1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:09,000 [uneasy music] 2 00:00:09,000 --> 00:00:15,000 ♪ 3 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:32,000 - Get out of the middle of the street. 4 00:00:33,000 --> 00:00:35,000 - Sir? 5 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:41,000 - I am aware of the intense interest 6 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:44,000 concerning developments over the last few days. 7 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,000 This has, of course, not been a diff-- 8 00:00:47,000 --> 00:00:49,000 Has been a difficult time. 9 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:56,000 Tonight at 9:00 Eastern Daylight time, 10 00:00:56,000 --> 00:00:58,000 the President of the United States 11 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:01,000 will address the nation on radio and television 12 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,000 from his Oval Office. 13 00:01:04,000 --> 00:01:07,000 [overlapping questions] 14 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:10,000 [low murmuring] 15 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:15,000 - People have begun to just sort of gather 16 00:01:15,000 --> 00:01:18,000 outside the White House, just stand near the gate thee 17 00:01:18,000 --> 00:01:20,000 on Pennsylvania Avenue and across the street here. 18 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:22,000 - This applause you hear-- what has happened 19 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:23,000 is that a moving van 20 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,000 has just pulled up, over at the White House. 21 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:30,000 [edgy music] 22 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,000 - But the hard fact is that no one really knows 23 00:01:32,000 --> 00:01:34,000 what's going on in the president's mind. 24 00:01:36,000 --> 00:01:38,000 One thing is certain: it's difficult for everyone 25 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:40,000 to live with this tension much longer. 26 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:46,000 [indistinct chatter] 27 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:49,000 - Is that really not getting anywhere that you can see? 28 00:01:49,000 --> 00:01:52,000 I don't think it is. I gotta [indistinct], but it might. 29 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,000 - Okay, sir. 30 00:01:55,000 --> 00:01:56,000 - Hey, you're better-looking than I am. 31 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,000 Why don't you stay here? Ha. 32 00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:00,000 [chuckling] 33 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:02,000 [clears throat] 34 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:06,000 Let me see the--did you get these lights properly... 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:09,000 - Yes, sir. - My eyes always have-- 36 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,000 You'll find as you get past 60-- 37 00:02:11,000 --> 00:02:13,000 That's enough. 38 00:02:13,000 --> 00:02:14,000 Thanks. 39 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:18,000 My friend Ollie always wants to take a lot of pictures. 40 00:02:18,000 --> 00:02:19,000 [chuckling] 41 00:02:19,000 --> 00:02:22,000 I'm afraid he'll catch me picking my nose. 42 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:24,000 [laughs] 43 00:02:24,000 --> 00:02:25,000 Well, you want a level, don't you? 44 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Yes, yes. Good evening. 45 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,000 This is the 37th time 46 00:02:29,000 --> 00:02:31,000 I have spoken to you from this office. 47 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Need any more? 48 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:38,000 Each time, I have done so to discuss with you some matter 49 00:02:38,000 --> 00:02:40,000 that I believe affected the national interest. 50 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,000 - That's fine. 51 00:02:45,000 --> 00:02:46,000 - Okay. 52 00:02:47,000 --> 00:02:51,000 [somber music] 53 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,000 ♪ 54 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:54,000 - We are standing by now 55 00:02:54,000 --> 00:02:57,000 for President Richard Millhouse Nixon, 56 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,000 37th President of the United States. 57 00:03:02,000 --> 00:03:05,000 - The explanation of this man and what has happened to him 58 00:03:05,000 --> 00:03:08,000 I think maybe we won't all fully understand. 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 - Get out! 60 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,000 - You never knew really who he was. 61 00:03:13,000 --> 00:03:14,000 - Good evening. 62 00:03:14,000 --> 00:03:17,000 This is the 37th time 63 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,000 I have spoken to you from this office. 64 00:03:20,000 --> 00:03:22,000 - It's as though he has needed enemies, 65 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:25,000 from the beginning, not only for political reasons, 66 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:28,000 but to give him his own identity. 67 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,000 [solemn music] 68 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:33,000 ♪ 69 00:03:33,000 --> 00:03:36,000 [questing notes] 70 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:42,000 ♪ 71 00:03:42,000 --> 00:03:45,000 [dramatic flourish] 72 00:03:45,000 --> 00:03:51,000 ♪ 73 00:03:56,000 --> 00:03:59,000 [wind howling] 74 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:02,000 [light music] 75 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:06,000 ♪ 76 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:08,000 - Now, my mother was a Quaker, 77 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:10,000 and my father was a Methodist. 78 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 But when they married, they compromised. 79 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:16,000 They both became Quakers, of course. 80 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:21,000 We were poor. We had very little. 81 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:23,000 We all used hand-me-down clothes. 82 00:04:23,000 --> 00:04:24,000 I wore my brother's shoes, 83 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:27,000 and my brother below me wore mine. 84 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,000 When I was ten years of age, 85 00:04:31,000 --> 00:04:34,000 we had the store and service station. 86 00:04:35,000 --> 00:04:39,000 It was mostly study and work. Not much play. 87 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:47,000 - They knew that when their father told them 88 00:04:47,000 --> 00:04:50,000 to do something, there wasn't any question about it. 89 00:04:51,000 --> 00:04:54,000 When he spoke, he meant exactly what he said. 90 00:04:55,000 --> 00:04:56,000 - We'll put it this way. He didn't believe 91 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,000 in any of the modern methods of raising children. 92 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:03,000 He said, "You spare the rod, you spoil the child." 93 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:10,000 It was a happy home. 94 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,000 A happy home--let me describe it another way. 95 00:05:15,000 --> 00:05:18,000 Sometimes, I think we judge happiness, in these days, 96 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:22,000 as being a life in which there are no problems. 97 00:05:23,000 --> 00:05:25,000 That isn't my estimate of happiness. 98 00:05:26,000 --> 00:05:28,000 In our family, we had many great problems. 99 00:05:28,000 --> 00:05:30,000 We had many great crises. 100 00:05:36,000 --> 00:05:39,000 When I was in high school, 101 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:41,000 my youngest brother Arthur died 102 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,000 of tubercular meningitis very suddenly. 103 00:05:44,000 --> 00:05:46,000 Within a week he was dead. 104 00:05:49,000 --> 00:05:53,000 And then my oldest brother Harold had tuberculosis... 105 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:56,000 and my mother, for three years, 106 00:05:56,000 --> 00:05:59,000 stayed with him in Arizona. 107 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:02,000 It was a rather difficult time, actually, 108 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:05,000 from the standpoint of the family being pulled apart. 