| Summary: | The following segments are included:
0:00:01: Inauguration of Governor Lurleen Wallace in Montgomery, Alabama, on January 16, 1967. The footage includes the parade down Dexter Avenue; the administration of the oath of office; and speeches by both George and Lurleen Wallace (at 0:05:54 and 0:06:18, respectively).
0:09:25: Campaign rally for George Wallace in Jefferson County, Alabama, during the 1970 gubernatorial campaign. Jeannie C. Riley performed "Harper Valley PTA" at the event, and blind golfer Charley Boswell also spoke. During an interview with Wallace, he speaks against federally mandated school integration.
0:12:42: Governor Albert Brewer discussing the removal of troops from Cambodia during a press conference.
0:13:27: Interview with Shorty Price during his 1970 gubernatorial campaign.
0:14:26: President Lyndon Johnson visiting Fort Benning in Georgia on November 10, 1967. The footage is silent.
0:17:38: President Richard Nixon at the Parliament House in Birmingham in May 1971. (According to Nixon, he was the first president to visit the city in fifty years.)
0:19:20: Alabama's electors officially casting their votes for presidential candidate George Wallace at the Capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, on December 16, 1968. The following officials and private citizens served as electors for the state: Governor Albert Brewer; Attorney General MacDonald Gallion; Superintendent of Education Ernest Stone; Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries Richard Beard; Treasurer Agnes Baggett; Secretary of State Mabel Amos; Earl Morgan, Jefferson County district attorney; Mary Jane Selden (wife of Congressman Armistead Selden); Maryon Allen (wife of Senator James B. Allen); and Frank Mizell of Montgomery. The footage is silent.
0:22:05: George Wallace watching election returns at the Governor's House Motel in Montgomery during the Democratic primary on May 5, 1970.
0:25:42: Campaign rally and press conference for George Wallace at the Jefferson Davis Hotel in Montgomery, prior to the Democratic primary on May 5, 1970. During his address, he speaks against school integration and in favor of school choice.
0:29:17: George Wallace addressing his supporters after winning a second gubernatorial term the night of the election on November 3, 1970.
0:33:04: Governor Albert Brewer taking the oath of office at the Capitol in Montgomery on May 7, 1968. The footage does not include the oath itself, but rather clips before and after it was administered by Judge T. C. Almon of Decatur.
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