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Great speeches of the 20th century / Audiorecording.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: [Santa Monica, Calif.?] : Rhino Word Beat, c1991.Description: 4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. 1 booklet (45 pages : illustrations ; 29 x 14 cm)ISBN:
  • 0930589041
Other title:
  • Great speeches of the twentieth century
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PS668
Contents:
v. 1. The political arena. The farmer and the Republican Party (1908) / William Howard Taft -- Address to the American Indians (1913) / President Woodrow Wilson -- Address to the Boys' Progressive League (1913) / Former President Theodore Roosevelt -- Inaugural address (1933) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Inaugural address (1937) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Election eve campaign speech (1944) / Governor Thomas E. Dewey -- Inaugural address (1949) / President Harry S. Truman -- "Checkers" speech (1952) / Senator Richard Nixon -- Presidential campaign address (1952) / Governor Adlai Stevenson -- Republican Convention address (1956) / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Presidential debate (1960) / Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon-- Presidential campaign address (1964) / Senator Barry Goldwater -- Address to the nation (on not seeking reelection) (1968) / President Lyndon B. Johnson -- Presidential campaign address (1968) / Senator Robert F. Kennedy -- Inaugural address (1969) / President Richard M. Nixon -- Resignation address (1973) / Vice President Spiro Agnew -- Resignation address (1974) / President Richard M. Nixon -- Democratic Convention acceptance speech (1976) / Governor Jimmy Carter -- Inaugural address (1981) / President Ronald Reagan -- Keynote address for the Democratic Convention (1984) / Governor Mario Cuomo -- Address to the Democratic Convention (1984) / Reverend Jesse Jackson. v. 2. The changing world. First recorded promotional message on the Edison Phonograph (1906) / Len Spencer -- The German peril (1917) / Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany James Gerard Watson (i.e. James Watson Gerard) -- Address from France (1918) / General J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing -- On Lindbergh's return to the U.S. (1927) / President Calvin Coolidge and Charles Lindbergh -- Abdication address (1936) / King Edward VIII -- On his return from the Munich Conference (1938) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain -- On the occasion of Germany's occupation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (1938) / Chancellor Adolf Hitler -- Declaration of war with Germany (1939) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain -- First radio address as prime minister (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill -- Declaration of war against Japan (1941) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The first bomb attack on Japan (1945) / President Harry S. Truman -- Address to Congress (1951) / General Douglas MacArthur -- On the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954) / Secretary of State John Foster Dulles -- Announcement of the launching of Sputnik (1957) / Radio Moscow -- The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) / President John F. Kennedy -- Confrontation over presence of Russian missiles in Cuba (1962) / U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson -- On signing of the Civil Rights Bill (1964) / President Lyndon B. Johnson -- Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy (1968) / Senator Edward Kennedy -- The end of the Vietnam War (1973) / President Richard M. Nixon -- On commencement of the bombing of Iraq (1991) / President George Bush. v. 3. The dreams, the inspirations, the accomplishments. The ideal republic (1923) / William Jennings Bryan -- On the future of women in flying (1931) / Amelia Earhart -- Farewell to baseball (1939) / Lou Gehrig -- Address to the nation on the R.A.F. (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill -- Greetings to the children of England (1940) / Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret -- Farewell to baseball (1947) / Babe Ruth -- Address to Congress (1958) / Casey Stengel -- Farewell address (1961) / President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Inaugural address (1961) / President John F. Kennedy -- The first American in earth orbit (1962) / Lt. Col. John Glenn -- Address to civil rights marchers in Washington, D.C. (1963) ["I have a dream ... "] / Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King -- Christmas greeting from space (1968) / Astronaut Frank Borman -- The moon landing (1969) [" ... one small step for man ... "] / Astronaut Neil Armstrong -- Address to Congress (1974) / Hank Aaron -- Address to the nation on the Berlin Wall (1987) / President Ronald Reagan. v. 4. Best of times, worst of times. Address on U.S. neutrality / Charles Lindbergh -- Address to the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club / Joseph McCarthy -- The kitchen debate / Richard M. Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev -- Farewell to fans (the payola scandal) / Alan Freed -- Concession speech / Richard M. Nixon -- On black power / Malcolm X -- Address to the yippie convention / Jerry Rubin -- Press conference on the riots at the Democratic convention / Richard Daley -- Address on Vietnam War protests / Spiro Agnew -- Address to the women of America / Gloria Steinem -- On releasing the Watergate tapes / Richard M. Nixon -- Testimony at the Iran-Contra hearings / Oliver North.
