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CBS News: Robert F. Kennedy Speech

 File — Tape: WMAR-MISC-1132-002
Identifier: WMAR-MISC-1132-002

Scope and Contents

Off-air recording by Baltimore television station WMAR-TV (Channel 2) for re-broadcast. Roger Mudd reports on Senator Robert Kennedy's speech that day to the Senate, followed by a clip of Kennedy's speech urging the United States to suspend bombing North Vietnam. Lastly, Mudd reports on the response of President Lyndon B. Johnson's representative, Senator Henry Jackson, and the ensuing debate.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948-1993

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research. Material from the collection may be viewed in the Special Collections Research Room. Some items may have access limitations due to physical format. Some footage from the the collection has been digitized and made available online for streaming through the Internet Archive and is available through this finding aid.

Extent

1 Reels ; 2-inch videotape: Quad

Language of Materials

From the Series: English

Repository Details

Part of the Baltimore Studies Archives Repository

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