| Description |
4 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (45 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. x 14 cm.) |
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In container (31 cm.). |
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Compact discs. |
| Summary |
Presents sixty-one historically important speeches by prominent 20th century American figures in politics, government, sports, civil rights, the women's movement, the armed forces, and the space program. Includes seven speeches by world leaders such as King Edward VIII, Winston Churchill, and Adolph Hitler. |
| Contents |
v. 1. The political arena. The farmer and the Republican Party (1908) / William Howard Taft -- Address to the American Indians (1913) / President Woodrow Wilson -- Address to the Boys' Progressive League (1913) / Former President Theodore Roosevelt -- Inaugural address (1933) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Inaugural address (1937) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Election eve campaign speech (1944) / Governor Thomas E. Dewey -- Inaugural address (1949) / President Harry S. Truman -- "Checkers" speech (1952) / Senator Richard Nixon -- Presidential campaign address (1952) / Governor Adlai Stevenson -- Republican Convention address (1956) / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Presidential debate (1960) / Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon-- Presidential campaign address (1964) / Senator Barry Goldwater -- Address to the nation (on not seeking reelection) (1968) / President Lyndon B. Johnson -- Presidential campaign address (1968) / Senator Robert F. Kennedy -- Inaugural address (1969) / President Richard M. Nixon -- Resignation address (1973) / Vice President Spiro Agnew -- Resignation address (1974) / President Richard M. Nixon -- Democratic Convention acceptance speech (1976) / Governor Jimmy Carter -- Inaugural address (1981) / President Ronald Reagan -- Keynote address for the Democratic Convention (1984) / Governor Mario Cuomo -- Address to the Democratic Convention (1984) / Reverend Jesse Jackson. |
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v. 2. The changing world. First recorded promotional message on the Edison Phonograph (1906) / Len Spencer -- The German peril (1917) / Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany James Gerard Watson (i.e. James Watson Gerard) -- Address from France (1918) / General J.J. "Black Jack" Pershing -- On Lindbergh's return to the U.S. (1927) / President Calvin Coolidge and Charles Lindbergh -- Abdication address (1936) / King Edward VIII -- On his return from the Munich Conference (1938) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain -- On the occasion of Germany's occupation of the Sudetenland in Czechoslovakia (1938) / Chancellor Adolf Hitler -- Declaration of war with Germany (1939) / Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain -- First radio address as prime minister (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill -- Declaration of war against Japan (1941) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- The first bomb attack on Japan (1945) / President Harry S. Truman -- Address to Congress (1951) / General Douglas MacArthur -- On the fall of Dien Bien Phu (1954) / Secretary of State John Foster Dulles -- Announcement of the launching of Sputnik (1957) / Radio Moscow -- The Cuban Missile Crisis (1962) / President John F. Kennedy -- Confrontation over presence of Russian missiles in Cuba (1962) / U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson -- On signing of the Civil Rights Bill (1964) / President Lyndon B. Johnson -- Eulogy for Robert F. Kennedy (1968) / Senator Edward Kennedy -- The end of the Vietnam War (1973) / President Richard M. Nixon -- On commencement of the bombing of Iraq (1991) / President George Bush. |
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v. 3. The dreams, the inspirations, the accomplishments. The ideal republic (1923) / William Jennings Bryan -- On the future of women in flying (1931) / Amelia Earhart -- Farewell to baseball (1939) / Lou Gehrig -- Address to the nation on the R.A.F. (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill -- Greetings to the children of England (1940) / Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret -- Farewell to baseball (1947) / Babe Ruth -- Address to Congress (1958) / Casey Stengel -- Farewell address (1961) / President Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Inaugural address (1961) / President John F. Kennedy -- The first American in earth orbit (1962) / Lt. Col. John Glenn -- Address to civil rights marchers in Washington, D.C. (1963) ["I have a dream ... "] / Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King -- Christmas greeting from space (1968) / Astronaut Frank Borman -- The moon landing (1969) [" ... one small step for man ... "] / Astronaut Neil Armstrong -- Address to Congress (1974) / Hank Aaron -- Address to the nation on the Berlin Wall (1987) / President Ronald Reagan. |
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v. 4. Best of times, worst of times. Address on U.S. neutrality / Charles Lindbergh -- Address to the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club / Joseph McCarthy -- The kitchen debate / Richard M. Nixon, Nikita Khrushchev -- Farewell to fans (the payola scandal) / Alan Freed -- Concession speech / Richard M. Nixon -- On black power / Malcolm X -- Address to the yippie convention / Jerry Rubin -- Press conference on the riots at the Democratic convention / Richard Daley -- Address on Vietnam War protests / Spiro Agnew -- Address to the women of America / Gloria Steinem -- On releasing the Watergate tapes / Richard M. Nixon -- Testimony at the Iran-Contra hearings / Oliver North. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
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| Added Title |
Great speeches of the twentieth century.
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| Standard No. |
8122705672 |
| Music No. |
R2 70567 Rhino Word Beat |
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