humphrey and Nixon head to head. Nixon wins! Conclusion. Nixon speaking. Inaugural speech. brief clip. Washington aerial. The End-+