A Franklin McMahon artist report about the political scene of 1968, including the death of Martin Luther King Jr., the presidential campaign and th...
Unedited film that documents the mood and tensions in Grant Park the day after the end of the 1968 Democratic National Convention.
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, ...
Scenes of Chicago's International Ampitheatre being prepped for the 1960 National Convention of the Republican Party, which was held July 25 to Jul...
Black and white outtakes of a press conference with Harry Truman in which he reads out a statement endorsing Senator Stuart Symington as the Democr...
An interview with Lyndon Johnson circa August 15, 1956.
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Nominating speeches given by Marvin Griffin and James C. Healey for presidential candidates James C. Davis and W. Averell Harriman, respectively, a...