between eleanor roosevelt and but there was an incredible relationship john f. kennedy. we will start with the relationship between franklin roosevelt and joe kennedy. joseph kennedy made most of his money in the 1920's and the stock market. when franklin roosevelt, became president, appointed joseph kennedy as the head of the securities and exchange commission which as he said was putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. this created a relationship between the two of them, in which joe kennedy became a very close confident of fdr, ending up at the ambassador to the court of st. james. do you want to talk about how he managed that posting in london right before the war? alan: it is an interesting time. i almost want to go back a tiny bit before that. as you can imagine when young , people are in the age where they are graduating from high school, whoever is the president in that moment, has a profound impact on them. and shapes their view of the presidency. fdr is the president as jfk comes of age. and through is young adulthood. and i think much of his vision of what i

harold's captain -- 26-year-old navy lieutenant junior grade john f. kennedy. ennedy, lieutenant junior grade, controlled the ship from. >> correct. >> right here. can barely see over. and they operated in the dark of night? >> yes. >> four feet away is where harold was operating that turret. this really puts it in perspective. >> the idea was to go out and attack the destroyers and sink them. >> but no radar. >> the 109 did not have radar. so, you know, try driving down the highway at night with your headlights off. >> on one such night -- august 1st, 1943 -- out of the darkness comes the amagiri, a japanese destroyer traveling at 40 knots. 19-year-old harold marney is stationed in that gun turret. >> harold gave the alarm, "ship at 2:00." >> the amagiri slices right through pt-109. >> and right here, where you're standing, this wing tank actually exploded. >> it's hard to imagine anyone could have survived. >> things happened so fast. he probably got sucked into the wake of the ship. >> harold and a second sailor, andrew kirksey, didn't have a chance. the surv

you saw a man sweating, yet you saw president john f. kennedy poised, relaxed, articulate, and many writers, including norman mailer, who wrote this incredible piece. he said that the television debates placed jfk on the road to victory. the election was on november 8. ethel castingand their vote and i was in los angeles at the ambassador hotel with nixon. this is a picture i made of the election votes coming in state-by-state. in the old days, it was done by chalk. it wasn't electronic as we have today on television. five minutes later, erase it and put another one. the kennedy family that night was in hyannis port. they were very, very nervous. bobby hyndeith his and ethel. here is this interesting picture -- bobby, and ethel. here is this interesting picture we saw before write up on the wall by hank walker. election night, the electoral vote was very close and nobody knew. at 3:00 in the morning, jfk needed 11 more electoral votes and a lot of people felt he wasn't going to get it. or in hyannis port was where the media was. all of the sudde

. >>> also john f. kennedy's speech on church and state. exploring the american story, watch american history tv this weekend. >>> now, a united auto workers campaign film for president roosevelt's 1984 reelection campai campaign. >> hey, joe! joe! >> yes, sam? >> look at today's time table. >> only one of these trains can get through to washington. 44 is a single track, you know. >> yeah, but sam, aren't the american people on board to win the war special? >> all but a few wreckers. >> do you see that switch, joe? that's for the side track. >> i'm just the guy that can do it. >> you can if you don't fall asleep at the switch like you did in november of 1942. >> don't worry about me. he'll have to knock me out. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> what happened? >> who are you. >> not at all, not at all, boy. high production. you've been over working, you need to relax. here, relax. smoke a cigar. let's talk this over, my boy. according to the papers you're on the wrong track. the win the war special is not going through. all of the workers are on strike. >> that's a

to his family that he has gone back to but it is 30 years before, and , he says oh, that's on john f. kennedy boulevard isn't it? and the father says who in the hell is john f. kennedy? because it is 1955. host: this morning joined by barbara perry on c-span and american history tv as we look back 60 years to those first televised presidential debates, taking your phone calls for about the next 25 minute this morning. democrats, it is (202) 748-8000. republicans, (202) 748-8001. independents, (202) 748-8002. this is joy, alexander city, alabama republican. , good morning. caller: good morning. my question, my husband called me a nerd for watching this on a sunday morning before church, but my question is, given the history behind the two candidates, both had things in their past, nixon was angry and kennedy had personal indiscretions, if you will, and all of that, if those two candidates were to run today, how do you think they would fare given social media, given the way news is just split second everywhere you turn, that kind of thing? how do you think they would fare? host: thank you, joy,

