John F. Kennedy

A historical reflection on the United States presidency from Franklin Delano Roosevelt to Lyndon Johnson.

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Memorial Day feature for WNYC. Narrator Burgess Meredith. Biographies of FDR, Truman, Eisenhower, JFK, Stevenson, MacArthur. Excerpts of their speeches.

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A salute to Mayor Robert F. Wagner.

In this press conference, President John F. Kennedy asks for support in passing two bills. The first is a nuclear weapon test ban treaty, currently under consideration in the Senate. He devotes a majority of the press conference, however, urging for support for the second bill to reduce federal taxes, ...

This episode is from the WNYC archives. It may contain language which is no longer politically or socially appropriate.

Penn. Station South Dedication of Housing Development.

Speakers:
David Dubinsky, President International Ladies' Garment Workers (ILGW);
Abraham Kazan, Pres. of United Housing foundation;
Robert Moses, ...

The first American in orbit, John Glenn makes history.

JFK responds to the Soviet announcement that they plan to broker a peace treaty with East Germany and have ordered the allied nations to vacate West Berlin.

Senator JFK on segregation, healthcare and education.

JFK jokes about Marx and Engles and more.

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