films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago, on august 27, 1964, president lyndon b. johnson accepted the presidential nomination at the democratic national convention in atlantic city, new jersey. less than a year earlier, lbj was sworn in following president kennedy's assassination. he would go on to win the general election against barry goldwater. next, president johnson's speech, in which he outlines the goals of what he calls a great society. this is about 30 minutes. >> he appreciates this tremendous reception, but he has a message to give to you and the american people. [applause]

vice president lyndon b. johnson western berlin as a personal emissary of president kennedy. at the airport, the vice president, accompanied by robert watson, united states commander on a guard soldiers of the west berlin police. guarda guard -- honor soldiers of the west berlin police. the vice president and mayor move on to city hall, where anxious people seek reassurance on the position of the united states. makeeir part, west germans it clear that they want the western alliance to stay and are opposed to any weakening in the protection they now enjoy. vice president johnson carries a message for president kennedy. freedom granted to west berlin, the united states is committed to the survival and future of a free west berlin. general lucius clay, who engineered the 1948 berlin airlift, is president kennedy's special advisor to berlin in the crisis. august 19, 1961. the first battle group of the united states seventh army is dispatched across 110 miles of soviet east germany to join forces in west berlin. the battle group, commanded by glover john's, is met by a cartel. as

films that help tell the story of the 20th century. 50 years ago, on august 27, 1964, president lyndon b. johnson accepted the presidential nomination at the democratic national convention in atlantic city, new jersey. less than a year earlier, lbj was sworn in following president kennedy's assassination. he would go on to win the general election against barry goldwater. next, president johnson's speech, in which he outlines the goals of what he calls a great society. this is about 30 minutes. >> he appreciates this tremendous reception, but he has a message to give to you and the american people. [applause] >> chairman mccormack, my fellow americans -- i accept your nomination. [applause] i accept the duty of leading this party to victory this year. and i thank you, i thank you from the bottom of my heart for placing at my side the man that last night you so wisely selected to be the next vice president of the united states. [applause] i know i speak for each of you and all of you when i say he proved himself tonight in that great acceptance speech. [applause] and i speak for both of us when i

he lost in a landslide to president lyndon b. johnson, but inspired many younger conservatives to get involved in politics. >>on the stand with mr. goldwater, two sons, two daughters, and two sons-in-law. >> the sergeant of arms clearing the aisle. >> on the stand with mr. goldwater, two sons, two daughters, and two sons-in-law. [applause] >> thank you. >> thank you. [applause] > my running mate, the wonderful republican who has served us so well for so long -- bill miller and his wife, stephanie. o thurston morton who has done such a wonderful job in chairing this wonderful convention. [applause] to mr. herbert hoover, who i am told is watching. [applause] the great american and his wife, general and mrs. isenhower. o my wife, my family, and to all of my fellow republicans across this great nation, from this moment, united and determined, we will go forward together dedicated to the ultimate and undeniable reatness of the whole man. together, we will win. cheers and applause] i accept your nomination with a deep sense of humility. [appl

if you're african american in the south the civil rights act is signed by lyndon b. johnson, it was supposed to end the problems that lincoln was supposed to have ended. there are still problems. with respect to sherman versus cedar creek, it was a huge body of land that he went through. it was huge. it was being followed by the press. imagine a tornado wearing blue coats. >> cedar creek was not featured in a major film. [laughter] >> now we are calling hollywood. that it happened. >> i believe public consciousness over what has happened, more people know about atlanta and that role. >> gone with the wind. >> i have a question. in my right, did they allow reenactments on that property? most national parks don't. >> that is correct. the national park service has a policy we do not allow reenactments on national park service land as a respect for the fallen and the whole words -- and the horrors that happened. cedar creek is a unique part. we are in a partnership, the national park service does not own much of the land inside our park boundary. it encompasses 3000 acres and na

vietnam in 1970 does not matter as much to president nixon and henry kissinger as it does to lyndon b johnson in 1965. i also thought that you would bring in the whole mccarthy anticommunist political situation in the united states. >> clearly, i think that johnson in 1965 is -- mccarthyism has died out a bit by the time you get to the early 1960s, but certainly communism and the fear of the domino effect which is really kind of -- as articulated by eisenhower in the mccarthy era. he doesn't want to lose south vietnam like truman lost china like china was truman's to lose, but johnson is thinking along those terms when he's devising his grand strategy and the political objectives of south vietnam. you started out by saying you can have a grand strategy and still lose the war. in the context of our current situatio situations in iraq and afghanistan, does that situation still hold true? >> this is where i'm obligated to say that what i'm about to say is not representative of the department of defense clearly, i don't think that there's any doubt that we've struggled, i think with relating mili

particular believes we need a national commission on policing, similar to the report that president lyndon b. johnson commissioneded in the 1950s. we have unfinisheded business bigger than what's happening all across this nation. we must look at this nationally and do something about it. it must be visible. it must be right now. >> you foe, part of this that's tough is the phone call that's made. i want to listen to a part of the 911 phone call and what was said. let's just take a moment and listen to it. >> i'm sitting in the park at west boulevard by the west boulevard rapid transfer station. and there's a guy holding a pistol, you know. the guy keeps pulling it out of his pants and he's scaring everybody. >> i listen to that. this sounds like a good samaritan. we don't know the wol story yet. but it sounds like he's making a reasonable call and saying, it's probably fake. >> but that message was not given to the police. you know, maybe they would have responded differently. we need more training and transparency. we need cultural competency. this deserves a moral response. the cries of the people