Kennedy-Nixon Debate (1960)
1960 · Ephemeral film · 14 min
- Documentary
Synopsis
A televised debate between 1960 presidential candidates John F. Kennedy (Democrat and Richard M. Nixon (Republican). Most political observers agree that Nixon came across poorly--unprepared, nervous and sweating profusely--while Kennedy seemed calm, collected, confident and knowledgeable, and the general consensus was that Kennedy handily won the debate, and it was this performance that convinced much of the public that Kennedy would be a better president than Nixon.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Running time
- 14 minutes
- Collection
- Prelinger Archives
- Internet Archive item
- 1960_kennedy-nixon_2
Cast & crew
John F. Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Howard K. Smith
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · The candidates differ · 1StepBeyond · 2009-07-24
I enjoyed hearing Kennedy and Nixon discuss their differing views on farming and consumer prices. I liked Nixon's stress and reduction of prices. Kennedy clearly did not see it poissible to reduce the national debt, no matter who would become president. Nixon was clearly stating that his role of Vice President was appreciated by President Eisenhower.
★★★ · We're still waiting, President Truman.. · Spuzz · 2005-04-11
Decided to see the 2nd part of this, as I really enjoyed the debate which is included in the Presidential Recordings part of this site. The first part, as you all know, suffers by the Alvin and The Chipmunks audio, but the 2nd part is fine. Unfortunately though, this whole debate is totally chopped in half, footage is missing. The whole debate is supposed to last an hour, we see only about 27 minutes. What is shown on here though IS interesting though, as there is talk about the American Farmer, some talk about experience, and Nixon on full damage control mode after Truman said to 'Give me a…