john f. kennedy's 1960 speech on church and state. followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >>> up next on american history tv, a june 1944 newsreel from the office of war information. it includes stories about the 19 # 44 presidential election, the fall of muse lee knee, and franklin roosevelt signing the gi bill. ♪ ♪ >>> the city of chicago is the scene of the 1944 republican national convention, signs everywhere welcome delegates gathered to nominate a republican candidate for president. governor bricker of ohio who was nominated candidate for vice president, and here is senator taft from ohio, prominent among the delegates. the nomination of new york's governor dewey was conceded almost before the convention opened. congressman martin, permanent chairman of the convention, chats with former governor landon, landon was the 1936 republican nominee for president. when de wendell willkie was the 1940 standard bearer. chicago

eastern on reel america, john f. kennedy's 1960s speech on church and state followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ ♪ >> and now on american history tv a united autoworkers animated campaign film for president franklin roosevelt's 1944 re-election campaign. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey, joe! joe! >> yeah, sam! >> take a look at today's timetable. only one of these can get through to washington. 44 is a single track, you know? >> yeah, but sam, aren't the american people onboard to win the war special? >> well, all, but a ♪ ♪ >> you see that switch, joe? ♪ >> you've got to sidetrack. >> i'm just the guy that can do it, sam. >> look, joe, you can if you don't fall asleep at the switch like you did in november 1942. >> asleep! >> don't worry about me. he'll have to knock me out. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hey! oh, my! >> who are you? >> not at all. glad you dropped in, my boy, glad you dropped

it remains today and is an enduring legacy of john f. kennedy. one last person with a vision that he tried to follow true on was lyndon johnson, who followed kennedy on his assassination. and he talked about something called the great society. johnson was never a great speaker, and we're going to talk about the importance of being a great speaker as president. but he too wanted very much to improve the life of citizens. and during his time in office, we get medicare, civil rights passes, civil rights act and the voting rights act of 19 safety five -- 1965. johnson's reputation, unfortunately, is always associated with the vietnam war, which he was mired in, couldn't get out of, and it forced his 1968 to say inf a radio address, "i will not seek nor will i accept another term as your president." he realized he lost credibility and things were just not going to go well from that point on. ok, a second point that professor dallek talks about his charisma. is being charismatic, besides being dynamic? it makes things exciting for people. presidentswe'v

america," "reel democratic nominee john f. kennedy on the topic of church and state, religious freedom, and tolerance. he spoke to a meeting of houston ministers. paid for by the kennedy johnson texas campaign. the broadcast includes an excessive question-and-answer session, and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. >> from houston's rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the greater houston ministerial association, to which he has been invited. senator kennedy will participate in a formal question-and-answer period. the meeting is sponsored by the kennedy johnson texas campaign committee and is being seen throughout texas on a special 22-station network. the audience you are seeing is composed of clergymen of the houston area who have been invited by the association. the meeting is about to be called to order by the president, reverend george rank. >> may i call this special meeting of the association of ministers of greater houston to order? let's stand for prayer. god be merciful unto

john f. kennedy. >> author september and october, and the first week of november. people getting their message to the people. . richard m. nixon was the choice of the republican party. he had served as vice president sinc 1953. n he was a candidate for the presidency. his vice president runnin mate -- as the campaign gets underway, the presidential candidates meet face to face in television debates seen and heard by millions of people, the same people who will decide which of these two men will lead the country for the next four years. the personal contact with people is still an essential feature of any presidential campaign. senat kennedy, a tireless campaigner goes to all sections of the company, spelling out his views ofdomestic and foreign policy. on foreign policy the overriding issue is the maintenance of p peace and me meeting -- on domestic affairs, he stresses the governmes affair in meeting economic and social problems. senator kennedy's wife, jacqueline has to limit her campaign appearanc

