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Title
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Other Titles (e.g. Variant)
Well, what about you?
Startime
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Type
Moving Image
Monograph
Genre Form
Motion pictures (LCGFT)
Public affairs (MIM)
Variety (MIM)
Television (MIM)
Series (MIM)
Language
English
Geographic Coverage
United States
Classification
LCC: FSA 3882-3883 (arch neg)
LCC: FSA 3884-3885 (neg trk)
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Moving Image Technique(s)
live action
Summary
Nonpartisan presentation that illustrates in prose, poetry, dance, song, comedy, and "straight talk" why every American is obligated to vote and should take advantage of their privilege of voting.
Table Of Contents
Post election sketch / performed by Eddie Albert and ensemble
Vice President Richard M. Nixon speaks on voting, quoting Theodore Roosevelt
Trial lawyer Joseph N. Welch gives statistics on voting percentages, tells story
Adlai Stevenson reads Walt Whitman editorial from Brooklyn eagle, "One single vote"
Medley of patriotic American songs / performed by First United States Army Band
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller quotes Abraham Lincoln
Political quiz sketch / performed by Albert and Polly Bergen
Democratic National Committee chair Paul M. Butler quotes Theodore Roosevelt
Republican National Committee chair Thruston B. Morton quotes Herbert Hoover and Benjamin Franklin
Candidate interview sketch / performed by Mike Wallace and Fred Clark
Presidential candidate John F. Kennedy quotes Mark Twain and Edmund Burke
Medley of political songs / performed by Honor Guard of Second U.S. Army Corps
Albert compares voting in U.S. with other countries
Marian Anderson reads essay on liberty
A song of the rolling earth / narrated by Martin Gabel and chorus ; written by Walt Whitman.
Duration
PT60M
Authorized Access Point
Ford startime. Well, what about you?