109 00:06:09,000 --> 00:06:13,000 - Me and Dick were real buddies, 110 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,000 but the tuberculosis got him. 111 00:06:16,000 --> 00:06:18,000 Harold died. 112 00:06:18,000 --> 00:06:21,000 I think when you lose an older brother, 113 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:25,000 you suddenly have to take on the role of elder son. 114 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:28,000 [emotional music] 115 00:06:28,000 --> 00:06:30,000 ♪ 116 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:41,000 [bright music] 117 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:46,000 ♪ 118 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:48,000 - So I always had the drive of my father behind me 119 00:06:48,000 --> 00:06:50,000 saying, "Now, look. I had to quit when I was 120 00:06:50,000 --> 00:06:52,000 in the sixth grade, and so you're going to do better." 121 00:06:52,000 --> 00:06:54,000 ♪ 122 00:06:55,000 --> 00:06:57,000 - When we came in as freshmen, 123 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,000 Dick Nixon was something of an opportunist. 124 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,000 He wasn't athletic, 125 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:06,000 but he went out for the football team. 126 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:09,000 This, I feel, was deliberate, 127 00:07:09,000 --> 00:07:13,000 because the image served him well, 128 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:16,000 since this would contribute toward his election 129 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:20,000 as Student Body President and as a leader on campus. 130 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:24,000 [marching band music] 131 00:07:24,000 --> 00:07:29,000 ♪ 132 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,000 - I worked my way through college 133 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,000 and through law school. 134 00:07:35,000 --> 00:07:37,000 In 1940, probably the best thing 135 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:39,000 that ever happened to me happened. 136 00:07:39,000 --> 00:07:42,000 I married Pat. She was a beautiful girl, 137 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:45,000 and she was a very remarkable person too. 138 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:48,000 Her mother died when she was about nine years of age. 139 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,000 Her father died when she was 16, 140 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:55,000 and still graduated from USC with honors. 141 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:58,000 ♪ 142 00:07:58,000 --> 00:08:01,000 In 1942, I went into the service. 143 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,000 I enlisted in the Navy. 144 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,000 I was convinced that with this aggression 145 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:08,000 that was sweeping across the globe, 146 00:08:08,000 --> 00:08:10,000 that no one could stand aside. 147 00:08:12,000 --> 00:08:13,000 [crowd cheering] 148 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:16,000 - How jubilant was the taste of victory, 149 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:18,000 how sweet the rewards of peace. 150 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:21,000 [crowd cheering] 151 00:08:27,000 --> 00:08:30,000 - I received a wire from an old friend. 152 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,000 The banker in our hometown of Whittier, California 153 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:36,000 saying, "We're looking for candidates 154 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:39,000 to run for Congress." 155 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,000 I was off. 156 00:08:41,000 --> 00:08:45,000 - Richard Nixon, from the very beginning, 157 00:08:45,000 --> 00:08:47,000 had such a will to win 158 00:08:47,000 --> 00:08:49,000 that anything he could use in the campaign, 159 00:08:50,000 --> 00:08:52,000 apparently, was all right. 160 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,000 [dramatic music] 161 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,000 [anticipatory music] 162 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,000 - In the year 1946, young, bright, 163 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:08,000 but unknown Dick Nixon was given a chance 164 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:12,000 to run for Congress from his home district in California. 165 00:09:15,000 --> 00:09:18,000 - Jerry Voorhis had been the incumbent for ten years, 166 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,000 in a relatively conservative district. 167 00:09:35,000 --> 00:09:37,000 - By a whirlwind of charges and innuendos, 168 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:40,000 the anti-Communist Democratic incumbent Jerry Voorhis 169 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:43,000 was made to seem a pro-Communist. 170 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:48,000 - Of course, that first campaign 171 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:50,000 was the most exciting of all. 172 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:53,000 There's nothing like winning the first one. 173 00:10:06,000 --> 00:10:07,000 As far as Mrs. Nixon was concerned, 174 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:09,000 she liked adventure. 175 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,000 She thought that it was very important 176 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,000 to live an exciting life, 177 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:17,000 and frankly, going to Congress would be exciting she thought. 178 00:10:17,000 --> 00:10:23,000 ♪ 179 00:10:23,000 --> 00:10:26,000 [dramatic musical sting] 180 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:33,000 ♪ 181 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:38,000 - Representative Nixon, what do you think 182 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:41,000 Congress can and Congress must do 183 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:44,000 to deal with this problem of foreign espionage 184 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:46,000 within our own government? 185 00:10:46,000 --> 00:10:49,000 - I think the first thing that Congress must do 186 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,000 is to continue to expose these activities 187 00:10:51,000 --> 00:10:54,000 through the Committee on Un-American Activities. 188 00:10:57,000 --> 00:11:00,000 [uneasy music] 189 00:11:00,000 --> 00:11:04,000 ♪ 190 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,000 The facts regarding the sinister Communist conspiracy 191 00:11:07,000 --> 00:11:09,000 and other subversive activities 192 00:11:09,000 --> 00:11:11,000 should be brought to the American public. 193 00:11:14,000 --> 00:11:17,000 - I am not and never have been 194 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,000 a member of the Communist Party. 195 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,000 - Mr. Nixon, I urge that your committee members 196 00:11:40,000 --> 00:11:45,000 abandon such verdict first and testimony later tactics. 197 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:50,000 - Hiss was good-looking, suave, sophisticated, 198 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:51,000 Ivy League manner. 199 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 He was a very effective witness. 200 00:11:55,000 --> 00:11:58,000 - At the time, everybody was backing Hiss. 201 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:01,000 The committee wanted to drop it completely. 202 00:12:01,000 --> 00:12:04,000 Everybody was advising Nixon to drop it, 203 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:07,000 that it would kill his career. 204 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:14,000 - But somehow I had a feeling. 205 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,000 I said, "There's something about that fellow 206 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,000 that doesn't ring true." 207 00:12:19,000 --> 00:12:23,000 [uneasy music] 208 00:12:23,000 --> 00:12:24,000 It is the intention of the Committee 209 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,000 on Un-American Activities 210 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,000 to pursue this investigation until we put the spotlight 211 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:32,000 on those high officials in the State Department 212 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,000 who are responsible for 213 00:12:34,000 --> 00:12:36,000 selling this country down the river. 