[The 90’s Election Specials raw: Georgia #2]
Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. President George H.W. Bush continues his Presidential Whistle Stop Tour, making speeches to supporters in Georgia.
Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. President George H.W. Bush continues his Presidential Whistle Stop Tour, making speeches to supporters in Georgia.
Raw footage for The 90’s election specials. President George H.W. Bush travels and speaks throughout Georgia on his Presidential Whistle Stop Tour.
This video is the film that was produced for and shown at the 1992 democratic convention. It is a biographical portrait of Bill Clinton. Clinton reminisces on his childhood experiences, his adolescence, and his early political career. It is designed to showcase the values and life views that Clinton gained through his humble beginnings in Hope, AR. It is made up of interviews and narration, often placed over old photographs. The tape also includes an additional “special personal message from Bill Clinton.”
This fascinating behind the scenes look at the 1992 Clinton campaign follows Clinton as he makes last minute campaign stops in various states, and examines Clinton’s campaign headquarters (AKA “the War Room”) in Little Rock, AR. Heavy focus is placed on the media coverage surrounding the campaign. It starts two days before the 1992 election, and follows the campaign through Clinton’s ’92 victory.
00:00 Jerry Brown discusses the problem of sound bites in politics. He talks about the problems of political exposure in a media who cares more about championing money-advocated candidates. “We’re getting increasingly empty images.” He talks about the need for greater participation on behalf of the people, and less reliance on media images. 18:10 End of tape.
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. In Cambridge, Massachusetts, people are interviewed about who they would trust to be president. Among the answers are Niels Bohr, Patricia Ireland, Martin Luther King, Jesse Jackson, Bill Moyers, “a born-again Christian who believes in the Bible,” and Jesus Christ (because there wouldn’t be gays or fornication). One of the more notable interviewees is the Vice Mayor of Cambridge, who suggests W.E.B. Dubois. [The spelling of their names is approximate.]
Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. In Moscow, people are interviewed about who they would like to see as President of the United States. The answers are rarely interesting, as most people admit that the question is very difficult to answer as a Russian. Many of the people work for newspapers in Russia. They all say their names as well, though they are not listed in the log.
Raw tape for The 90’s election specials. This tape features footage of the press hall after the presidential debate between President George H.W. Bush, Governor Bill Clinton, and H. Ross Perot in St. Louis; Halloween; and election day with Wavy Gravy.