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Candidates Nixon and Kennedy debate over prestige of the U.S. overseas prior to the presidential elections in the U.S.

The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. ABC News correspondent Quincy Howe allows CBS News correspondent Walter Cronkite to ask a question to Vice President Nixon. Mr. Cronkite asks Vice President Nixon if the Eisenhower Administration was suppressing a report by the United States Information Agency that shows a decline in United States prestige overseas as pointed by Senator Kennedy. Vice President Nixon replies and talks about Sputnik space program launched by the Soviet Union (compared to NASA efforts during the Space Race). He further compares the United States and the Soviet Union in terms of education and science. He speaks about UN General Assembly votes called on the Soviet Union to end its Hungarian intervention in 1956 and relates to American prestige. Senator Kennedy says that he did not make most of the statements that Vice President Nixon said he has made and he refers to the first one about Sputnik Program launched by the Soviet Union. Senator Kennedy refers to slums in the United States and talks about support housing legislation which the Eisenhower's Administration has opposed and also speaks about scientists and engineers United States has produced in comparison to the Soviet Union. He further says they were the first in other areas of science but in space, which is the new science, they are not the first

Date: 1960
Duration: 4 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073670
Franklin D Roosevelt wins the Presidential election in United States.

Franklin D Roosevelt's election as the President of the United States in 1932 . Alfred E Smith, the former Governor of New York and his wife walk amidst a large crowd on the Election Day in New York, on the way to their polling place. Smith is wearing his familiar brown derby hat. Franklin D Roosevelt awaits the result of the polling. People celebrate in the streets of New York as Roosevelt wins with a landslide over Hoover.

Date: 1932, November 8
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049696
John Foster Dulles addresses the Plenary Session meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, Lake Success , New York, USA

Representatives of different nations at Plenary Session of United Nations General Assembly in Lake Success, New York, United States. John Foster Dulles, United States representative, addresses the representatives of member nations. Flags of various nations in the background. Room is crowded with observers and staff members. Events photographed and recorded from booth at back of room.

Date: 1948, November 18
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049719
Modern turbine generators used to convert fuel into electric power in power plants in the United States.

Atomic furnace can be source of heat to drive turbine generator in a power plant in the United States. Conversion of fuel into electric power is explained by animation. Burning of fuel to transform water to steam. The steam is directed towards a turbine which converts heat energy into mechanical energy. This mechanical energy is converted into electric energy by a turbine generator. Exteriors of a power plant showing electric transmission towers and lines. Pedestrians and traffic along a city street with many 1940s cars and taxi cabs going by. A machinist and a welder at work. An electric powered railroad train with passenger cars approaching a train station. Telephone operators at a switchboard. Windows of building lit up at night. Evening scene at Times Square, Manhattan, New York City as sun is setting and neon lights are shining. A private home in the suburbs with window illuminated at night. A turbine generator in a power plant.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053357
American people working, enjoying recreational activities, and voting in the United States after World War 2

A film about contribution of the U.S. Navy personnel for better life of Americans in the United States after World War II. Scenes of former soldiers, sailors, and military personnel returning to civilian life after the end of World War 2. Men drill on metal structure erecting a new building. Men load sacks in a cart. A man works on a typewriter. People worship in churches. A couple sits on a swing. A man plays chess. People read newspaper sitting outdoors. A man fishing in a river. Men play golf. People on a sailing yacht. Paintings displayed on a wall. A statute in a garden. A man sits on his front porch, plays guitar and sings. A jazz band of African American musicians plays music including piano, drums, clarinet, bass, trumpet (playing part of song "Pop goes the Weasel."). Piano player is smoking a cigarette while playing. Audience watching an orchestra play on stage. A man speaks and presents his view to a gathering. Exteriors of a church. People walk out of the building. Children play on swings in a school playground. Children inside a house run down stairs to the Christmas tree on Christmas morning. A woman drops her completed ballot in a ballot box on voting day, as a man waits to receive his ballot. He enters a voting booth and a uniformed police officer closes the curtain behind him. View shows him marking a check box on the ballot document.

Date: 1946
Duration: 2 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068538
United States Ambassador Warren Austin's announcement to United Nations Security Council with regard to violence in Palestine.

Warren Austin, United States representative to the United Nations, addresses the United Nations Palestine Commission at UN Headquarters in New York. Austin speaks about the situation in Palestine and the U.S. desire for peace and an end to violence.

Date: 1948, March 19
Duration: 1 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038814