214 00:12:36,000 --> 00:12:39,000 [music intensifying] 215 00:12:39,000 --> 00:12:46,000 ♪ 216 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:52,000 I am holding in my hand 217 00:12:52,000 --> 00:12:54,000 a microfilm of the most confidential, 218 00:12:54,000 --> 00:12:57,000 highly secret State Department documents. 219 00:12:57,000 --> 00:12:59,000 This microfilm was made for the purpose 220 00:12:59,000 --> 00:13:00,000 of transmitting these documents, 221 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:04,000 in reduced form, to the Soviet Union. 222 00:13:04,000 --> 00:13:05,000 We knew that we had there 223 00:13:05,000 --> 00:13:08,000 the hard evidence that we had lacked before, 224 00:13:08,000 --> 00:13:10,000 and this involved espionage. 225 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,000 [reporters shouting questions] 226 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:15,000 [dramatic music] 227 00:13:15,000 --> 00:13:17,000 That was what eventually brought Hiss' indictment 228 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,000 and his conviction of perjury. 229 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:23,000 - Alger Hiss, one time high government official, 230 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,000 will lose all civil rights, after a year in prison. 231 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,000 - Mr. Nixon got a great deal of political mileage 232 00:13:43,000 --> 00:13:46,000 out of the conviction of Alger Hiss. 233 00:13:47,000 --> 00:13:50,000 [uneasy music] 234 00:13:50,000 --> 00:13:56,000 ♪ 235 00:13:56,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Had a great deal to do with his future career. 236 00:14:01,000 --> 00:14:02,000 - I'm Dick Nixon, 237 00:14:02,000 --> 00:14:05,000 one of your United States congressmen from California. 238 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:08,000 I am now applying for a new job: 239 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:09,000 that of United States senator. 240 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:18,000 - In 1950, Nixon ran against 241 00:14:18,000 --> 00:14:21,000 Congresswoman Helen Gahagan Douglas. 242 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:24,000 [edgy music] 243 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,000 It was a very rough campaign 244 00:14:27,000 --> 00:14:30,000 filled with a certain amount of innuendo. 245 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,000 He called Helen Douglas a pink lady. 246 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,000 - Saying if I was against the Committee 247 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,000 on Un-American Activities I was for Communism. 248 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:49,000 Dirty tricks designed to avod a discussion of issue, 249 00:14:49,000 --> 00:14:54,000 and anything was acceptable, if it guaranteed success. 250 00:14:58,000 --> 00:15:01,000 - In California, Congressman Richard Nixon wins easily. 251 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:21,000 - I know of no person who could have been selected 252 00:15:21,000 --> 00:15:24,000 for this high position and high honor 253 00:15:24,000 --> 00:15:27,000 by the Republican Party of the nation. 254 00:15:31,000 --> 00:15:33,000 - Is there any objection? 255 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:36,000 Here declares Richard M. Nixon 256 00:15:36,000 --> 00:15:40,000 the Republican nominee for vice president by acclamation. 257 00:15:40,000 --> 00:15:43,000 [crowd cheering] 258 00:15:43,000 --> 00:15:46,000 [upbeat music] 259 00:15:46,000 --> 00:15:53,000 ♪ 260 00:15:54,000 --> 00:15:56,000 - It's a big day for the little town 261 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,000 of Whittier, California. 262 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:01,000 There she is. 263 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:04,000 [laughing] That's Mrs. Nixon. 264 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:14,000 He is a very personable young man... 265 00:16:14,000 --> 00:16:16,000 [crowd cheering] 266 00:16:16,000 --> 00:16:18,000 And will undoubtedly be a great asset 267 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:21,000 to the Republican ticket. 268 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:26,000 [indistinct chatter] 269 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:29,000 ♪ 270 00:16:29,000 --> 00:16:31,000 - The whole Nixon family 271 00:16:31,000 --> 00:16:33,000 considers it a great privilege 272 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:34,000 to work for the election to the presidency 273 00:16:34,000 --> 00:16:36,000 of General Eisenhower. 274 00:16:36,000 --> 00:16:38,000 And although Tricia and Julie are a little too young 275 00:16:38,000 --> 00:16:40,000 for active campaigning, 276 00:16:40,000 --> 00:16:43,000 Mrs. Nixon will travel with me throughout the country, 277 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:44,000 and I think you will find that she's 278 00:16:44,000 --> 00:16:46,000 one of the best campaigners on record. 279 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:49,000 - Well, I certainly will do all I can. 280 00:16:50,000 --> 00:16:53,000 ♪ 281 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:56,000 - After all, I was only 39 years old, 282 00:16:56,000 --> 00:17:00,000 and to even be considered for vice president, 283 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:02,000 particularly running with General Eisenhower, 284 00:17:02,000 --> 00:17:05,000 for whom I had enormous respect, 285 00:17:05,000 --> 00:17:09,000 was to me something that you only dreamed about. 286 00:17:26,000 --> 00:17:28,000 - A headline in the New York "Post" newspaper said... 287 00:17:34,000 --> 00:17:37,000 [dramatic musical sting] 288 00:17:37,000 --> 00:17:38,000 - The revelation that Senator Nixon, 289 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,000 the Republican vice presidential candidate, 290 00:17:41,000 --> 00:17:43,000 was receiving what amounted to a private salary, 291 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:46,000 an extra salary from private persons in California, 292 00:17:46,000 --> 00:17:49,000 is becoming a major political story. 293 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:51,000 Some Republicans are embarrassed, 294 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:52,000 and of course the Democrats are demanding 295 00:17:52,000 --> 00:17:54,000 that Nixon withdraw from the race. 296 00:17:57,000 --> 00:18:00,000 - In my judgment, men in government that are dishonest 297 00:18:00,000 --> 00:18:02,000 should be punished and put out. 298 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,000 - To demand his resignation s vice presidential candidate. 299 00:18:06,000 --> 00:18:08,000 - Everybody thought that I could not survive 300 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,000 on the ticket. 301 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,000 [dramatic music] 302 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:17,000 But you know something about miracles in politics? 303 00:18:17,000 --> 00:18:19,000 Miracles don't happen. 304 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:24,000 They don't happen, unless you make them happen. 305 00:18:27,000 --> 00:18:29,000 - ♪ Now the clock is striking 9:00 ♪ 306 00:18:29,000 --> 00:18:30,000 ♪ But just before we sign off-- ♪ 307 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,000 - Senator Richard Nixon has interrupted 308 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,000 his nationwide campaign tour 309 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,000 to be with you tonight for this important message. 310 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:41,000 - My fellow Americans, 311 00:18:41,000 --> 00:18:43,000 I come before you tonight 312 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,000 as a man whose honesty and integrity 313 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:49,000 has been questioned. 