GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
"GREAT UPSET OF '48"- PT4. A look at the 1948 Presidential campaign of Harry S. Truman. A preponderance of this documentary is comprised of archival B&W footage, with color contemporary interviews intermixed and duly noted as such.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: LS/MSs street parade for the 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. MS delegates entering hall. LS hall packed with delegates. MS white male delegate holding sign that reads "We are MILD about Harry".
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
COLOR: shot of former House Speaker TIP O'NEILL recalling the 1948 convention, the horrible heat in Philadelphia.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: MSs sweaty delegates fanning themselves at Convention. MS disappointed candidates with "DRAFT EISENHOWER" buttons. MS worker tearing down sign over potential Eisenhower Campaign Headquarters.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
COLOR: Civil Rights Activist, Joseph Rauh Jr talking about giving life to the 48' convention, civil rights platform was key.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
DO NOT USE: Still photo of HUBERT H. HUMPHREY being carried by supporters, who also hold pro-Humphrey and Pro-Civil Rights signs; stills of HHH speaking at Convention, audio of HHH calling on Democrats to reject "States Rights" in favor of a national Civil Rights bill.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
DO NOT USE B&W ARCHIVAL: HUBERT HUMPHREY in a 1948 TV interview, explaining what the Civil Rights plan would mean to the party.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: MSs of pro-Segregation Southern Democrats (Dixiecrats) pushing & shoving their way out of the Democratic National Convention in protest of Civil Rights. MS Kentucky Senator ALBEN BARKLEY, chosen as VP nominee, speaking to delegates.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: MS HARRY S. TRUMAN watching the Democratic National convention on television in the Oval Office.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: July 15, 1948 Mr. Truman entering the hall to give acceptance speech in Philadelphia. MS Mr. Truman pledging to win the election, Senator Barkley and I will win this election and make these Republicans like it--don't you forget that! Delegates holding "Wild About Harry" signs and other political placards. Mr. Truman attacking the Congress, My duty as President requires that I use every means within my power to get the laws the people need on matters of such importance and urgency. I am therefore calling this Congress back into session July 26th. Sweaty delegates on the floor cheering, waving placards bearing Truman's likeness, etc.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
COLOR: shot former House Speaker TIP O'NEILL describing the feeling after the 1948 Convention, that there was some hope Truman might win.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: MS HARRY S. TRUMAN and ALBEN BARKLEY at Democratic National Convention
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL: EST shot Capitol Building. GV/TLS Mr. Truman taking rostrum in the House of Representatives.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
B&W ARCHIVAL MS Harry Truman riding in back of convertible car, waving his hat to the crowd, campaigning. LS large amounts of men & women gathered in the street to see Truman. June 8, 1948, Butte, Montana. President Harry Truman delivering speech at campaign stop, attacking the Do Nothing Congress for causing the country's problems. If this Congress goes away without passing an agricultural bill, without passing a housing bill, without doing something about prices, this Congress has not done anything for the country.
GREAT UPSET OF '48 - PT4
COLOR: Former Truman aide GEORGE ELSEY & ROBERT DONOVAN saying that in terms of the Marshall Plan & other major foreign affairs, the 80th Congress was not a "Do Nothing Congress".