Real Time 1960s

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!

Aug. 26, 1963 - Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy was interviewed today by Ray Scherer, White House correspondent for NBC News, about civil rights. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 21, 1963 - Lee H. Oswald, a 23-year-old self-described "Marxist," today debated Carlos Bringuier, an anti-Castro lawyer, on radio station WDSU New Orleans. In this clip, Oswald is asked for his views on President Kennedy and on the Cuban revolution. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 21, 1963 - Lee H. Oswald, a 23-year-old ex-Marine and a self-described "Marxist," was interviewed today on WDSU-TV. Prior to the interview, Oswald had engaged in a radio debate with Carlos Bringuier, an anti-Castro lawyer of Cuban extraction. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 20, 1963 - At today's press conference, President Kennedy was asked for his views on racial job quotas and reparations for those who had suffered second-class citizenship in the U.S. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 17, 1963 - Lee H. Oswald, 23, was interviewed today on New Orleans radio station WDSU. Oswald was arrested Friday on Canal Street while distributing pro-Castro pamphlets asking for “Fair Play for Cuba." Police were called to the scene when three anti-Castro Cubans sought to stop Oswald. On this clip, Oswald is asked whether he is a Communist. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 17, 1963 - Lee H. Oswald, 23, was interviewed today on New Orleans radio station WDSU. Oswald was arrested Friday on Canal Street while distributing pro-Castro pamphlets asking for “Fair Play for Cuba." Police were called to the scene when three anti-Castro Cubans sought to stop Oswald. On this clip, Oswald discusses his personal background and his thoughts on Cuba. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 15, 1963 - President Kennedy held a final conference today with his new Ambassador to South Vietnam, Henry Cabot Lodge, who leaves Saturday. Asked whether he foresaw any policy changes as a result of his taking over the diplomatic assignment, Mr. Lodge offered no specifics. “I think United States policy is to help the Republic of Vietnam win and maintain its freedom against Communist terrorism,” he said. “Anything that helps that policy we are in favor of, and anything that hinders it we are opposed to.” To a question of whether he thought the Buddhist issue in South Vietnam was hindering the policy, he said he would rather withhold analysis until he had had a chance to look at the situation. He did say, however, that he would tell anyone who asks that the U.S. is committed to the principle of religious freedom. His comments reflected the Administration’s deep concern over the conflict between the Catholic Diem regime and South Vietnam’s Buddhist majority at a time when some progress is reportedly being made in the fight against the Communist Viet Cong. The new Ambassador conferred with President Kennedy for more than half an hour. When photographers were permitted into the President’s office, the two men, who have fought hard political battles against each other, were chatting about boats and sailing. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 9, 1963 - The new baby boy of President and Mrs. Kennedy died early today, the White House announced at 4:26 a.m. The baby, born Wednesday, had been named Patrick Bouvier Kennedy. The White House press secretary, Pierre Salinger, placed the time of death at 4:04 a.m. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 7, 1963 - White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger announced that a second son, Patrick Bouvier Kennedy, was born today to President and Mrs. Kennedy at Otis Air Force base on Cape Cod. The boy was born 5½ weeks premature, according to Dr. John Walsh, Mrs. Kennedy’s personal physician and obstetrician. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 2, 1963 - Here are President Kennedy’s remarks today to participants in the 1963 Girls' Nation program in the Flower Garden of the White House. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 5, 1963 - The foreign ministers of the United States, Great Britain, and the Soviet Union signed a nuclear test ban treaty today at a Moscow ceremony. Then, led by Premier Khrushchev, they strode into one of the Kremlin’s most glittering ballrooms for a reception as a Soviet band played Gershwin’s “Love Walked In.” The song summed up the mood of the day. From the start of courtesy calls by the ministers at 9 a.m. to the end of the gala reception just before nightfall, it was filled with firm East-West handshakes, warm smiles, friendly jokes, and toasts to “peace and friendship.” One diplomat called it a “unique day” in East-West relations. “Peace — it’s wonderful,” said another, and meant it. Premier Khrushchev, who insists he does not believe in religion, was moved by the spirit of conciliation to the point of posing for pictures with the elder of the Russian Orthodox Church. The signing took place in Catherine Hall, a vaulted, white marble chamber in the Kremlin’s Great Palace. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!

Aug. 1, 1963 - President Kennedy outlines the threat presented by Communist China's bellicose policies. Please subscribe to this podcast here: https://www.realtime1960s.com/contact Thanks for your support!