314 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:52,000 [unsettling music] 315 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:59,000 ♪ 316 00:18:59,000 --> 00:19:02,000 I want to tell you my side of the case. 317 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:06,000 Not 1 cent of the $18,000 318 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,000 or any other money of that type 319 00:19:09,000 --> 00:19:12,000 ever went to me for my personal use. 320 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,000 I am going, at this time, 321 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:18,000 to give a complete financial history. 322 00:19:19,000 --> 00:19:21,000 First of all, I've had my salary 323 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,000 as a congressman and as a senator. 324 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:28,000 I have received a total of $1,600 from estates... 325 00:19:28,000 --> 00:19:30,000 approximately $1,500 a year 326 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:32,000 from nonpolitical speaking engagements... 327 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:33,000 we've inherited a little money. 328 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:34,000 We've got a house in Washington. 329 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:36,000 We have a house in Whittier, California 330 00:19:36,000 --> 00:19:39,000 which cost $13,000... 331 00:19:39,000 --> 00:19:41,000 I own a 1950 Oldsmobile car. 332 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,000 We have no stocks and bonds of any type. 333 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:46,000 My wife's sitting over here. 334 00:19:46,000 --> 00:19:49,000 Pat doesn't have a mink coat, 335 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:54,000 but she does have a respectable Republican cloth coat, 336 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,000 and I always tell her that she'd look good in anything. 337 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:01,000 One other thing I probably should tell you, 338 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,000 because if I don't, they'll probably be 339 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,000 saying this about me too. 340 00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:09,000 We did get something--a gift--after the election. 341 00:20:09,000 --> 00:20:12,000 You know what it was? 342 00:20:12,000 --> 00:20:14,000 It was a little cocker spaniel dog, 343 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:18,000 black and white spotted, and our little girl Tricia, 344 00:20:18,000 --> 00:20:21,000 the six-year-old, named it Checkers. 345 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:26,000 And you know, the kids, like all kids, love the dog, 346 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:27,000 and I just want to say this right now; 347 00:20:27,000 --> 00:20:30,000 that regardless of what they say about it, 348 00:20:30,000 --> 00:20:32,000 we're gonna keep him. 349 00:20:34,000 --> 00:20:38,000 And now, finally, I know that you wonder 350 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,000 whether or not I am going to stay 351 00:20:40,000 --> 00:20:42,000 on the Republican ticket or resign. 352 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:45,000 Let me say this: 353 00:20:45,000 --> 00:20:47,000 I don't believe that I ought to quit, 354 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:49,000 because I'm not a quitter. 355 00:20:49,000 --> 00:20:52,000 And incidentally, Pat's not a quitter, 356 00:20:52,000 --> 00:20:55,000 but the decision, my friends, is not mine. 357 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:57,000 And I'm going to ask you to help wire 358 00:20:58,000 --> 00:20:59,000 and write the Republican National Committee 359 00:20:59,000 --> 00:21:02,000 whether you think I should stay on 360 00:21:02,000 --> 00:21:03,000 or whether I should get off, 361 00:21:04,000 --> 00:21:08,000 and whatever their decision is, I will abide by it. 362 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:11,000 [anticipatory music] 363 00:21:11,000 --> 00:21:16,000 ♪ 364 00:21:16,000 --> 00:21:20,000 [music intensifies] 365 00:21:20,000 --> 00:21:22,000 - All those in favor of Nixon 366 00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:24,000 continuing as a candidate will say aye. 367 00:21:25,000 --> 00:21:26,000 - Aye! 368 00:21:26,000 --> 00:21:28,000 [cheering] 369 00:21:33,000 --> 00:21:36,000 - He is not only completely vindicated. 370 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,000 I feel that he acted as a man of courage and of honor, 371 00:21:39,000 --> 00:21:43,000 and so far as I am concerned, stands higher than ever before. 372 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,000 - Once you have fought the battle, 373 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,000 and once you have won... 374 00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:51,000 - Last night, at Wheeling, West Virginia-- 375 00:21:51,000 --> 00:21:53,000 - Then you have a let-down. 376 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,000 - Eisenhower and Nixon in a high peak of emotion 377 00:21:55,000 --> 00:21:57,000 that brought Nixon to tears. 378 00:21:57,000 --> 00:21:59,000 [crowd cheering] 379 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:01,000 That was that, and a short time later, 380 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,000 Nixon was back on his chartered airplane with his wife 381 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:05,000 going back to the speaking tour in the West 382 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:07,000 he had interrupted. 383 00:22:07,000 --> 00:22:08,000 - ♪ Ike for President 384 00:22:08,000 --> 00:22:10,000 ♪ Ike for President, You like Ike ♪ 385 00:22:11,000 --> 00:22:13,000 ♪ I like Ike, Everybody likes Ike ♪ 386 00:22:13,000 --> 00:22:15,000 ♪ For President, Bring out the banners ♪ 387 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,000 ♪ Beat the drums, We'll take Ike to Washington♪ 388 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:20,000 - It was a landslide for the Eisenhower/Nixon ticket. 389 00:22:20,000 --> 00:22:21,000 - ♪ Do that big job right 390 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,000 ♪ Let's get in step with the guy that's hep ♪ 391 00:22:24,000 --> 00:22:26,000 ♪ Get in step with Ike, bring out the banners ♪ 392 00:22:27,000 --> 00:22:29,000 ♪ Beat the drums, we'll take Ike to Washington♪ 393 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:32,000 ♪ We'll take Ike to Washington ♪ 394 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:35,000 [somber music] 395 00:22:35,000 --> 00:22:38,000 ♪ 396 00:22:42,000 --> 00:22:45,000 - We leave Washington on the midnight October the 5th. 397 00:22:45,000 --> 00:22:48,000 From there, we go down through the Pacific to New Zealand, 398 00:22:49,000 --> 00:22:52,000 then over to Australia, up to Indonesia, to Jakarta... 399 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:56,000 To Saigon, and then to China. 400 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,000 To Hong Kong. Formosa. 401 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:01,000 Korea to Japan. Then down to Manila. 402 00:23:04,000 --> 00:23:07,000 For the sake of millions in the world 403 00:23:07,000 --> 00:23:10,000 who depend upon our leadership, 404 00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:11,000 we must never falter. 405 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,000 - Washington, D.C. 406 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,000 In a four-week goodwill tour of the Caribbean... 407 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,000 - This is Richard Nixon's 22-day 408 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,000 goodwill mission to eight African... 409 00:23:18,000 --> 00:23:20,000 - Goodwill tour of eight South American nations, 410 00:23:20,000 --> 00:23:21,000 its purpose to-- - The Communists are making 411 00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,000 an all-out effort to win. 412 00:23:24,000 --> 00:23:26,000 If they do, then the free world, 413 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,000 eventually, will be forced to its knees. 414 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:36,000 ♪ 415 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:42,000 - For four days, now, some of the 20th Century's 416 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,000 most extraordinary diplomatic maneuvers 417 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,000 have been taking place in Moscow. 418 00:23:59,000 --> 00:24:03,000 - Khrushchev is a very, very capable, tough, 419 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:08,000 unpredictable leader who would test my mettle. 