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CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1988 Democratic Convention.
Shots of 1988 Democratic Convention arena.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1988 Democratic Convention.
Hollywood TV producer GARY SMITH on the arena floor directing the "production", says he has tried to be sensitive not to make the Convention seem like a huge show devoid of substance. People hanging banners, etc.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1988 Democratic Convention.
The next shot shows a choral director leading a big chorus through a showtune number "America: The Dream Goes On". EVANS v.o.-despite Smith's protestations, the Convention was in fact a big, ready-for-prime-time show, conventions are now mostly entertainment.
Washington Week Show - # 4318
Washington Week Show # 4318 - Economic Upswing, Health Care Consensus?, The Weighty War, Pitched Policy Debate. Host Gwen Ifill, guests include Jeffrey Birnbaum, Ceci Connolly, Michael Duffy, John Harwood. 20.00.11 Composite footage (unclean) with Washington Week title and text : $20 dollar bills being printed, cash register drawer being closed, retail store, people shopping for clothes, CU orange pills being poured from bottle, nurse taking mans blood pressure, Dick Gephardt shaking hands with elderly woman, Wesley Clark shaking hands with supporters, US troops in Iraq, Iraqi police car, President Bush stating "Iraq's dangerous and it's dangerous because terrorists want us to leave, and we're not leaving." Aftermath of explosion or bombing in Iraq, fire in bg and american soldiers in jeep, Democratic candidates at debate. 20.01.23 DO NOT USE Commercials 20.02.22 President George W. Bush speaking at event (people seated behind him on stage) "Tax relief put this nation on the right path and I intend to keep America on the path to prosperity." 20.13.26 Aftermath of bombing in Iraq, emergency vehicles, debris burning in street, red car with back window blown out. 20.19.17 Clip of Senator Joseph Lieberman at debate "I don't know how Senator John Kerry and John Edwards can say that they supported but then opposed the funding of the troops who went to fight the war that the resolution that they supported authorized." 20.19.35 President George W. Bush says "I'll say that the world is more peaceful and more free under my leadership and America's more secure, and that will be the ....that will be how I will begin describing our foreign policy." 20.19.55 Senator Tom Daschle says "If this is progress, I don't know how much more progress we can take. I would also say that there is a growing credibility gab between what is said and what is being done."
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT
Clip of televised 1960 Nixon/Kennedy debate. U.S. Vice-President Richard M. Nixon speaking to the camera. Pan from Nixon to U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (D-MA) across the stage; adult Caucasian male moderator in the middle. Kennedy speaking.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT
Don Hewitt, who directed this first televised debate for CBS News, sits outside, and talks about U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy's savvy regarding the televised debate. Vice-President Richard Nixon saw it as only another campaign event, and did not arrive looking his best.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1964 Presidential Campaign
Master 11515 Tape 1 CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - Documentary on the history of Presidental Campaingns and the part that the media plays in American politics. - 1964 Presidential Campaign
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1964 Presidential Campaign
Clip of BARRY GOLDWATER in office in 1964, watching TV coverage of the campaign.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
Master 11515 Tape 1 CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - Documentary on the history of Presidental Campaingns and the part that the media plays in American politics. - 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
Clips of 1968 CHICAGO DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, C/U's of MAYOR RICHARD J. DALEY, rowdy heckling delegates. V.O. description of "Da Mare's" efforts to restrict media coverage.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
C/S Reuven Frank, says that the tape shot outside the hall [which Daley wanted to restrict] were shocking.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
Shot of riot in street, COPS around a Paddy Wagon gang up on protesters and beat the crap out of them and haul them into the wagon.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - 1968 Chicago Democratic Convention
DO NOT USE Clip of a NIXON TV AD, on the "Law and Order" Series of stills of the 1968 CHICAGO CONVENTION RIOTS, angry young protesters, Yippies with blood all over their faces, Cops shooting TEAR GAS, Fire hoses being sprayed off of ladder trucks. The closing title "THIS TIME VOTE LIKE YOUR WHOLE WORLD DEPENDED ON IT".
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Jessie Jackson
Jesse Jackson appearing in a church on campaign trail, TV cameramen capturing joyful singing and clapping. Jesse Jackson press conference on Church steps afterwards, shots illustrate how cameras and lights tend to dominate the scene and become the center of attention. V.O.-the content of speeches is reduced to soundbites.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Jessie Jackson.
Shots inside a TV editing room, a Caucasian female editor works with a Caucasian female reporter to select footage of Jesse Jackson for a news report.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Jessie Jackson.
Reporter Linda Douglass, KNBC, Los Angeles, seated at her desk in front of computer, saying that it's inevitable that meaning is lost when speeches are sliced up to soundbites.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Michael Dukakis.
Master 11515 Tape 1 CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - Documentary on the history of Presidental Campaingns and the part that the media plays in American politics. 1988 Presidential Campaign - Michael Dukakis.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Michael Dukakis.
Shot of DUKAKIS playing catch [baseball] on an airport tarmac with a young woman campaign aide.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Michael Dukakis.
Interview with member of Press Staff for Dukakis.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Michael Dukakis.
Shot of DUKAKIS playing catch [baseball] on an airport tarmac with a young woman campaign aide. It looks innocent, but subsequent shots show the hordes of cameramen on the runway to catch this bit of staged spontaneity and the Media Consultant telling everyone to get moving [to the next media event].
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Ronald Reagan.
Master 11515 Tape 1 CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - Documentary on the history of Presidental Campaingns and the part that the media plays in American politics. 1988 Presidential Campaign - Ronald Reagan.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Ronald Reagan.
DO NOT USE Clip from ad - Soft focus shot of RONALD REAGAN at work in the oval office. V.O.-in 1988, both BUSH and DUKAKIS taking lessons from REAGAN'S use of the media.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Ronald Reagan.
C/S PETER JENNINGS, says that politicians are learning to very shrewdly manipulate image, names REAGAN'S media guru MIKE DEAVER as example number one, to the point where JENNINGS is ashamed of himself sometimes for buying into all of DEAVER and REAGAN'S crap.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1988 Presidential Campaign - Ronald Reagan.
C/S DEAVER, says that "success" requires good visual presentation.