"The Vietnam War: How Much Dissent?" - 1968 ABC Scope Program
Short video to convey the language and mood of anti-Vietnam movement. Jerry Rubin and George Wallace featured
Richard Nixon and his Secretary Rose Mary Woods in the White House on Vimeo
8 minutes of random video of Richard Nixon in the Oval with Secretary Rosemary Wood. Interesting look at the president in a way not often seen
Nixon before resignation and full speech, August 8, 1974 - YouTube
Moments before he goes on-air to resign as President of the United States, Richard Nixon is calm and collected, joking with staff as they set up the pool feed. This is a 22 minute "raw", unedited video of the preparations for the speech. Teachers can show how the president of the United States prepares for a presentation - listen to him research sections of the speech.
Watts Riots - 1965 | Today in History | 11 Aug 16 - YouTube
2:45 newscast video of the Watts riots, short enough to show students are part of a lesson, HW or video DBQ. What language is used to describe what happened? How does the music shape the impression of the viewer? How can this fit into the Civil Rights movement or the growing conservative movement at the time?
Malcolm X | City Desk (1963) - YouTube
Malcolm X answers the question "What is your real name?" In answering the question he explains much about the African-American experience in history. Students could be asked to analyze the 3 minute exchange he has with the interviewer, focusing on the response of the interviewer. How much does this teach us about the unique cultural heritage of African Americans?
Historic Stock Footage Archival and Vintage Video Clips and Photo Images from CriticalPast
This is a commercial site and the materials are watermarked. Still, as the "raw data" of still and video images it can provide insight into certain eras.
Vintage stock footage and millions of stock photo images comprising one of the world's largest royalty-free archival footage collections. All broadcast quality and available for immediate download in HD and SD formats, including professional screeners.
Woodstock CBS coverage 8-18-1969 - YouTube
Beneath all of the mythology, music and fashion of teaching the counter-culture of the 1960s, there was a reality for the people who lived through the period. Why not put your students in front of a television in August of 1969 to see the CBS News's coverage of Woodstock? This clip even includes the commercials. What makes it truly exceptional is the commentary of a reporter, this is the first draft of history, within days of the event. How much has changed?
Woodstock ABC coverage 8-18-1969 - YouTube
Students comparing this coverage of Woodstock to the CBS coverage may come to a different conclusion about the popular reaction to the counter-culture.
Theodore H. White Reacts to President Kennedy's Death Video - ABC News
Does your class read an excerpt from Theodore White's "Making of the president 1960?" Show them this 3 minute video after your lesson - what do you think about what he wrote now? Is this an unbiased source? Does the level of his bias change how you judge the conclusions he makes in his book?
JFK Assassination Conspiracy Part 2: Jim Garrison's Johnny Carson Interview 1968 - YouTube
Just 3 minutes of video that students should see if their teacher shows them the Oliver Stone film JFK. This is a primary source document showing a thoroughly incredulous Carson questioning Jim Garrison, who was played by Kevin Costner in the film. Rather than simply showing the film and entertaining the conspiracy theory, teachers should teach students about the attraction of conspiracy theories and why they are so enticing, and so wrong. This lesson can be taken a step further by culling comments from the video and having students judge them - this is historical debate of the masses, notice how it is different than academic debates?
"A Time for Choosing" by Ronald Reagan 1964 - YouTube
If we "Trade our freedom for the soup kitchen of the welfare state" ..." we'll take the first step into a thousand years of darkness"
Barry Goldwater 1964 Campaign Film, "Choice": Opening - YouTube
This excerpt from a Goldwater campaign film that the candidate ultimately vetoed does give insight into the growing cultural divide of the 1960s that has continued for the next fifty years. Teachers can advance to the 2:30 minute mark and show just a minute of the video to get value from the clip.
Robert Kennedy Speech - Martin Luther King's Death - YouTube
Not only could Bobby Kennedy just quote Aeschylus off the top of his head, he can touch a moment without any preparation. THis is arguably the best contemporaneous political speech in American history. Teachers should skip the "I have a dream" clip they have seen a dozen times before and use this 4 minute speech instead
An Evening at the White House with Merle Haggard - YouTube
This an example of the growing cultural divide between the Muskogee America and the Woodstock America.
NBC NEWS - 1968 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION (NIGHT 3) - YouTube
Raw footage from the television broadcast, not a documentary. It is much more authentic and effective for understanding to show students what Americans saw on their television sets rather than a documentary in which footage is edited for the film.
Richard Nixon 1968 Campaign Ads - YouTube
Nine minutes of Nixon-Agnew television commercials from 1968
George Wallace on Face the Nation, Jul 21, 1968 - YouTube
At about 10 minutes into this video, George Wallace talks about how he would deal with riots in July of 1968. It takes less than a minute of his response to give students a better sense of just how divided the country was at that time. Listen further to hear his explain how they just "put some water on people" in Birmingham
HUAC Hearing at San Francisco City Hall (1960) - Bay Area Television Archive
Although Joseph Welch's "Have you no decency" is most often used by teachers in Red Scare lessons, the protest against HUAC hearings in San Francisco in 1960 might have a different impression. This raw footage is from a Bay Area television station
"Winter Soldier" 1972 {Vietnam War hearings with no B.S.} - YouTube
1.5 hours of Vietnam Veterans against the War talking about their experience in Vietnam. Primary source raw material
The Hard Hat Riots, May 8, 1970 — NYC Department of Records & Information Services
Lots of raw footage of the "Hard Hat Riot" and the other protests in Manhattan in May 1970
May 9,1970: Nationwide Student Strike Video - ABC News
Raw footage of the protest in Washington a week after the Kent State Shootings. And a very young Peter Jennings. Dr. Richard Spock appears as well - and active voice in the anti-war movement that only holds a place in the taught narrative canon of the 1950s
A Rare Look At A High School Class in 1968 Raw footage video- Lane High School Charlottesville
This is eight minutes of students from two different high schools talking about Vietnam. It is evidence that supports the division of opinion the over Vietnam War was more class oriented than age oriented
Brutally Honest Vietnam Veterans Debate The War In 1968 - YouTube
Eight minutes of quick comments and opinions about Vietnam.