420 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:10,000 This, Mr. Khrushchev, 421 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:13,000 is one of the most advanced developments 422 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:17,000 in communication that we have in our country. 423 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,000 It is color television, of course. 424 00:24:21,000 --> 00:24:23,000 - [speaking Russian] 425 00:24:23,000 --> 00:24:25,000 - We wish you success. 426 00:24:25,000 --> 00:24:27,000 You can show us American possibilities, 427 00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:29,000 and then we can say... 428 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:31,000 - [speaking Russian] 429 00:24:31,000 --> 00:24:33,000 - Says Mr. K., 430 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,000 "The Soviets will overtake America 431 00:24:35,000 --> 00:24:37,000 and then wave bye-bye." 432 00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:40,000 [laughter] 433 00:24:40,000 --> 00:24:42,000 - This indicates the possibilities 434 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,000 of increasing communication, 435 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:45,000 and this increase in communication 436 00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:48,000 will teach us some things, 437 00:24:48,000 --> 00:24:50,000 and it will teach yu some things, to, 438 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:52,000 because after al, you don't know everythin. 439 00:24:52,000 --> 00:24:54,000 [crowd murmuring, light laughter] 440 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,000 - [speaking Russian] 441 00:24:57,000 --> 00:24:59,000 - If I don't know everything, then I would say 442 00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:02,000 that you know absolutely nothing about Communism. 443 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,000 - All that I can say, from the way you talk 444 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:06,000 and the way you dominae the conversatio, 445 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,000 you would have made a good lawyer, yourself. 446 00:25:09,000 --> 00:25:11,000 [laughter] 447 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,000 [applause] 448 00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:16,000 - I've seen Khrushchev in action many times. 449 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:18,000 I think that he felt that here, at last, 450 00:25:18,000 --> 00:25:24,000 he met a man of his own mettle and worth arguing with. 451 00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:28,000 - It was common for reporters who followed him to say, 452 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,000 "I hate the guy, but--" 453 00:25:29,000 --> 00:25:31,000 and then would come a reluctant statement 454 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:34,000 that Nixon was representing his nation well. 455 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,000 Emerging from the long shadow of Eisenhower, 456 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,000 he became leader of the Republican Party, 457 00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000 and after eight long years, 458 00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:50,000 Nixon's supreme chance came in 1960. 459 00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:53,000 ♪ 460 00:26:13,000 --> 00:26:16,000 [tense music] 461 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,000 - Gentlemen, could we bill this 462 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:19,000 as your first joint appearance? 463 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:22,000 The two leading candidates for 1960. 464 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,000 - I will say this: that at the present time, 465 00:26:24,000 --> 00:26:26,000 Senator Kennedy is campaigning very effectively. 466 00:26:27,000 --> 00:26:29,000 - I'm glad to return that compliment. 467 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,000 - Things are starting to pop 468 00:26:33,000 --> 00:26:35,000 in this vital campaign of 1960. 469 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:36,000 [heavy chords] 470 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,000 [cheers and applause] 471 00:26:47,000 --> 00:26:50,000 - The chair declares that Vice President Richard M. Nixon 472 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:52,000 has been unanimously nominated 473 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,000 to be the candidate of the Republican Party 474 00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,000 for the office of President of the United States. 475 00:26:57,000 --> 00:27:02,000 [cheers and applause] 476 00:27:03,000 --> 00:27:06,000 - He's been downtown in his suite 477 00:27:06,000 --> 00:27:08,000 at the Sheraton Blackstone watching on television, 478 00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:12,000 looking at us looking at him looking at us. 479 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:16,000 - Could we have a word from Mrs. Nixon, please? 480 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,000 - Well, I still feel it's all a dream. 481 00:27:19,000 --> 00:27:21,000 When I was teaching school 20 years ago 482 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:26,000 I never knew that this event would happen tonight. 483 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,000 - Mr. Vice President, why do you want to be 484 00:27:28,000 --> 00:27:30,000 President of the United States? 485 00:27:32,000 --> 00:27:35,000 - These lights are a little warm, if you notice. 486 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:39,000 I think this nation has a destiny. 487 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,000 I think every individual has a destiny. 488 00:27:41,000 --> 00:27:43,000 - Richard Nixon. 489 00:27:45,000 --> 00:27:48,000 - And I am convinced that, 490 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,000 if America does not give the world, the free world, 491 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,000 the leadership that it needs in these times... 492 00:27:54,000 --> 00:27:55,000 - [chanting] We want Nixon! 493 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,000 - That the cause of freedom 494 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,000 will die forever. 495 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,000 - We want Nixon! - If you'll just be quiet, 496 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:02,000 you're gonna have Dick Nixon. 497 00:28:02,000 --> 00:28:05,000 [cheers and applause] 498 00:28:08,000 --> 00:28:12,000 - With faith in America and in her people, 499 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:13,000 I accept your nomination 500 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,000 for President of the United States. 501 00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,000 [cheers and applause] 502 00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:21,000 [uplifting music] 503 00:28:22,000 --> 00:28:24,000 - It's the centennial convention 504 00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,000 of the Republican Party. 505 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:27,000 100 years since the nomination of Lincoln. 506 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:31,000 It has come now from Abraham Lincoln to Richard Nixon. 507 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:40,000 [drum roll] 508 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:43,000 [jazzy music] 509 00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:46,000 - ♪ Everyone is voting for Jack ♪ 510 00:28:46,000 --> 00:28:50,000 ♪ 'cause he's got what all the rest lack ♪ 511 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,000 ♪ Everyone wants to back Jack ♪ 512 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:56,000 - ♪ Jack is on the right track ♪ 513 00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000 ♪ 'Cause he's got high hopes 514 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,000 ♪ He's got high hopes 515 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,000 - When I first met Kennedy, he was a congressman. 516 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,000 He was very intelligent. He was very personable. 