Billy Wilder Accepts Award for "Sunset Boulevard"
Billy Wilder delivers an acceptance speech at the 1951 Directors Guild of America ceremony after Barbara Stanwyck presents him with the award for directorial achievement.
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Billy Wilder Accepts Award for "Sunset Boulevard"
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Billy Wilder delivers an acceptance speech at the 1951 Directors Guild of America ceremony after Barbara Stanwyck presents him with the award for directorial achievement.
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General MacArthur Dismissed
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In the April 27, 1951, episode of the radio program "Hear It Now," Edward R. Murrow relays the story of Gen. Douglas MacArthur's dismissal and the resulting arguments in Congress. Many Republicans claimed MacArthur was the victim of a smear campaign, including Sen. Richard Nixon, who is heard making accusations against the Pentagon.
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Reagan and Mondale in 1984 Presidential Debate
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On October 21, 1984, President Ronald Reagan and former Vice President Walter Mondale engage in their second nationally broadcast debate. When Henry Trewhitt of the Baltimore Sun asks the president about his advancing age, Reagan turns the question on its head by promising not to make an issue of his opponent’s youth and inexperience.
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Defense Department Condemns WikiLeaks
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Eisenhower Intervenes in Little Rock Crisis
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Eleanor Roosevelt Commemorates World Children’s Day
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McCarthy Questioned on Anti-Communist Investigation
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In a 1953 episode of NBC's "Meet the Press," Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy is questioned by a panel of reporters on his role as the new chairman of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.
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Senator Nixon Takes Tough Stand on Communism
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As a candidate for vice president, Sen. Richard Nixon delivers a speech at a political rally in Sanford, Maine, on September 3, 1952, and promises that he will take care of the communist problem plaguing the federal government.
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Margaret Chase Smith Cautions
Anti-Eisenhower Republicans
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In a speech delivered March 3, 1951, in Town Hall, New York, Sen. Margaret Chase Smith warns those in her party who are critical of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, the likely presidential nominee, to tone down their rhetoric as a division grows in the GOP over the stationing of troops in post-World War II Germany.
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