Lori Spencer Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 62 years ago today, two days before the election, the campaign managers for the Kennedy and Nixon campaigns faced off on “Meet the Press.” NBC News just uploaded the full episode, digitally restored. Never looked so good! NBC Meet the Press RFK Interview 1960 Election Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 Always fascinating to see the Kennedy's both John F. and Robert F. when they were so young. Robert Kennedy looks to be in his late 30's here! What a contrast to today's super old candidates. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Von Pein Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) Thanks for the link, Lori. That gives me another episode for my MTP webpage (below). Nixon's campaign manager wasn't on the program, however. Just RFK. Related "Meet The Press" Link: http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/JFK , RFK, And Others On "Meet The Press" Edited November 7, 2022 by David Von Pein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Cole Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 16 minutes ago, Joe Bauer said: Always fascinating to see the Kennedy's both John F. and Robert F. when they were so young. Robert Kennedy looks to be in his late 30's here! What a contrast to today's super old candidates. Back in the 1980s, most major-party candidates were 20 to 30 years older than me. They still are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Spencer Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 Bobby looks young here, for sure… was just watching Emile de Antonio’s “Point of Order” film about the 1954 Army/McCarthy hearings last night and wondering “how’d that kid get in here?” 😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Spencer Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) @2:40 notice how Bobby rankles when he speaks of Jack’s selection of LBJ as his VP running mate. He’s still pretty sore about that… Also around @24:00 RFK says it’s “virtually impossible” that he will hold a position in his brother’s administration if he wins the election. Ha! Pa Kennedy had other ideas. Edited November 7, 2022 by Lori Spencer Added video time stamps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Spencer Posted November 7, 2022 Author Share Posted November 7, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, David Von Pein said: Thanks for the link, Lori. That gives me another episode for my MTP webpage (below). Nixon's campaign manager wasn't on the program, however. Just RFK. Related "Meet The Press" Link: http://jfk-archives.blogspot.com/JFK , RFK, And Others On "Meet The Press" Oops, my bad! Posted before I had finished watching this video. Thought it was going to be the full episode with both RFK and Leonard Hall. Looks like NBC decided only to release the first half hour with Kennedy, omitting the second half w/ Nixon’s campaign manager Mr. Hall. Pleasure to make your virtual acquaintance, David. Longtime subscriber of your YouTube channel. It’s an invaluable resource! Do you happen to have the full hour-long episode w/ Mr. Hall & RFK in your vast archives? Edited November 7, 2022 by Lori Spencer Added questions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete Mellor Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 1 hour ago, David Von Pein said: Nixon's campaign manager wasn't on the program, however. Just RFK. Not in this particular segment, but part II of this 'Meet the Press' programme featured Nixon's campaign manager Leonard W. Hall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 RFK seems so competent for someone so young. How great were the days where interviews were conducted in this civilised manner? No interrupting, a pause in between speech. Wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bauer Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 6 hours ago, Benjamin Cole said: Back in the 1980s, most major-party candidates were 20 to 30 years older than me. They still are. HA! True. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Von Pein Posted November 7, 2022 Share Posted November 7, 2022 9 hours ago, Lori Spencer said: Pleasure to make your virtual acquaintance, David. Longtime subscriber of your YouTube channel. It’s an invaluable resource! Do you happen to have the full hour-long episode w/ Mr. Hall & RFK in your vast archives? No, unfortunately I don't. And until today I didn't even realize that Meet The Press ever did a one-hour broadcast. The only ones I've ever seen and collected are 30-minute programs. Here are a couple more MTP shows with the Kennedy brothers: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9E6ed_4-hx6azkycDhqd3JpaFE/view https://app.box.com/s/zo3tbazni2oyhqbxw3h3ia88qg1gjybk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Spencer Posted November 8, 2022 Author Share Posted November 8, 2022 Thanks for the bonus episodes, David! Great stuff. 📺 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lori Spencer Posted November 10, 2022 Author Share Posted November 10, 2022 Two days later, the long awaited election results were tabulated and Kennedy read Nixon’s concession telegram at his victory speech in Hyannisport. On the 62nd anniversary of that historic moment, HelmerReeburg’s YouTube channel posted the full live coverage (network unidentified), including his motorcade to the Armory and quite a bit of raw footage I’d never seen before. Some of this might be new to you, too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Von Pein Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 (edited) This is not to denigrate Helmer Reenberg's efforts (because I love Helmer's YouTube channel), but here's a slightly longer and higher-quality version of JFK's 11/9/60 speech (with the proper aspect ratio too). And to watch more of Election Night 1960, check out the second video below: Edited November 10, 2022 by David Von Pein Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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