1960 Democratic Convention

1960-07-13

(1) Last moments of the convention’s third day. Follow-up stories for the following morning: (2) Interview with Larry O’Brien, director of Kennedy’s campaigns since 1952 (Mike Wallace). (3) Four endings of nomination speeches – Sen. Sam Rayburn for Lyndon Johnson, Minnesota Gov. Orville Freeman for Kennedy, Missouri Gov. James T. Blair Jr. for Stuart Symington, and Sen. Eugene McCarthy for Adlai Stevenson. (4) Kennedy’s speech after winning the nomination. (5) Sound of Wyoming’s votes which put Kennedy over the top. (6) Kennedy’s long, well-organized campaign (Jim Snyder). (7) Pennsylvania Gov. David Lawrence has always backed the winning candidate (Snyder, for KDKA). (8) Kennedy’s win – what it means and what comes next (Jerry Landay). (9) “The House That Jack Built” (Landay). (10) The first official word out of the Kennedy’s organizations apartment after the nomination (Landay). (11) Background on Kennedy’s win (Landay, for WBZ).

Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W

Special events radio coverage

Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes

Special Collections and University Archives

English

sound tape reel

A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884

Catalog Key: bcast-077237; Other: 0492-MMC