Tag Archives: John F. Kennedy

David Von Pein: The Life and Times of John F. Kennedy, 1964

Source: David Von Pein: The Life and Times of John F. Kennedy, 1964 Another film about the life of John F. Kennedy our 35th President of the United States. This came out in 1964 less than a year after President … Continue reading

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David Von Pein: The Age of Kennedy: NBC White Paper (1966)

Source:The New Democrat  John F. Kennedy’s early years as an adult are not very impressive. He was in the U.S. Navy for a few years during World War II and got out in 1945 to and then ran for the … Continue reading

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C-SPAN: President John F. Kennedy’s American University Peace Speech

C-SPAN: President John F. Kennedy’s American University Peace Speech I believe the whole point of President Kennedy’s speech here is that as different as the American and Russian form of government’s and system’s during the Cold War were, that the … Continue reading

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CBS News: The Longines Chronoscope- U.S. Representative John F. Kennedy (1952)

Source:Public Resource– U.S. Representative John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) on The Longines Chronoscope, in 1952. He was in the House but running for the Senate, against Senator Henry Cabot Lodge. “LONGINES CHRONOSCOPE WITH REP. JOHN F. KENNEDY – National Archives … Continue reading

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The New Republic: The Long March to Medicare

Source:The New Republic The fiftieth anniversary of the most successful government health insurance program in the country, if not the most successful health insurance program period. No other health insurer has provided more health insurance to more Americans than Medicare. … Continue reading

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Quest TV: ‘Unsolved History: How Did Marilyn Monroe Really Die?’

You can also see this post at The Daily Press, on WordPress. “Was Marilyn Monroe’s death really a suicide, or something much more sinister?” From Quest TV I’ve seen several documentaries this month alone about Marilyn Monroe and her life. Because I’m … Continue reading

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Democracy Journal: Robin Marie Averbeck- ‘The History of American Liberalism’

“Rich Yeselson’s essay “What New Left History Gave Us” [Issue #35] is not merely about what New Left historiography did, but what contemporary historians of the liberalism birthed by the New Deal—historians like myself—are currently doing. According to Yeselson, we … Continue reading

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The Film Archives: Seymour Hersh: ‘The Truth Behind JFK’

Source:The Film Archives– President John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) 35th President of the United States (1961-63) “Hersh’s 1997 book about John F. Kennedy, The Dark Side of Camelot, made a number of controversial assertions about the former president. About the … Continue reading

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David Von Pein: NBC News’s David Brinkley on JFK Assassination- November 23, 1963

“Assassination of John F. Kennedy, mortal shooting of John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, as he rode in a motorcade in Dallas, Texas, on November 22, 1963. His accused killer was Lee Harvey Oswald, a former … Continue reading

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CBS News: ‘Person to Person Classic: JFK & Jacqueline (1953)’

Source:CBS News– U.S. Senator John F. Kennedy (Democrat, Massachusetts) and his wife Jacqueline, on CBS’s Person To Person in 1953. “Sen. John F. Kennedy and his wife, Jacqueline, were interviewed by Edward R. Murrow in their Boston apartment one month … Continue reading

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