because a student in berlin i was there when john f. kennedy was a simpler team he was highly popular just like american music and the american lifestyle were also popular especially in the sixty's it's. only 2 days after kennedy's speech soviet leader nikita khrushchev visited east berlin we are in the cold war he said and i too am a berliner the us president had captured the hearts of west berliners in just one day khrushchev visit lasted 3 days and was soon forgotten. this american rocket was designed not to launch missiles but to overtake the soviets in space. in 1961 kennedy had pledged to put an american on the moon by the end of the decade up to 400000 people worked on the apollo project named after the greek god of light the massive effort what finally overcome the humiliation of sputnik. kennedy would not be able to witness his country's triumph he was assassinated in 1963 the launch site was named in his honor the kennedy space center. it was the site where apollo 11 was to blast off on july 16th 1969. the moon landing 4 days later wa

with them, whether it is the boston mafia of john f. kennedy, the georgia mafia of jimmy carter. loyalty is not new in the white house. >> but trump's brand of loyalty was new. >> the trump people said essentially, if we can ever find that you publicly posted something negative about the president, you are very unlikely to get a position. >> i have never heard of that kind of vetting of people for negative comments about the president in their past lives. >> his early hires were loyalists throughout the campaign and in the early months of the presidency. he did hire a few one-time opponents who have been loyal since. >> thank you, mr. president. >> including secretary of housing and urban development, ben carson. >> our president, donald j. trump, he makes promises and he keeps them. >> and secretary of energy, former governor rick perry. >> mr. president, i know there

moving on with the idea of vision, john f. kennedy comes to the white house in 1960 and he talks about something called the new frontier. "new" is a big word for presidents. and kennedy says he wants to see money spent on social reform and welfare, as well as there being ambitious projects like going to the moon. unfortunately, he never lived to see it, but it would happen before the end of the decade. other things that happened during his time went along with his vision. but perhaps nothing more than something that he announced at my alma mater, the university of michigan. and he announced it at the steps of the student union on october 28, 1960, at midnight, when he told thousands of students that he was going to be proposing something called the peace corps. it remains today and is an enduring legacy of john f. kennedy. one last person with a vision that he tried to follow true on was lyndon johnson, who followed kennedy on his assassination. and he talked about something called the great society. johnson was never a great speaker,

since 1961, under the lip of that great john f. kennedy we have carried out the best peacetime build up of national strength of any nation at any time in the history of the world. and i report tonight that we have spent $30 billion more on preparing this nation in the four years of the kennedy administration than would have been spent if we followed the appropriations of the last year of the previous administration. i report tonight as president of the united states, and as commander and chief of the arms forces, on the strength of your country and i tell you it is greater than any adversary. i assure you that it is greater than the combined might of all of the nations in all of the wars in all of the history of this planet. and i report our superiority is growing. weapons do not make peace. men make peace. peace does not come through strength alone. and these qualities under the leadership of president kennedy brought a treaty banning nuclear tests in the atmosphere, and 100 other nations in the world joined us. other agreements were reac

since 1961, under the leadership of that great president john f. kennedy, we have carried out the greatest peacetime buildup of national strength of any nation at any time in the history of the world. and i report tonight that we have spent 30 billion dollars more on preparing this nation in the four years of the kennedy administration then would have been spent if we had followed the appropriations of the last year of the previous administration. i report tonight as president of the united states and as commander in chief of the armed forces on the strength of your country, and i tell you that it is greater than any adversary. [applause] i assure you that it is greater than the combined might of all the nations in all the wars in all the history of this planet. [applause] and i report our superiority -- superiority is growing. [applause] weapons do not make peace. men make peace. [applause] and these comes not true strength alone, but through wisdom and patience and restraint. and these qualities, under the leadership of president kennedy, brought a treat

truman and john f. kennedy would dream if they were here tonight. [cheers and applause] and i think that i know what kind of a dream you want to dream. tonight, we of the democratic party, confidently go before the people offering answers, not retreat, offering unity, not division, offering hope, not fear or smear. [cheers and applause] we do offer the people a choice, a choice of continuing on the courageous and the compassionate course that has made this nation the strongest and the freest and the most prosperous and the most peaceful nation in the history of mankind. [cheers and applause] to those who have sought to divide us, they have only helped to unite us. [cheers and applause] to those who would provoke us, we have turned the other cheek. [cheers and applause] so as we conclude our laborers, that us tomorrow turn to our new paths. let us be on our way. [cheers and applause]

