Real Time 1960s

Sept. 22, 1963 - Here is a clip from today's NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and New York Giants at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh. The Steelers shut out the Giants, 31-0. Support us at patreon.com/realtime1960s

Sept. 24, 1963 - The Beach Boys, a rock band from Hawthorne, Ca., that specializes in surf music, made their network television debut tonight as guests on CBS-TV's The Red Skelton Show. Support us on patreon.com/realtime1960s

Sept. 25, 1963 - Here is an excerpt from President Kennedy’s remarks today at the Yellowstone County Fairgrounds in Billings, Montana. In his speech, the President explained how conservation and resource development programs can improve the country's economy. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

Sept. 25, 1963 - James R. Hoffa, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, offers his views on the 1964 Presidential race, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, the Valachi hearings, and wiretapping. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

Sept. 25, 1963 - In a grim presentation of the national crime picture to the Senate Investigations subcommittee, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today named the Cosa Nostra, or Mafia, as the “private government” in charge of organized lawlessness in country. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

Sept. 25, 1963 - In a grim presentation of the national crime picture to the Senate Investigations subcommittee, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today named the Cosa Nostra, or Mafia, as the “private government” in charge of organized lawlessness in country. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

Sept. 25, 1963 - In a grim presentation of the national crime picture to the Senate Investigations subcommittee, Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy today named the Cosa Nostra, or Mafia, as the “private government” in charge of organized lawlessness in country. Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

Support this project at patreon.com/realtime1960s

For our complete review of "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," click here: https://tinyurl.com/bdd8kr5a This audio clip from the review deals with the short film "Faces of November" (1964), which documented JFK's funeral.

Click here for our complete subscribers-only review of "The Thrill of It All" (1963), which includes a ranked list of Doris Day's Top 5 films overall: https://tinyurl.com/yvfxbpv8

The complete 9½-minute transcribed phone conversation of Aug. 12, 1963 between Pres. Kennedy and Sen. Mike Mansfield can be seen by subscribers here: https://tinyurl.com/4h2bu3eh The conversation deals with upcoming Senate testimony about the nuclear test ban treaty by the Joint Chiefs of Staff and others.

For our complete review of "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," click here: https://tinyurl.com/bdd8kr5a

For our complete review of "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," click here: https://tinyurl.com/bdd8kr5a

The complete 9½-minute transcribed phone conversation of Aug. 12, 1963 between Pres. Kennedy and Sen. Mike Mansfield can be seen by subscribers here: https://tinyurl.com/4h2bu3eh

In this episode, we move on to our 8th-ranked film of 1963, "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," a groundbreaking example of direct cinema that provides fly-on-the-wall documentary coverage of the the 1963 integration crisis at the University of Alabama. We also discuss the other Kennedy films of Robert Drew and offer some recommendations of other great direct cinema films of the '60s, including "Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam." Watch "Mills of the Gods: Viet Nam" here: https://youtu.be/EIZr_ddDuEE

For our complete review of "Crisis: Behind a Presidential Commitment," click here: https://tinyurl.com/bdd8kr5a

"The March," also known as "The March to Washington," is a 1964 documentary film by James Blue about the 1963 civil rights March on Washington. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" is not included due to copyright restrictions. The film was made for the Motion Picture Service unit of the U.S. Information Agency for use outside the United States – the 1948 Smith-Mundt Act prevented USIA films from being shown domestically without a special act of Congress. In 1990, Congress authorized such films to be shown in the U.S. 12 years after their initial release. In 2008, "The March" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 30, 1963 - President Kennedy spoke out today on the cut in foreign aid voted a week ago by the House of Representatives. The President held a news conference after conferring at his Massachusetts summer home this morning with David E. Bell, foreign aid director; Gen. Lucius D. Clay, chairman of his Advisory Committee on Foreign Aid; and Ralph Dungan, a White House assistant specializing in foreign aid. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 28, 1963 - The Beatles, a rock group formed in Liverpool in 1960, were interviewed today for a BBC program called "The Mersey Sound." Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 28, 1963 - Actor Marlon Brando, who attended today's massive civil rights demonstration in Washington D.C., was interviewed by a CBC reporter. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 28, 1963 - In this discussion moderated by David Schoenbrun, Harry Belafonte, Marlon Brando, Charlton Heston, Sidney Poitier, Joseph Mankiewicz, and James Baldwin discuss today's massive civil rights demonstration in Washington D.C. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Headlines: President Kennedy speaks at the Naval Academy; Barry Goldwater hits the radical left; talk of a possible coup in South Vietnam; Marlon Brando is heckled; Cassius Clay cuts a record; Sonny Liston has a spiritual guide. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 28, 1963 - Here are some of the sights and sounds of today's massive civil rights demonstration in Washington D.C. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 27, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today on the South Lawn of the White House to participants in the White House Seminar in Government. In his speech, the President compares the complex problems facing the United States in the 1960s to those of past eras, and he suggests that the solutions to these crises can only be revealed through the mass participation of the American citizenry in democratic practices. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 23, 1963 - Here is President Kennedy’s television and radio statement today following a Congressional cut in the Mutual Security Act. In his speech, the President characterizes the decision to reduce foreign aid expenditures as shortsighted and dangerously partisan, explaining how a decrease in foreign assistance will weaken the Alliance for Progress and undermine this nation's efforts to curtail the spread of communism. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!