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The film captures the arrival of Republican delegates at the San Francisco airport before attending the Republican National Convention in August 1956.

Silent newsreel footage of highlights from the 1956 Democratic National Convention, held in the International Amphitheatre on the South Side of Chi...

Kentucky Governor Albert Benjamin "Happy" Chandler Sr. is interviewed at the 1956 Democratic Convention, held at the International Amphitheatre on ...

Highlights from the 1956 Democratic Convention, held in the International Amphitheatre on the South Side of Chicago, Illinois August 13–August 17, ...

This film includes excerpts from the 1956 Republican National Convention and Democratic National Convention.

Black and white outtakes of former U.S. president Harry Truman at a press conference answering questions about presidential primaries, national con...

Black and white outtakes featuring Prescott Bush, the Chairman of the Republican Platform Committee, making a speech to the Committee ahead of the ...

Guests at the 1956 Democratic National Convention (held at the International Amphitheatre on the South Side of Chicago August 13–August 17) check o...

Harry Truman attends a press conference for the 1956 Democratic National Convention.

A breakfast preceding the 1956 Democratic National Convention, likely to have taken place on August 13.

Interviews with John L. Lewis and Governor Averell Harriman during the 1956 Democratic National Convention.

An interview with Lyndon Johnson circa August 15, 1956.

Nominating speeches given by Marvin Griffin and James C. Healey for presidential candidates James C. Davis and W. Averell Harriman, respectively, a...

A reporter interviews former President Harry S. Truman and Miss Universe 1956, Carol Morris, at the 1956 Democratic National Convention, held in th...