and john f. kennedy flips off the tv and says, nixon is going out the same way he came in, no class. so jack kennedy has attained his ambition. ultimately, it will be a question of all three ambitions being fulfilled, but be careful what you wish for. jack kennedy achieves the presidency, travels to dallas, and we know what happens. lyndon johnson becomes president, inheriting not only that office from kennedy, but a little thing called vietnam. and he must leave the presidency under a cloud, a very bitter, saddened man, which enables richard nixon to make his comeback. and in 1972, after he has beaten hubert humphrey in 1968, there is the watergate break-in, a very mystifying event. not so much the cover-up in being mystifying, but the original motive. one of the theories is that they are breaking into the offices of kennedy loyalist larry o'brien, now the democratic national chairman, to ascertain what he knows about richard nixon's connections to howard hughes, and certain payments of hughes to richar

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[applause] i accept it, in the words of john f. kennedy full and grateful heart, and with only one obligation: to devote every effort of body, mind, and spirit, to lead our party back to victory, and our nation back to greatness. [applause] it's a pleasure to be here with all you democrats. and to see that our bicentennial celebration, and our bicentennial convention has been one of the of the decorum's of order without any fights or free-for-all's. among democrats that can only happen once every 200 years. [laughs] [applause] with this kind of a united democratic party, we are ready and eager to take on the republicans. whichever republican party they decide to send against us in november. [laughs] [applause] 1976 will not be a year of politics as usual. it can be a year of inspiration and hope, and it will be a year of concern, of quiet and sober reassessment of our nation's character and purpose. a year when voters have already confounded the experts. i guarantee you that it will be the year when we give the government of this country,

and john f. kennedy's speak on church and state followed by reagan's speech, the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. >> you're watching american history tv. every weekend on c-span3, explore our nation's past. c-span3, created by america's cable television companies as a public service and brought to you today by your television provider. >> ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my fellow citizens, i accept your nomination and your program. [ cheers and applause ] and now my friends that you have made your decision, i will fight to win that office with all my heart and my soul. [ cheers and applause ] and with your help, i have no doubt that we will win. [ cheers and applause ] >> help me to do the job in this autumn of conflict and of campaign. help me to do the job in these years of darkness and doubt and crisis which stretch beyond the horizon of tonight's happy vision. and we will justify our gorgeous past and the loyalty

john f. kennedy, congressman from massachusetts. mr. kennedy was never invited as an official representative of a religious organization nor as a spokesman of the catholic faith. nobody was identified by his faith. two days before his dinner occasion, mr. kennedy canceled his engagement. he expressed his regret and grief, but stated that since his eminence, the cardinal, requested that he not come, he had no other alternative. therefore, it was necessary to destroy this first program and to reprint. sen. kennedy: now, i will stay again the words that i used from the reverand polling po's book that first discuss this incident. secondly, my memory of the incident is quite clear. in fact, it's as good as reverend polin's. it's only -- when the matter was first discussed, the reverend said it first place in 1950. it's only in the last two months that it came forward and that it to place in 1947 i never discussed hyper the matter with the cardinal. i first learned of it through my administrative assistant, who knew a mr. doyle, who stated tha

often we think of john f. kennedy or ronald reagan as ushering in the television presidency, but, in fact, it was dwight eisenhower. i can't nest the power of television to win the presidency and to put forward his vision of america and the world and this is what we are going to look at today. dwight eisenhower brought several important developments to the modern american presidency, through his leadership style and organizational approach. doing this, he built on a lot of the transformations we already looked at this semester. for example, franklin roosevelt launched the executive office of the presidency and last week we looked at how harry truman extended it. with the national security state. dwight eisenhower formalized it. he ran his office very much like he did the military. the bureaucracy became very entrenched and well executed in the american presidency under eisenhower. for example, he had weekly cabinet meetings and form the office of congressional liaison so that he could have a formal link to the legisla

