The national allure of Jacqueline Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, the Warren Report, and Barry Goldwater.
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DO NOT USE Stills of Jacqueline Kennedy.
MS/TLSs First Lady JACQUELINE KENNEDY riding an elephant in India. TLS/MSs Jackie Kennedy arriving in Greece for vacation; nice MS well-wishers waving Greek & American flags on dock. MS Jackie & President JOHN F. KENNEDY arriving at Inaugural gala ball, 1961. MS Jackie & JFK (and perhaps Andre Malraux) perusing Mona Lisa painting at National Gallery of Art, Jan 1963.
DO NOT USE (COLOR) Stills of the White House after she redecorated it.
MSs Jackie & John Kennedy welcoming guests at formal White House functions, Jackie looking resplendent in Oleg Cassini fashions.
DO NOT USE Still photo Jackie & John Kennedy
CU composed Jackie speaking to the press after assassination of JFK, thanking the American people for their kindness & respect in her time of grief. MSs Jackie Kennedy walking along tarmac, passing reporters, getting into car; MS Jackie, ROBERT F. KENNEDY & Kennedy sisters meeting with famed architect I.M. PEI. MS/CUs savings bond bearing likeness of JFK; MS Atty. Gen. RFK (Bobby Kenedy) presenting boy with savings bond.
MSs Warren Commission - headed by Chief Justice EARL WARREN with GERALD FORD to his right, walking into White House with the infamous Warren Report; MS Earl Warren presenting Report to President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON, former CIA Director ALLEN DULLES standing to LBJ's left, wearin bow tie. MSs President Lyndon Johnson delivering speech, speaking rather bluntly, honestly about free trade & labor unions. MS LBJ playing w/ two pet beagles (named Him & Her) on White House lawn, hoisting one up by the ears. MS First Lady LADY BIRD JOHNSON munching on a BBQ cow rib at one of their famous meat-a-thon barbeques. TLSs LBJ riding a horse on their Texas ranch.
Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater speaks at Republican rally, 1964: MSs cheering, clapping GOP lovers; MSs Sen. BARRY GOLDWATER stepping onto stage, waving, then speaking.
1964 political camapign television ad for the Goldwater campaign: "Graft" & "Swindle" & "Juvenile Delinquency" & "Crime" & "Riots" lurch to cam; Barry Goldwater states today's youth needs to respect law & order again.
MS President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON & Sen. HUBERT H. HUMPHREY waving from podium at 1964 Democratic National Convention. MSs President Johnson pressing flesh, speaking on campaign trail. MSs students protesting at Columbia University, one man holding sign to boycott school food service. TLS US navy carrier at sea; MSs missiles being armed. MS President LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON speaking to press after the Gulf of Tonkin excuse, er, incident. CU reporter scribbling in notebook. MS former Vice-President RICHARD M. NIXON speaking to reporters at airport, exhibiting support for increased U.S. military presence in Vietnam. MSs LBJ & Johnson Family stealthfully walking to podium after 1964 landslide victory over GOP; relishing the moment.
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