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GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT5
B&W ARCHIVAL: 1948 Peace (Progressive) Party convention. Young delegates waving placards, cheering. MS Henry Wallace walking onto stage waving to the public. GV delegates cheering, man in front holds sign reading "American Labor Party-Ladies Garment Center-New York Delegation". MCU Henry Wallace at podium, I am committed to peaceful negotiations with the Soviet government. GV delegates.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT7
COLOR: MS program host Paul Duke standing in front of train station in downtown Des Moines, Iowa talking about Dewey's first rally speech only mentioned farming once, this was republican territory & his advisers weren't worried.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT7
B&W ARCHIVAL: MSs of THOMAS DEWEY speaking at Drake University in Iowa, speech is intercut with cheering crowd. Tonight we enter upon a campaign to unite all Americans. I pledge to you that on next January 20, there will begin in Washington, the biggest unraveling, unsnarling, untangling operation in our nation s history.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT7
COLOR: MS journalist George Mills & program host Paul Duke walking through doors of the Drake University Field House. MS George Mills & Paul Duke seated in field house bleachers as Mills talks about his impression of Dewey.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT8
B&W ARCHIVAL: MS police patrol wagon in the street. MS group white males Southerners heckling persons in a car. MCU rope marking off "white" section of sidewalk (Jim Crow). MS African American men standing inside the "colored" section of sidewalk (Jim Crow).
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT8
B&W ARCHIVAL: MSs of HENRY WALLACE getting into his car, riding off after nighttime rally.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT 10
COLOR: MCU host PAUL DUKE, NYC skyline in BG, says Dewey was discouraged from fighting back against Truman b/c party leaders thought he was winning big by taking the high road.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT 10
COLOR: MCU Dewey campaign manager HERBERT BROWNELL discussing the strategy.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT 10
B&W ARCHIVAL: Tracking passing men, women & children gathered, including a wedding party with bride & groom. TLS of HARRY S. TRUMAN riding in convertible in a parade.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT 10
B&W ARCHIVAL: MS of newspaper printing press, folded newspapers churning out of machine; series of headlines and articles reflecting Dewey's confidence and the press' assumption that he was way ahead.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT 10
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GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT 10
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RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
High angle TLS of House floor, Representatives standing and applauding. MSs of Vice-President AL GORE (Albert Gore, Jr.) entering and shaking hands with various politicians, cabinet members; among these include NORMAN MINETA and the Joint Chiefs of Staff; audio of the general small-talk among Congressmen and others with a wide frontal view of house chamber. High angle TLS politicians entering floor, shaking hands. MS Senators STROM THURMOND, BOB DOLE and ALAN CRANSTON standing together. MS Sen. JOE BIDEN (Joseph Biden) shaking hands. High angle WLS of House of Representatives floor.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
MSs Queen Noor of Jordan (Noor Al-Hussein, Lisa Hallaby, Elizabeth Najeeb Halaby) shaking hands on House floor.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
High angle WLS of House of Representatives floor. High angle TLS House floor, politicians ambling for seats. Announcement of escort committee and procedure from House Speaker Tom Foley and Vice-President Al Gore. High angle 3/4 view LS of House floor, joint meeting being called to order.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
MS Sergeant at Arms waiting in aisle to make announcement.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
MS Sergeant-At-Arms introducing the diplomatic court who enter to applause. MS and high angle TLS long line of diplomats filing into the House of Representatives.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
MS Sargeant at Arms introducing Suprme Court Justice Ginsberg. TLS/MSs Justice RUTH BADER GINSBURG entering, Congressmen applauding.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
MS Sargeant at Arms introduing the Presidential Cabinet. MSs Sec. Of State WARREN CHRISTOPHER entering, leading the pack, shaking hands with Congressmen; TLSs Cabinet members entering, taking seats.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
High angle TLS of House Floor.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