Various speech makers.
Item type: Audiovisual Item
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In container (31 cm.).

v. 1. The political arena. The farmer and the Republican Party (1908) / William Howard Taft --
Address to the American Indians (1913) / President Woodrow Wilson --
Address to the Boys' Progressive League (1913) / Former President Theodore Roosevelt --
Inaugural address (1933) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Inaugural address (1937) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Election eve campaign speech (1944) / Governor Thomas E. Dewey --
Inaugural address (1949) / President Harry S. Truman --
"Checkers" speech (1952) / Senator Richard Nixon --
Presidential campaign address (1952) / Governor Adlai Stevenson --
Republican Convention address (1956) / Dwight D. Eisenhower --
Presidential debate (1960) / Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon--
Presidential campaign address (1964) / Senator Barry Goldwater --
Address to the nation (on not seeking reelection) (1968) / President Lyndon B. Johnson --
Presidential campaign address (1968) / Senator Robert F. Kennedy --
Inaugural address (1969) / President Richard M. Nixon --
Resignation address (1973) / Vice President Spiro Agnew --
Resignation address (1974) / President Richard M. Nixon --
Democratic Convention acceptance speech (1976) / Governor Jimmy Carter --
Inaugural address (1981) / President Ronald Reagan --
Keynote address for the Democratic Convention (1984) / Governor Mario Cuomo --
Address to the Democratic Convention (1984) / Reverend Jesse Jackson. v. 2. The changing world. First recorded promotional message on the Edison Phonograph (1906) / Len Spencer --
The German peril (1917) / Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany James Gerard Watson (i.e. James Watson Gerard) --
Address from France (1918) / General J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing --
On Lindbergh's return to the U.S. (1927) / President Calvin Coolidge and Charles Lindbergh --
Abdication address (1936) / King Edward VIII --
On his return from the Munich Conference (1938) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain --
On the occasion of Germany's occupation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (1938) / Chancellor Adolf Hitler --
Declaration of war with Germany (1939) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain --
First radio address as prime minister (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill --
Declaration of war against Japan (1941) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt --
The first bomb attack on Japan (1945) / President Harry S. Truman --
Address to Congress (1951) / General Douglas MacArthur --
On the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954) / Secretary of State John Foster Dulles --
Announcement of the launching of Sputnik (1957) / Radio Moscow --
The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) / President John F. Kennedy --
Confrontation over presence of Russian missiles in Cuba (1962) / U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson --
On signing of the Civil Rights Bill (1964) / President Lyndon B. Johnson --
Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy (1968) / Senator Edward Kennedy --
The end of the Vietnam War (1973) / President Richard M. Nixon --
On commencement of the bombing of Iraq (1991) / President George Bush. v. 3. The dreams, the inspirations, the accomplishments. The ideal republic (1923) / William Jennings Bryan --
On the future of women in flying (1931) / Amelia Earhart --
Farewell to baseball (1939) / Lou Gehrig --
Address to the nation on the R.A.F. (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill --
Greetings to the children of England (1940) / Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret --
Farewell to baseball (1947) / Babe Ruth --
Address to Congress (1958) / Casey Stengel --
Farewell address (1961) / President Dwight D. Eisenhower --
Inaugural address (1961) / President John F. Kennedy --
The first American in earth orbit (1962) / Lt. Col. John Glenn --
Address to civil rights marchers in Washington, D.C. (1963) ["I have a dream ... "] / Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King --
Christmas greeting from space (1968) / Astronaut Frank Borman --
The moon landing (1969) [" ... one small step for man ... "] / Astronaut Neil Armstrong --
Address to Congress (1974) / Hank Aaron --
Address to the nation on the Berlin Wall (1987) / President Ronald Reagan. v. 4. Best of times, worst of times. Address on U.S. neutrality / Charles Lindbergh --
Address to the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club / Joseph McCarthy --
The kitchen debate / Richard M. Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev --
Farewell to fans (the payola scandal) / Alan Freed --
Concession speech / Richard M. Nixon --
On black power / Malcolm X --
Address to the yippie convention / Jerry Rubin --
Press conference on the riots at the Democratic convention / Richard Daley --
Address on Vietnam War protests / Spiro Agnew --
Address to the women of America / Gloria Steinem --
On releasing the Watergate tapes / Richard M. Nixon --
Testimony at the Iran-Contra hearings / Oliver North.

Various speech makers.