CH-1 Vol. 14 #243-- Chicago Ill. Johnson Declares Russian Made Great Mistake -Negative Trims SOF

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During the past year I have traveled the length and breadth of the world.

We have faced the threat in Berlin.

We have faced the threat in Southeast Asia.

We have faced the threat in Latin America.

We have faced the threat in Africa.

There have been some disappointments and frustrations.

There have been some standoffs and some stalemates.

There have been some successes and some gains.

But the balance sheet of our position in the world today is not just the addition of successes and the subtraction of losses.

The results can be assessed accurately only when we count in an event which would make 1961 a memorable year even if nothing else had happened at all.

May I have your cooperation? And we have held the line.

I also find this sense of unity in other free nations.

During the past year I have traveled around the world.

I have been in the great cities of Western Europe and I have to create fear and consternation.

Those who have deliberately and consciously been in the great cities of Western Europe and who have deliberately rejected freedom have no understanding of the hearts and souls of men and women who live in a society of freedom of choice.

They mistake our disagreements for disunity, our debates for dissension, our extremists for significant political leaders, and they never fail to be surprised over the capacity of free men to unite and close ranks when their country is in danger.

Furthermore, they never fail to be surprised at the capacity of free men to find new approaches to the problems they face.

Perhaps the real secret weapon of freedom is that our actions are determined by the collective wisdom of the many rather than the individual judgment of the few.

It has been exciting this year to watch the steady stream of moves which have done so much to put freedom on the march and to get America to moving again.

And let me just name a few.

Blotted here today in this vital, vibrant, giant of a city at the foot of the Great Lakes, I believe that we share common thoughts and common purposes.

We have already this year together tackled with results the domestic problems that we face as we began.

Well, it is a lonely battle.

But we are not alone in it.

We have with us those who believe in freedom, and we can find them all around the world in the fishing villages of Kyaar in Africa or the dusty streets of Karachi in Pakistan.

To some, I guess it seems a little old -fashioned, but the goose pimples still pop up when I hear the Star -Spangled Banner played.

I am no super patriot.

I try to be a patriot in a superior manner.

Because of your votes and because of your confidence, a few of us are privileged to speak for you in the capitals of the world.

I have seen the glories of art and architecture.

I have seen the sunrise on Mount Blank as we flew across it after meeting on disarmament.

I have felt the sun beat with 120 -degree noonday heat on the Taj Mahal, the oasis of beauty in the middle of poverty and disease -ridden villages of India.

But there is no thrill so great as to find the friends of your flag around the world.

It was a great and a moving and exciting experience for me, a naive boy from a little town in the hills of my state, to ride through the streets of Asia and Africa and Europe and hear the crowds push forward to cheer the American flag as it fluttered from the front of an American car.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am the President of the United States of America, and I am the President of the United States of America.

and I am the President of the United States of America.

Ladies and gentlemen, that concludes this morning's program.

Identifier

F.2012-03-1066

Date Of Production

circa 1961

Abstract

Black and white outtakes featuring future US president Lyndon B. Johnson talking at the 18th Annual Convention of the National Association of Home Builders of the United States. He talks about his travels to Europe, Africa, and Asia and about how greatly loved America is in these places. He berates the USSR for denying its people freedom and states that the United States is highly regarded overseas because of the freedom they preserve. Although the title of the reel refers to a mistake made by the Russians, it is unclear from the content what mistake this is referring to.

Run Time

0:09:02

Format

16mm

Extent

326 feet

Color

B&W

Sound

Optical

Reel/Tape Number

1/1

Has Been Digitized?

Yes

Language Of Materials

English

Element

Negatives

Genre

Political

Form

Outtakes
Newsreels

Subject

Propaganda
Politics and government
Politicians
Labor unions
Cold War

Related Collections

SUBSERIES I: Politics & Government

Main Credits

Koza, Frank (is filmmaker)

Participants And Performers

Johnson, Lyndon (is participant)

National Association of Home Builders (is participant)

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