MS House Speaker Tom Foley, Vice-President Al Gore (Albert Gore, Jr.) seated next to him, introduicng the Prime Minister of Israel. Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin addressing joint session of U.S. Congress with King Hussein I of Jordan seated next to him, announcing a peace accord between the two countries. Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin assumes podium. Receives standing ovation. Mr. Speaker, Mr. President, distinguished Members of the Congress, His Majesty, the King of Jordan, I start with the Jewish word `Shalom.' (applause) Each year, on Memorial Day for the Fallen of Israel's Wars, I go to the cemetery of Mount Herzl in Jerusalem. Facing me are the graves, headstones, the colorful flowers blooming on them, and thousands of pairs of weeping eyes. I stand there, in front of that large silent crowd, and read in their eyes the words of, `The Young Dead Soldiers,' as the famous American poet, Archibald MacLeish, entitled the poem from which I take these lines: They say: Whether our lives and our deaths were for peace and a new hope, or for nothing, we cannot say; it is you who must say this. Mr. Speaker, we have come from Jerusalem to Washington because it is we who must say, and we are here to say: Peace is our goal. It is peace we desire. (applause) (Israeli diplomats in gallery. C/A Leah Rabin)
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin continues. With me here in this House today are my partners in this great dream, and allow me to refer to some Israelis that are with me, here with you: Amiram Kaplan, whose first brother was killed in an accident, whose second brother was killed in pursuit of terrorists, whose third brother was killed in war, and whose parents died of heartbreak. And today he is a seeker of peace. Moshe Sasson, who, together with his father, was an emissary to the talks with King Abdallah and to other missions of peace. Today he is also an emissary of peace. With me, a classmate of mine (panning shot Israeli retinue in gallery) from the elementary school Chana Rivlin of Kibbutz Gesher which faces Jordan, who endured bitter fighting and lost a son in war. Today she looks out her window onto Jordan and wants the dream of peace to come true. Avraham Daskal, almost 90 years old, who worked for the electric company in Trans-Jordan, and was privileged to attend the celebrations marking King Hussein's birth. He is hoping for peace in his lifetime. And Dani Matt, who fought against Jordan in the war of independence, was taken a prisoner-of-war and devoted his life to the security of the State of Israel. He hopes that his grandchildren will never know war. Mrs. Penina Herzog, whose husband wove the first threads of political ties with Jordan. With us here in this hall are: The mayor of Eilat, Mr. Gabi Kadosh, which touches on the frontier with Jordan and will be a focus of common tourism. And Mr. Shimon Cahaner, who fought against the Jordanians, memorializes his fallen comrades and hopes that they will have been the last to fall. And Mr. Talal al-Krienawi, the mayor of a Bedouin town in Israel who looks forward to renewing the friendship with their brothers in Jordan. And Mr. David Coren, a member of a kibbutz which was captured by the Jordanians in 1948, who awaits the day when the borders will be open. And Dr. Asher Susser, a scholar who has done research on Jordan throughout his adult life. (panning shot Israeli retinue in gallery) And Dr. Sharon Regev, whose father was killed while pursuing terrorists in the Jordan Valley and who yearns for peace with all his heart. Here they are before you, (Applause. Israeli people in the gallery stand.) people who never rejoiced in the victories of war, but whose hearts are now filled with joy in peace.
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin continues. I have come here today from Jerusalem on the behalf of those thousands of bereaved families - though I have not asked their permission. I stand here on behalf of the parents who have buried their children; and of the children who have no fathers; and of the sons and daughters who are gone, but return to us in our dreams. I stand here today on the behalf of those youngsters who wanted to live, to love, to build a home. I have come from Jerusalem in the name of our children, who began their lives with great hope and are now names on graves and memorial stones, old pictures in albums, fading clothes in the closets. Each year as I stand before the parents whose lips are chanting `Kaddish,' the Jewish Memorial Prayer, ringing in my ears the words of the same famous Archibald MacLeish who echoes the plea of the young dead soldiers, and I quote: They say: We leave you our deaths. Give them their meaning. Let us give them meaning; Let us make an end to the bloodshed. Let us make true peace. Let us today be victorious in ending war. (applause) (CU of King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal). CU of Leah Rabin)
RABIN / HUSSEIN Coverage of Israel Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and King Hussein I of Jordan (Hussein bin Talal) speaking to a Joint Session of Congress.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin continues. Mr. Speaker, the debate goes on: Who shapes the face of history? Leaders or circumstances? My answer to you is: We all shape the face of history. We, the People. We, the farmers behind our plows, the teachers in our classrooms, the doctors saving lives, the scientists at our computers, the workers on the assembly lines, the builders on our scaffolds. We, the mothers blinking back tears as our sons are drafted into the army, we, the fathers who stay awake at night worried and anxious for our children's safety. We, Jews and Arabs. We, Israelis and Jordanians. We, the people, we shape the face of history. And we, the leaders, hear the voices, and sense the deepest emotions and feelings of thousands and millions, and translate them into reality. If my people did not desire peace so strongly, I would not be standing here today, and I am sure that if the children of Amman and the soldiers of Irbid, the women of Saltt, and the citizens of Aqaba did not seek peace, our partner in this great quest, the King of Jordan, would not be here now, shaking hands, calling for peace. (applause. CU of King Hussein I of Jordan)