Part 4 of 4. Footage from 1928-1988.
DO NOT USE open for CBS News coverage of 1988 DNC.
1988 DNC: MSs Dukakis/Bentsen 88 signs on delegate floor; MS news cameramen; MSs elated delegates decked out in cheap political wares;
Interview about orchestrating a campaign.
MSs audio engineers working soundboards; MS OLYMPIA DUKAKIS introducing Mike Dukakis; MSs MICHAEL DUKAKIS walking onto stage, speaking.
Interview about orchestrating a campaign.
Cut to 1988 Republican National Convention: LS/MSs packed delegate floor; MS young man holding Bush 88 sign; LS/MSs GEORGE BUSH walking onto stage, excerpt of Thousand Points of Light acceptance speech.
Interview about what people get from watching television.
Cut back to 1988 DNC: MSs Dukakis on stage, waving to crowd, starins of Neil Diamond s Coming to America playing; LS/MSs delegates waving American flags, cheering, etc; LS balloons falling to floor.
MOS. Bill Moyers in studio.
DO NOT USE Chet Huntley in NBC election HQ, 1956.
Man interviewed about how people feel they know the canidates from television. Its much more difficult for a canidate to prove himself infront of hostile newsmen than a small town whistle-stop tour.
B/W CU RICHARD NIXON joking about media image at rally on 1968 campaign trail.
Interview saying television has strenghtened American democracy.
MS DWIGHT EISENHOWER and MAMIE EISENHOWER singing-- horribly off-key, I might add-- God Bless America at black tie affair.