517 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:17,000 However, I sensed that he was very shy, frankly, as I was. 518 00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:21,000 I rather thought that we were alike, in that respect, 519 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,000 but we were very different, in many ways. 520 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,000 [sobering music] 521 00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,000 ♪ 522 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:32,000 He, of course, 523 00:29:32,000 --> 00:29:35,000 had all the money he needed for personal purposes. 524 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,000 He never had to fight his way up. 525 00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:41,000 He never had to worry about losing in a campaign 526 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,000 for fear that he wouldn't have a job. 527 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:46,000 - It is time, in short, 528 00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,000 for a new generation of leadership. 529 00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:54,000 - He was one that attracted the people who wanted 530 00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:58,000 a young, courageous man in the presidency, 531 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:02,000 and yet one who was suave, smooth, 532 00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000 debonair, and graceful. 533 00:30:05,000 --> 00:30:08,000 Basically, that's the mark of royalty. 534 00:30:10,000 --> 00:30:14,000 [heavy chords] 535 00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,000 - The next President of the United States: 536 00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:18,000 Richard M. Nixon. 537 00:30:18,000 --> 00:30:20,000 [cheers and applause] 538 00:30:20,000 --> 00:30:22,000 - Thank you very much. - ♪ Go on and click 539 00:30:22,000 --> 00:30:25,000 ♪ With Dick, the one that none can lick ♪ 540 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:28,000 ♪ He's the man to lead the USA ♪ 541 00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:30,000 - The reason advanced by people 542 00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:31,000 who intend to vote for Nixon 543 00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:34,000 was that he's had more experience than Kennedy, 544 00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:36,000 particularly in foreign affairs. 545 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,000 - ♪ But he knows how to fight ♪ 546 00:30:37,000 --> 00:30:39,000 ♪ When he is sure he's right ♪ 547 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,000 ♪ So let's all click with Dick ♪ 548 00:30:42,000 --> 00:30:44,000 - Based on the record crowds, 549 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:47,000 and they have been record crowds, press please note-- 550 00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:50,000 bigger than any that anybody's ever had-- 551 00:30:50,000 --> 00:30:52,000 - ♪ He knows how to fight 552 00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:54,000 ♪ When he is sure he's right ♪ 553 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:58,000 ♪ So let's all click with Dick ♪ 554 00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:00,000 - Oh, no. This isn't a test of looks. 555 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,000 It's a test of what you've got upstairs. Thanks. 556 00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:12,000 - Will you take camera two please, Roger? 557 00:31:12,000 --> 00:31:13,000 [whistles] 558 00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,000 - What the hell am I seeing? Is that the light? 559 00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:17,000 Bill, what do you want me to do? This? 560 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:19,000 - Testing. One, two, three. One. 561 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,000 [laughter] 562 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:25,000 - We have met. - Sure. How are you? 563 00:31:25,000 --> 00:31:27,000 Good to see you again. - Good to see you. 564 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,000 - Mr. Nixon arrived at the studios first. 565 00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:31,000 - I got a little-- 566 00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,000 [overlapping chatter] 567 00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000 - But they're not gonna show the back. 568 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,000 Am I on this side? - Yes. 569 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:37,000 If he's agreeable, I think we just both 570 00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:40,000 should stand here. In other words, you say the, 571 00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,000 "We'll now have questions, gentlemen." 572 00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,000 Then we move over here, right? 573 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:44,000 - Right. - Good. 574 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:47,000 - But the master tactician 575 00:31:47,000 --> 00:31:51,000 made one major tactical mistake. 576 00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,000 - David, will you hit the one minute button, please? 577 00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,000 On the cut, please. 578 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,000 - Did you want it quickly, or how-- 579 00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,000 - Yes. Well, we figure when you see 30 seconds... 580 00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:00,000 - Then try to make-- all right. 581 00:32:04,000 --> 00:32:08,000 [overlapping chatter] 582 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,000 - Looking right at the camera here. Good, again. 583 00:32:14,000 --> 00:32:15,000 - Shake again, Kennedy, and look-- 584 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,000 - Nixon was famous. 585 00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:19,000 He was the world-famous vice president. 586 00:32:19,000 --> 00:32:22,000 Kennedy was a rather unknown senator. 587 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,000 - He was thought to be untested politically, 588 00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000 a bit of a political lightweight. 589 00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,000 - One more time. - Thank you. 590 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,000 - Now. 591 00:32:30,000 --> 00:32:32,000 - And Richard Nixon was the great debater. 592 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,000 - Can you hear me now speaking? 593 00:32:35,000 --> 00:32:38,000 Is that about the right tone of voice? 594 00:32:39,000 --> 00:32:41,000 - Looks like a brick wall. 595 00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:47,000 - Good evening, and now, for the first opening statement 596 00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:49,000 by Senator John F. Kennedy. 597 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:57,000 - We discuss tonight domestic issues, 598 00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,000 but I would not want that to be 599 00:32:59,000 --> 00:33:01,000 any implication to be given 600 00:33:01,000 --> 00:33:03,000 that this does not involve directly our struggle 601 00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,000 with Mr. Khrushchev for survival. 602 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:09,000 Therefore, I think the question before the American people is: 603 00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,000 are we doing as much as we can do? 604 00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:15,000 I should make it very clear that I do not think 605 00:33:15,000 --> 00:33:17,000 we're doing enough, that I am not satisfied, 606 00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,000 as an American, with the progress 607 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000 that we're making. This is a great country-- 608 00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000 - Kennedy was standing up there very comfortably... 609 00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,000 - Now, if the United States fails-- 610 00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:29,000 - And I expected the tiger to come out of his corner 611 00:33:29,000 --> 00:33:31,000 and rip apart this young challenger. 612 00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:34,000 - I think it's time America started moving again. 