The Senate: Presidential Hopefuls Take The Spotlight
The Senate: Presidential Hopefuls Take The Spotlight
Clip: 363516_1_1
Year Shot: 1960
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1674
Original Film: 033-064-02
HD: N/A
Location: Washington, DC
Timecode: 00:46:16 - 00:47:00
President Dwight D. Eisenhower admonishes the United States Senate to set politics aside to complete important legislation, but it will be very difficult to forget the presidential campaign with Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon sitting in the extra session. MS - Exterior White House day, summer. Interior, CUS - Ike signs document while press photographers aim. MCUS - Group of men gather around a smiling, laughing Nixon MCUS - . Exterior building, JFK and LBJ exit, smile and wave to the gathered crowds. CUS - Kennedy and Johnson smiling standing on the steps of congress.