Governor Spiro Agnew Vice President Nomination - Representative Convention Excerpts

File — Tape: UNKNOWN-1113-001

Identifier: UNKNOWN-1113-001

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Possibly CBS News

Shot List

1. 1968 RNC Agnew Vice Presidential nominating speech 0:15 2. Interview with Richard Nixon's family 17:08 3. Placing names for nomination of Vice President; Interview with Senator Ed Brooke 18:51 4. Rhode Island decides to back Romney for Vice President; Rep. Rogers Morton of Maryland nominates Agnew 22:15 5. Seconding of Agnew's nomination by Senator John Tower 35:03 6. Agnew nomination acceptance speech 39:20 7. Agnew and Nixon wave to the crowd post-speech 52:46 8. Agnew regards charges against Humphrey of being a communist 58:08 9. Agnew responding to racism controversy 1:00:20 10. Football explainer about play action 1:02:33

Dates

1948-1993

Language of Materials

From the Collection:

Materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

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