and then the church and state speech by john f. kennedy. exploring the american story. watch "american history tv" this weekend on c-span 3. >>> thomas dewey was nominated for president a second time in 1948. now on "american history tv" a film from the republican national committee telling the story of his political life. >>> thomas e dewey was elected, four years earlier he was appointed special prosecutor by the governor for the war on organized crime in new york. >> you have been given a most difficult task, and you have the opportunity to help people in this city. what can we do to help you. >> there is a detective in new york, mr. mayor, whoa i think i one of the best in the united states. i would like him to head my squad of detectives. >> clearing out gangsters, racketeers, they were tightening through years of rule. >> are you going to keep out of our territory or not? >> i'm not. but i don't need any protection. dewey started by getting the frightened victims of the racket to talk. after long months of work. he had enough evidence to move in on the city's rack

it is telling that john f. kennedy is on the ticket as president and lyndon johnson is on the ticket as vice president. we have all these conflicting ideas over who should have authority. all of that will be the story we look into on thursday. great job today. contenders." >> wherever he goes, he speaks out on the issues. he answers exactly w we are every goes, he speaks out clearly and forcefully on the issues answers questions, explains exactly where he stands under masticate foreign policy. everywhere he goes the people are responding with enthusiasm for this new and different kind of statesman. barry goldwater has been constantly on the go, it's a grueling schedule. and whenever he can, he catches a quick nap here with his daughter peggy. and with his wife peggy. soon it's

and this is something that john f. kennedynizes and uses it in his campaign to win the democratic nomination in 1960. it is notable, as we will talk about on thursday that his challenger was lyndon johnson, the most powerful democrat in the country. and he had all of the authority and working within the democratic party since the time of the new deal, building up his credibility and his a doherty and his ability to manipulate votes in the senate. those were the leading contenders for the democratic presidential nomination in 1960, and it is very telling that john f. kennedy is on the ticket as president and lyndon johnson is on the ticket as vice president. and saw how that came about and the 1960 campaign when we have conflicting ideas about who should have authority, all of that will be the story we look into on thursday.

enery the lack of a better word when you think back want historic debates you're talking about john f. kennedy and richard nixon back of the night in 60 debate and it was the body language which basically won the debate for john f. kennedy not necessarily the words that came out of their mounted so there's a lot more to of debate than just ask and has.

and quietly, we were all rooting for john f. kennedyhumphrey and senior senator al gore, were great public servants. but i remember at the convention when the balloting was seesawing for vice president and kenny was ahead, running downstairs to kenne kennedy's suite, where sergeant shriver's brother-in-law was guarding the door, running in, jack kennedy was pulling up his trousers, shook his hand and congratulated him. by the time i got back up to my father's suite, i saw him lose. we all of us were rooting for jack kennedy. but newt is absolutely right, this brought kennedy to the nation's attention and also spared him involvement in a failed campaign for president and vice president. >> let's move four years ahead to the 1960 democratic convention in los angeles. senator stevenson, how would you describe the relationship between your father and jack kennedy in 1960? >> well, i think -- i think the relationship between my father and jack kennedy was close. i know my father respected kennedy and i believe it was mutual. but there was, a

even before i was paralyzed had been inspired by john f. kennedy, adam wanted to be like john f. kennedy. i wanted to be like john wayne. maybe it was unhealthy. maybe it was maniacal but that's who i was and i was an american. that's very much having grown up in a convoy in this country, having dreams beyond all dreams and believing you could be anything you wanted to be the matter what happened to you. that sustain me, even back then after i was paralyzed i said i want to do something great with my life. i did say those things. >> i want to just interrupt for a second about bulova watch company, that was a program started for the world war ii vets. he built the watchmaking pool in queens. when you're going to john f. kennedy airport you'll go buy some of the buildings there, and eventually they had a basketball team called the boulevard watchmakers. >> i had no idea. >> when you think about it it was one of the first corporate sponsored sports teams, and not that far away there was another company team called the pan am jets and they were mostly -- [inaudible] so anyway, that's

