Dukakis 1988 - NYC Bridge - Lee Atwater
Identifier
F.2005-08-0315
Date Of Production
circa 1988 – 1989
Abstract
Loosely assembled footage includes the following: A man wearing a tropical shirt and a red, “JESUS” ballcap waves his hands and whistles toward the sky as New Orleans’ Superdome can be seen in the background; Vice President George H.W. Bush greets supporters at a rally on New Orleans’ Mississippi Riverwalk just after arriving via the Steamboat Natchez on August 16, 1988; Governor Michael Dukakis departs from a campaign event held at Drake University’s Olmsted Center in Des Moines; Phone bank volunteers engage in telephone calls; A boat tour travels along what is likely the Chattahoochee River; A group tours the top of Stone Mountain via a cable car; Crowds gather to hear Reverend Jesse Jackson speak; Activists gather near the state capitol in downtown Atlanta to protest the war on drugs, capitalism, and the Ku Klux Klan during the 1988 Democratic National Convention; Picketing signs representing mostly Nationalist Movement messages lay abandoned on the sidewalk; Several shots depict the Atlanta from the Ashes Monument; Activists hold an “AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT” banner that compares 1968 to 1988; A board presents precinct reporting percentages for Democratic presidential candidates; Dukakis supporters gather in downtown Atlanta during an evening parade, likely to celebrate his nomination on July 21, 1988; Tourists pose for photographs in front of the White House and with a replica of the Liberty Bell; The whistling man pictured in the beginning of the film wears a red “JESUS GEORGE” ballcap and points to the sky while standing next to the General Casimir Pulaski statue in Washington, D.C.; President George H.W. Bush and his campaign manager Lee Atwater play guitars during the Presidential Inauguration’s “Celebration for Young Americans” concert at the Washington Convention Center on January 21, 1989.
Format
Super 8
Extent
500 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Mag Stripe
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positives
Subject
Concerts
Demonstrations
Landmarks
Mountains
Political Activists
Political campaigns
Political conventions
Politicians
Presidential inaugurations
Presidents
Tourism
Demonstrations
Landmarks
Mountains
Political Activists
Political campaigns
Political conventions
Politicians
Presidential inaugurations
Presidents
Tourism
Preservation Sponsor
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Stamets, Bill (is filmmaker)
Participants And Performers
Bush, George, 1924-2018 (is depicted in)
Dukakis, Michael, 1933- (is depicted in)
Atwater, Lee (is depicted in)
Bush, Barbara, 1925-2018 (is depicted in)
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