The greatest speeches of all-time

The greatest speeches of all-time [videorecording] / - Rolling Bay, WA : SpeechWorks, 2004-2007. - 3 videodiscs (215 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 4 3/4 in.

Lacks production credits. v. 1. (68 min.) -- v. 2. (95 min.) -- v. 3. (52 min.)

Vol. 1. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, State of the Union address (January 6, 1942) -- Winston Churchill, Address to Joint Session of Congress -- General Douglas MacArthur, Address to Joint Session of Congress (April 20, 1951) -- Harry S. Truman, 1948 campaign -- John F. Kennedy, Inaugural speech (January 20, 1961); Berlin address (June 23, 1963) -- Martin Luther King, Lincoln Memorial (August 1963); Memphis, Tennessee (April 3, 1968) -- Robert F. Kennedy, Indianapolis (Indiana, April 4, 1968) -- Malcolm X, Harlem, New York (March 29, 1964) -- Richard M. Nixon, the White House (August 8, 1974) -- Ronald Reagan, Inaugural speech (January 20, 1981); Farewell address (August 15, 1988). Vol. 2. 1st Inaugural address (March 4, 1933) ; Grilled millionaire (December 5, 1938) ; Teamsters Union Banquet (September 23, 1944) / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Checkers speech (September 23, 1952) / Richard M. Nixon -- American University speech (June 10, 1963) / John F. Kennedy -- When a man has already died (March 8, 1965) / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Extremism is no vice (June 16, 1964) / Barry Goldwater -- A time for choosing (October 27, 1964) ; Address Brandenburg Gate (Berlin Wall, June 6, 1987) / Ronald Reagan -- Democratic National Convention speech (July 16, 1984) / Mario Cuomo -- Tendley Baptist Church speech (January 16, 1984) / Jesse Jackson -- Address to Congress and nation (March 6, 1991) / George H.W. Bush -- 50th anniversary of Normandy (June 6, 1994) ; 2nd term Inaugural address (January 20, 1997) / William J. Clinton Vol. 3. Will Rogers, Campaign rally with FDR (1932) -- Huey Long, Addressing Congressional staff members of the "re-distribution of wealth" (Dec. 11, 1934) -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt's second Inaugural Address, Washington D.C. (Jan. 20, 1937) -- George S. Patton speaking in Los Angeles for war bond support (June 12, 1945) -- John L. Lewis, Congressional testimony on mining disaster and calling for the ousting of the Secretary of the Interior (Apr. 3, 1947) -- Attorney Joseph Welch, representing the Army, faces off with Sen. Joseph McCarthy (Apr. 22, 1954) -- V.P. Richard Nixon and Nikita Khrushchev inspecting an exhibit of a "modern kitchen" at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow (July 24, 1959) -- Hubert Humphrey addresses farm workers during the presidential primary race (Mar. 14, 1960) -- John F. Kennedy speaking to the nation on the introduction of civil rights legislation (June 11, 1963) -- New York Gov. Nelson Rockefeller addresses the Republican National Convention (July 14, 1964 ) -- Robert F. Kennedy at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City (Aug. 27, 1964) -- U.S. Representative Barbara Jordan speaking during the impeachment hearings of Richard Nixon (July 25, 1974) -- President Gerald Ford announcing to the nation a pardon for Richard Nixon (Sept. 8, 1974) -- JImmy Carter from the White House addresses the nation on the growing energy crisis (July 15, 1979) -- President Ronald Reagan at the National Association of Evangelicals Convention (Mar. 23, 1983)

A collection of the most important and well-known speeches of modern times. These are the dramatic words from world leaders that changed the course of history and inspired millions worldwide.


DVD, Dolby digital.

JRDVD 8801 SpeechWorks (boxed set) JRDVD 8001 SpeechWork (v. 1) JRDVD 8004 SpeechWork (v. 2) JRDVD 8015 SpeechWork (v. 3)


Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
Speeches, addresses, etc., English.
Political oratory.

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