1960 Kennedy-Nixon First Presidential Debate on youtube

Uploaded on 21 September 2010
On September 26, 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon stood before an audience of 70 million Americans—two-thirds of the nation's adult population—in the first nationally televised Presidential debate. This first of four debates held before the end of October gave a vast national audience the opportunity to see and compare the two candidates, and ushered in a new age of Presidential politics.

Film footage © John F. Kennedy Library Foundation.

For more archival videos from the 1960 Presidential Campaign, go to https://www.youtube.com/user/JFKLF

For more information on the 1960 Presidential Campaign, go to Campaign of 1960 - John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum

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