eastern on real america, john f. kennedy's 1960 speech on church and state, followed by ronald reagan's 1966 the myth of the great society speech. exploring the american story. watch american history tv this weekend on c-span3. ♪ >> the senate judiciary committee has been a to consider the nomination of supreme court nominee amy coney barrett. c-span.org has every minute of the confirmation hearings, including this moment with nebraska senator ben sasse. -- miserable cheaters -- i think all baseball fans know the houston astros cheat, they steal signs, they bang on cans, they have done a bunch of miserable things historically and deserve to

election from the nominating conventions to the concession and victory speeches by richard nixon and john f. kennedy

the lack of a better word when you think back want historic debates you're talking about john f. kennedy and richard nixon back in the 1960 debate and it was the body language which basically won the debate for john f. kennedy not necessarily the words that came out of their mouth and so there's a lot more to of debate than just ask and answering questions president trump does that all the time with the media east been the most transparent president and modernistic and as far as asking questions and giving answers to the media that's something that he does but debating face to face is another entirely different thing and joe biden wants to avoid that on this on this next go around seems as if everything they're doing they're doing to try to slant the debate and to joe's favor of e.c. biden did i should cain read the whole d.n.c. does regardless of evidence otherwise i want to get to this book because in it you detail what may be the 1st ever account of trump's meeting at trump tower for his run against or is considering the run against obama in 2012 just tell me a little bit about about

if i believe i was to dainton unfairly in crash because a student in berlin i was there when john f. kennedy was a simpler team he was highly popular just like american music and the american lifestyle were also popular especially in the sixty's it's again. only 2 days after kennedy's speech soviet leader nikita khrushchev visited east berlin we are in the cold war he said and i too am a berliner the us president had captured the hearts of west berliners in just one day khrushchev visit lasted 3 days and was soon forgotten. this american rocket was designed not to launch missiles but to overtake the soviets in space. in 1961 kennedy had pledged to put an american on the moon by the end of the decade up to 400000 people worked on the apollo project named after the greek god of light the massive effort would finally overcome the humiliation of sputnik. kennedy would not be able to witness his country's triumph he was assassinated in 1963 the launch site was named in his honor the kennedy space center. it was the site where apollo 11 was to blast off on july 16th 1969. the moon landing 4 days l

in the fall of 1960 between incumbent vice president richard nixon and massachusetts senator john f. kennedy. the first-ever televised debates between presidential candidates. first, a brief look at mr. nixon and mr. kennedy during their first meeting in chicago on september 26, 1960. >> the television and radio stations of the united states and their affiliated stations are proud to provide facilities for a discussion of issues in the current political campaign by the candidates for the presidency. the candidates need no introduction. the republican candidate, vice pr

lyndon johnson, who had become president after the death of john f. kennedyepublicans as having added and caused a lot of the moral degradation of the country. the civil rights movement, and there were not a lot of protests over the vietnam war at the time. but all of this unrest and this unsettled environment was growing, and conservatives were nervous and scared about it, and goldwater and his campaign were trying to take advantage of that fear and growing unease with a certain percentage of the population. host: we are looking at the history of presidential campaign tv advertising here on american history tv on c-span3. a joint production with c-span's "washington journal." we are welcoming your phone calls. we will get to the momentarily. (202) 748-8001, for republicans. democrats, (202) 748-8000. independents, (202) 748-8002. but, robert mann, a comment from twitter says, "tv in its infancy , more reflective of the ads shown during theater intermissions. the american culture was much more conservative then." his observation. guest: yeah. from 1952 throug

odd that's true dainton entirely in cash because a student in berlin i was there when john f. kennedy was a simpler team he was highly popular just like american music and the american lifestyle were also popular that come as nationally in the sixty's. only 2 days after kennedy's speech soviet leader nikita khrushchev visited east berlin we are in the cold war he said and i too am a berliner the us president had captured the hearts of west berliners in just one day khrushchev visit lasted 3 days and was soon forgotten. this american rocket was designed not to launch missiles but to overtake the soviets in space in 1961 kennedy had pledged to put an american on the moon by the end of the decade up to 400000 people worked on the apollo project named after the greek god of light the massive effort would finally overcome the humiliation of sputnik. kennedy would not be able to witness his country's triumph he was assassinated in 1963 the launch site was named in his honor the kennedy space center. it was the site where apollo 11 was to blast off on july 16th 2969. the moon landing 4 days

