Presidential Campaign videos 1932-1956

1932 Presidential Campaign - Democrat Franklin D. Roosevelt



1932 Presidential Campaign - Republican Herbert Hoover



1936 Presidential Campaign - Republican Alf Landon



1940 Presidential Campaign - Republican Wendell Willkie



1948 Presidential Campaign - Republican Thomas E. Dewey



1948 Presidential Campaign - Democrat Harry S. Truman



Here is something you might find very interesting



1952 Presidential Campaign - Democrat Adlai Stevenson



1956 Presidential Campaign - Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower



I hope you like the videos I was able to find of these
speeches. Unfortunately that was an era where
recording was not so easy. What we do have must be
treasured and that is what I hope all of you will do.

Also it is my hope that you see how campaigns and
speeches were back then. A Republican in 1940
calling himself a proud Liberal, that would never be
tolerated in today's GOP. And Ronald Reagan bashing
Republicans for siding with corporations against the
workers while endorsing Democrat Harry Truman,
that is amazing as well.

These are very excellent videos and I hope it just
does not sink down on ATS. Most would love to see
these videos. So technically this is a *bump*.

Here is a great audio clip of Sen. Robert "Mr. Republican" Taft.

1960 Presidential Debates between (D) John F. Kennedy and (R) Richard M. Nixon.






I know it doesn't fit the 1932-1956 time frame but it is still amazing.

Absolutely brilliant 1964 Presidential campaign ad!

Thanks for this compilation, it will be interesting to see. Are you planning on adding up till current ones?

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I am trying to keep it historical before the era most of us here on ATS would remember so pretty much pre-1980.

1952 Richard Nixon "checkers" speech which he gave while running for Vice President of the United States under Dwight Eisenhower.

It is an awesome thread idea, to see the evolution of campaign speeches over time. Something I never really thought about too much until now.

First President ever recorded.

1892 Grover Cleveland campaign speech

1896 William McKinley campaign speech

1897 McKinley inauguration was first time a President was recorded on film

William Jennings Bryan 1896 footage

William Howard Taft 1909 speech

1912 Woodrow Wilson campaign speech



1920 Warren G. Harding campaign speech

1924 Calvin Coolidge speech

1965 Lyndon Johnson Civil Rights speech

1968 Campaign - Richard Nixon "sock it to them!"

1968 Richard Nixon acceptance speech

1968 Hubert Humphrey campaign ad

1968 George Wallace campaign ad

1972 George McGovern Democratic Party Presidential nomination acceptance speech


1976 Gerald Ford Presidential nomination acceptance speech

Ford v. Carter Presidential Debates - 1976







1980 Ronald Reagan Republican National Convention

1984 Walter Mondale party nominationacceptance speech

1988 George H. W. Bush party nomination acceptance speech
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1988 Michael Dukakis party nomination acceptance speech

1992 Bill Clinton party nomination acceptance speech

2000 George W. Bush campaign ad

2000 Al Gore party nomination acceptance speech

2004 John Kerry party nomination acceptance speech

2008 Barack Obama campaign speech

2008 John McCain party nomination acceptance speech

Holy crap, that is amazing! Gonna take me a few days to watch all of those at least! I applaud the effort. I am really surprised only 8 flags so far. My prediction is that it starts out from positive, and ends in mudslinging in chronological order.

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It really is eye opening to see the evolution of political speeches. They really go from talking about values and principles to politics and distractions. Pretty much it goes from passionate and heart felt words to hollow words.

my upmost thanks for such a treasure trove!

As soon as I can I'll be watching these

Was he a prophet?

This was not a campaign ad but it was a very great video of John F. Kennedy attacking Richard Nixon in 1960.