Great Moments from Great Speeches
This narrative presentation of the greatest rhetorical moments of the 20th century introduces students to key history makers, including: Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Adolf Hitler, Martin Luther King Jr., Colin Powell, Winston Churchill, Richard Nixon, Hillary Clinton, Elea...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., Educational Video Group. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York, N.Y. :
Infobase,
[2012], c2004.
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| Physical Description: |
1 streaming video file (118 min.) : sd., col. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Hitler & FDR Speech Comparisons (3:12)
- Adolf Hitler on Nationalism (1:47)
- Winston Churchill on Hitler's Treachery (3:12)
- Franklin D. Roosevelt on Pearl Harbor (2:46)
- Eleanor Roosevelt on Human Rights (2:47)
- Harry Truman on the Atom Bomb (2:45)
- Harry Truman on the Korean War (4:09)
- Douglas MacArthur: On His Retirement (3:29)
- Richard M. Nixon on Defending His Actions (4:08)
- Dwight D. Eisenhower during the Cold War (3:30)
- President John F. Kennedy: First Inaugural Address (5:02)
- President Lyndon Johnson (3:19)
- Lyndon Johnson on Civil Rights (5:36)
- Martin Luther King, Jr. on the Promised Land (2:41)
- Robert F. Kennedy: Eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr. (2:17)
- Barbara Jordon on Impeachment (4:37)
- President Richard Nixon on His Resignation (2:38)
- President Gerald Ford (2:34)
- President Jimmy Carter on Peace in the Middle East (3:10)
- Geraldine Ferraro at 1984 DNC (3:08)
- Jesse Jackson: Coalition Speech (3:11)
- President Ronald Reagan on Challenger Tragedy (3:14)
- George H. W. Bush on War (5:26)
- Colin Powell on Racial Divisions (3:58)
- Fidel Castro on Environmental Issues (3:41)
- Boris Yeltsin (4:21)
- Bill Clinton: Inaugural Address (3:48)
- Hillary Rodham Clinton: 1996 DNC (3:47)
- Dalai Lama: Nobel Prize Speech (3:48)
- Nelson Mandela: Congressional Gold Medal (4:46)
- Christopher Reeve: 1996 DNC (3:55)
- Dale Bumpers on Impeachment (4:43)
- Credits: Great Moments from Great Speeches (0:29)