eastern, on real america, john f. kennedy'son church and state followed by ronald reagan's the myth of the great society's speech. exploring the american story, watch american history tv, this weekend on c-span3. >> coming up on american history tv, purdue university professor katherine brownell teaching a class of the 1950s, highlighting device eisenhower's presidential campaigns. she compared radio and early tv ads and discusses what made them successful. >> nothing, perhaps, captures the popular memory of the 1950s like the slogan i like ike. this idea that this pin that so many people wore around the campaign of 1952 and 1956 conveys a notion of nostalgia and simplicity. it really

john f. kennedynvites you to visit the white house and see the restorations she's made. >> a record 80 million viewers watched jackie's tour. donations to her restoration project flood in. >> are all the pieces from lincoln's time? >> yes, they are. the most famous one, of course, is the linkon bed. every read that seemed to love it. >> they got rave reviews. there were governors' wives all over the country that said we have to do this with the governor's mansion. >> people tended to underestimate her intelligence, which was considerable. the whole historic preservation movement in this country owes a great debt of gratitude to her. >> the dictatorships of fidel castro. >> three months into the presidency, the kennedy administration suffers its first major setback. the cia backed invasion of cuba ends in disaster. >> reality really bit both kenned kennedys. kennedy had been too influenced by advisers. >> we came back to the white house. he started to cry. just with me. he just put his head in his han

how she took control of president john f. kennedy's legacy in the days following his assassination. ook. >> three years ago i introduced myself in paris by saying i was the man who had aukumed mrs. kennedy to paris. i'm getting that same sensation as i travel around texas. [ applause ] >> there's no question that he was thrilled that she wanted to come to texas with him, that she wanted to campaign with him. >> this is a very dangerous and uncertain world. we would like to live as we once lived. >> reporte >> it was a bright, sunny day, and jackie put on her sunglasses. and jack said, please take them off, i want them to say -- to see you. >> as they're in the motorcade, nelly connelly, the governor's wife, turns to john f. kennedy and says, well, you can't say that dallas doesn't love you. and the president says, you certainly can't. >> "first ladies" airs tonight at 10:00 p.m. only on cnn. we'll be right back. knowing who we are is hard. it's hard. eliminate who you are not first, and you're going to find yourself where you need to be. ♪ the race is never over. the journey has no p

next on "reel america," democratic nominee john f. kennedyn the topic of church and state, religious freedom, and tolerance. he spoke to a meeting of houston ministers. paid for by the kennedy johnson texas campaign. the broadcast includes an extended question-and-answer session, and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. the 1966 speech called the myth of the great society. eastern, a u.s. information agency series intended for international audiences that describe the u.s. presidential election system.

america," "reel democratic nominee john f. kennedy on the topic of church and state, religious freedom, and tolerance. he spoke to a meeting of houston ministers. paid for by the kennedy johnson texas campaign. the broadcast includes an excessive question-and-answer session, and parts of the film were later used as campaign ads. >> from houston's rice hotel, senator john kennedy is about to address a special meeting of the greater houston ministerial

odd as to daintree and barely in cash because a student in berlin i was there when john f. kennedy was a simpler team he was highly popular just like american music and the american lifestyle were also popular as specially in the 60s it's. only 2 days after kennedy's speech soviet leader nikita khrushchev visited east berlin we are in the cold war he said and i too am a berliner the us president had captured the hearts of west berliners in just one day khrushchev's visit lasted 3 days and was soon forgotten. this american rocket was designed not to launch missiles but to overtake the soviets in space in 1961 kennedy had pledged to put an american on the moon by the end of the decade up to $400000.00 people worked on the apollo project named after the greek god of light the massive effort would finally overcome the humiliation of sputnik. kennedy would not be able to witness his country's triumph he was assassinated in 1983 the launch site was named in his honor the kennedy space center. it was the site where apollo 11 was to blast off on july 16th 1969. the moon landing 4 days late