WSFA audiovisual item D004.0005

The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Senator Ted Kennedy speaking at a press conference at the Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama, after visiting with George and Cornelia Wallace. Kennedy stopped in Montgomery to visit the governor before a speaking engagement at Auburn Univer...

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Published: Alabama Department of Archives and History
Online Access:http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/1278
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Summary:The following segments are included: 0:00:01: Senator Ted Kennedy speaking at a press conference at the Governor's Mansion in Montgomery, Alabama, after visiting with George and Cornelia Wallace. Kennedy stopped in Montgomery to visit the governor before a speaking engagement at Auburn University on September 23, 1972. 0:03:02: Vice President Spiro Agnew arriving in Montgomery on October 11, 1972, for a visit with George Wallace at the Governor's Mansion. Both Agnew and Wallace also speak during a press conference, and George Mitchell of WSFA-TV discusses the potential effect of the vice president's trip on the Republican Party in Alabama. 0:06:56: Jimmy Carter speaking at a press conference at the Governor's Mansion in Montgomery on June 12, 1976, following George Wallace's endorsement of him in the presidential campaign. 0:10:25: George and Cornelia Wallace seated with President Richard Nixon during Honor America Day in Huntsville, Alabama, on February 18, 1974. Footage of protestors at the event is also included; they are carrying signs that read "Nixon Go Home" and "What If He Had Quit?" (featuring a picture of Abraham Lincoln). 0:11:40: Senator Ted Kennedy and Governor George Wallace speaking at the Spirit of America Festival at Point Mallard Park in Decatur, Alabama, on July 4, 1973. During the event, Wallace received the Audie Murphy Patriotism Award. 0:17:31: Governor George Wallace arriving at Dannelly Field in Montgomery near midnight on October 11, 1975, to depart for a two-week tour of Europe. During an interview at the airport, he expresses support for NATO. (Wallace had leased a private luxury plane for the tour, which included stops in England, Belgium, Italy, West Germany, France, and Scotland.)