613 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:39,000 - The things that Senator Kennedy has said 614 00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:41,000 many of us can agree with. 615 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:46,000 There is no question but that this nation cannot stand still, 616 00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:49,000 and I subscribe completely to the spirit 617 00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,000 that Senator Kennedy has expressed tonight. 618 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:56,000 Our disagreement is not about the goals for America 619 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,000 but only about the means to reach those goals. 620 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,000 - Within the first two minutes, I was convinced 621 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,000 that Nixon simply was not going to fight back. 622 00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:08,000 - He went in with the idea he had to come through 623 00:34:09,000 --> 00:34:12,000 as the nice guy, not the tough guy. 624 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:14,000 - He was trying to be too polite. 625 00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:17,000 He was afraid of the Tricky Dick thing. 626 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,000 - Senator, the Vice President, in his campaign, 627 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,000 has said that you are naive and at times immature. 628 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,000 He has raised the question of leadership. 629 00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:26,000 On this issue, why do you think people should vote for you, 630 00:34:26,000 --> 00:34:28,000 rather than the Vice President? 631 00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:30,000 - The Vice President and I came to the Congress together. 632 00:34:30,000 --> 00:34:32,000 I've been there now for 14 years, 633 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:35,000 the same period of time that he has... 634 00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:39,000 so that our experience in government is comparable. 635 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:42,000 - I can only say that my experience 636 00:34:42,000 --> 00:34:44,000 it there for the people to consider. 637 00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,000 Senator Kennedy's is there for the people to consider. 638 00:34:48,000 --> 00:34:50,000 - Nixon was not up for the game. 639 00:34:50,000 --> 00:34:53,000 - I think one party is ready to move in these programs. 640 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:55,000 The other party gives them lip service. 641 00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:58,000 - While Senator Kennedy says we are for the status quo, 642 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:03,000 I do believe that he would agree that my proposals 643 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:06,000 are just as sincerely held as his. 644 00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,000 - He was soft. He was summating punches. 645 00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:13,000 - He had a gray suit on against a gray background, 646 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:15,000 and he looked sallow. 647 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,000 - A two-term vice president, thoroughly wilted. 648 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:20,000 - I don't want historians ten years from now to say, 649 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:22,000 "These were the years when the tide ran out, 650 00:35:22,000 --> 00:35:24,000 for the United States." I want them to say, 651 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:27,000 "These were the years when the tide came in." 652 00:35:27,000 --> 00:35:29,000 - In one hour, Nixon elevated his opponent 653 00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,000 to his own level of fame 654 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:34,000 that he had worked eight yeas to obtain himself. 655 00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:38,000 - Silly damn thing anyways. 656 00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:39,000 - It is interesting though. 657 00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,000 I mean, it's as vivid as the light suit 658 00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:44,000 and how much he stands out, then how much the dark-- 659 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,000 - You see the other point is that it was-- 660 00:35:46,000 --> 00:35:48,000 If it had been in color, it would have been different. 661 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,000 A light suit in color is fine. 662 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:53,000 It's in black and white-- - It just fades into the gra. 663 00:35:54,000 --> 00:35:55,000 - In black and white, always wear a dark suit. 664 00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:57,000 That's something I should have [bleep]. 665 00:35:57,000 --> 00:35:59,000 Oh, well, hell. 666 00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:11,000 - What's Jack got tht the rest haven't got? 667 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,000 The matinee face. 668 00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000 The bright, white teeth. 669 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:17,000 - It was rough, because of course, 670 00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:19,000 many in the media are, more frankly, 671 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:23,000 suckers for style than average people. 672 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:25,000 - And his lovely wife Jacqueline. 673 00:36:25,000 --> 00:36:28,000 [dramatic sting] 674 00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,000 - But the media being, shall we say, 675 00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:32,000 not particularly in my corner-- 676 00:36:32,000 --> 00:36:35,000 generally speaking, they're just against me. 677 00:36:35,000 --> 00:36:39,000 - Mr. Vice President, there are some who say, 678 00:36:39,000 --> 00:36:45,000 "I don't know what it is, but I just don't like the man." 679 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,000 - Mr. Nixon, in that first debate, 680 00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:50,000 a great deal was made of your appearance on television. 681 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,000 - Well, I've often said that there wasn't much 682 00:36:52,000 --> 00:36:54,000 that can be done with my face. 683 00:36:57,000 --> 00:37:00,000 Sometimes, it's very importat for a potential leader 684 00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:02,000 to go through the fire. 685 00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:05,000 That's how you learn how to win. 686 00:37:06,000 --> 00:37:08,000 Whatever has happened, up to this point, 687 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:10,000 you haven't seen anything yet. Now is-- 688 00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:12,000 [drowned out by cheering] 689 00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000 - This election is still wide open and could be close, 690 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,000 or it could be a landslide either way. 691 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:21,000 - I do not believe that we can afford 692 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000 to use the White House as a training school 693 00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,000 to give a man experience 694 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,000 at the expense of the American people. 695 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,000 [crowd cheering] 696 00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,000 - 65 million Americans or more 697 00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:36,000 will step into booths and secretly vote their choice. 698 00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000 - I run against a candidate 699 00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:42,000 who reminds me of the symbol of his party: 700 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:43,000 the circus elephant. 701 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,000 - Whom will the voters choose? 702 00:37:48,000 --> 00:37:50,000 - It's a tremendous decision. 703 00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:53,000 It might well be the most crucial one they'll ever mak. 704 00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:56,000 - The people of the United States realize 705 00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:58,000 that it's a pied piper from Boston, 706 00:37:58,000 --> 00:38:01,000 and they're not gonna go down that road! 707 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,000 [tense escalating music] 708 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:11,000 [patriotic music] 709 00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:14,000 - Tuesday, November 8th, is Election Day 710 00:38:14,000 --> 00:38:15,000 all over the country. 711 00:38:18,000 --> 00:38:21,000 Everyone has said this would be a close election. 712 00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:26,000 - Across the United States, it's been a very calm day, 713 00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:30,000 despite this record turnout across the entire nation. 714 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000 - It's been one of the most arduous campaigns 715 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000 we have ever had, and Vice President Nixon, 716 00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:42,000 when he ended it, was gray with fatigue. 717 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000 He said he hoped sometime he would write a book 718 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:46,000 about running for president, 719 00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000 and he said the title of it should be 720 00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:51,000 "The Exquisite Agony." 721 00:38:51,000 --> 00:38:53,000 Now begins the exquisite agony 722 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:56,000 of waiting to see how it all turned out. 723 00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:03,000 - The very first returns 724 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,000 are now beginning to pour in substantially. 725 00:39:07,000 --> 00:39:09,000 - And it is a very close rac, indeed, 726 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:13,000 as you see on the board. 415,000 votes for Nixon 727 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,000 with 2% of the nation's precincts counted, 728 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,000 and for Nixon, he's leading in states 729 00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:20,000 that would give him 173 electoral votes. 730 00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000 It is just neck and neck. 731 00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:25,000 Let's see how the IBM 7090 732 00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:27,000 is looking at these returns this early in the evening. 733 00:39:27,000 --> 00:39:30,000 Going over to the IBM data center and Howard K. Smith. 734 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000 - The first forecast that we can make 735 00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:35,000 is with 1% of the nation's precincts reporting, 736 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000 the trend indicates that Richard M. Nixon 737 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:39,000 will be elected tonight. 738 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:41,000 - Suppose we direct your attention now 739 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,000 to the National Recap Board. 740 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:45,000 First, to the popular vote, as it now stands. 741 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:48,000 - Now, Kennedy has moved ahed in the popular vote. 742 00:39:48,000 --> 00:39:49,000 On the electoral board, 743 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,000 Nixon is still holding on to the lead, 744 00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:54,000 but it is so narrow at this point. 745 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000 - In Maryland, Nixon has jumped into a lead. 746 00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:57,000 - New Hampshire a surprise. 747 00:39:57,000 --> 00:39:59,000 Kennedy ahead with 10% of the votes in. 748 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:01,000 - Missouri has flopped over into the Nixon column, 749 00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,000 and that state was expected to be for Kennedy. 750 00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:04,000 - Not 100% of the vote, 751 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000 but Kennedy has a slight lead in Texas. 752 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:07,000 This will be important. 753 00:40:07,000 --> 00:40:09,000 - This turns into a seesaw battle 754 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:13,000 in quite a few of the states, all night long. 755 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000 - The vote has now reached roughly 14 million. 756 00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000 - Kennedy in the lead by about a million. 757 00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000 - We have, now, about 60%... - The board now 758 00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:23,000 shows Kennedy ahead. 759 00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,000 Very close still. 760 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000 - Charles, we just heard from Los Angeles, 761 00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:31,000 from Vice President Nixon's election night headquarters, 762 00:40:31,000 --> 00:40:35,000 that his aides say he remains confident of victory. 763 00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,000 [cheers and applause] 764 00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:40,000 - I have a philosophy that 765 00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:43,000 this country is a country of destiny. 766 00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:48,000 I happen to believe that through the years our people, 767 00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:52,000 some way, know how to select the man for president 768 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000 that the times need and that the country needs. 769 00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:57,000 all: We want Nixon! We want Nixon! 770 00:40:57,000 --> 00:40:59,000 We want Nixon! 771 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:02,000 We want Nixon! - A hundred hands go up 772 00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000 in a peace sign which Nixon himself 773 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000 has been using during the campaign. 774 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:09,000 [crowd whooping] all: We want Nixon! 775 00:41:10,000 --> 00:41:14,000 - Our great presidents have really articulated 776 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:18,000 what people felt at the time, 777 00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:21,000 and it was because they were representative 778 00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:25,000 of the tide of the times that they were president. 779 00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:29,000 - Mr. Pres--Mr. Vice President, 780 00:41:29,000 --> 00:41:31,000 you almost convinced me there, for a moment. 781 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:34,000 [dramatic music] 782 00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:36,000 [applause] 783 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,000 - John F. Kennedy becomes President-elect 784 00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:41,000 of the United States. 785 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,000 - Just think how much you're going to be missed. 786 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000 You don't have Nixon to kick around anymore. 787 00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,000 ♪ 788 00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000 We see cities enveloped in smoke and flame. 789 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000 [overlapping yelling] 790 00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:54,000 We see Americans hating each other, 791 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,000 fighting each other, killing each other at home. 792 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:59,000 [overlapping shouting] 793 00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:03,000 A long, dark night for America is about to end. 794 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:05,000 [end chords]