- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item D091.0009
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1962-05
- Subject:
- African Americans--Civil rights
Communism
Alabama--Economic conditions
Education
Governors--Alabama
Legislators--Alabama
Political campaigns
Political science
Race relations--Alabama
Segregation--Alabama
School integration - People:
- DeGraffenried, William Ryan, 1925-1966
Folsom, James Elisha, 1908-1987
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998 - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- videotapes
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This footage was transferred to tape in 1983 from the original 16mm film, which was made during the 1962 gubernatorial campaign (specifically in the weeks leading up to the Democratic primary runoff on May 29). The following segments are included: 0:00:07: George Wallace campaign ad. 0:00:32: George Wallace campaign ad about education. 0:01:39: George Wallace campaign ad, in which he pledges, "I shall be committed only to the people of Alabama." 0:02:48: George Wallace campaign ad about bringing new industry to the state. 0:04:03: George Wallace campaign ad about caring for elderly citizens (he proposes a $100 monthly pension). 0:05:04: George Wallace campaign ad about "honest, economical government." 0:06:04: George Wallace campaign ad, in which he discusses the 1958 gubernatorial race and the 1962 Democratic primary runoff
his campaign platform
segregated schools
communism and the Cold War
and his promise to run an "honest," "progressive," and "sober" government "dedicated to the traditions and customs of the peoples of this great state." 0:10:54: George Wallace campaign ad about industrial development in the state. 0:12:06: George Wallace campaign ad about bringing new industry to the state (repeat of ad at 0:02:48). 0:13:18: George Wallace campaign ad about reapportionment. 0:14:30: George Wallace campaign ad about caring for elderly citizens (repeat of ad at 0:04:03). 0:15:34: George Wallace campaign ad about "honest, economical government" (repeat of ad at 0:05:04). 0:16:36: George Wallace campaign ad about segregation. 0:17:52: George Wallace campaign ad. 0:18:31: George Wallace campaign ad, in which he pledges, "I shall be committed only to the people of Alabama" (repeat of ad at 0:01:39). 0:19:54: George Wallace campaign ad about education (repeat of ad at 0:00:32). 0:21:11: George Wallace speaking at a campaign rally in Mobile, Alabama. In the speech, he discusses the seafood industry
education
pensions for the elderly
road and bridge improvements
the working class
communism
reapportionment
federal courts and intervention
and farmers' markets. 0:29:52: Continuation of George Wallace's campaign rally speech in Mobile, Alabama. In this segment, he discusses segregation
and industrial and agricultural growth. 0:38:26: Jim Folsom, possibly with legislators at the Capitol. 0:38:52: George Wallace speaking at a campaign rally in Childersburg, Alabama. In the speech, he discusses road and bridge building projects
the textile industry
river development
farmers' markets
industrial development
segregation
unnecessary personal spending by government officials
and funding for education and the elderly. 0:46:54: Scenes in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, including downtown
Farrah Hall (School of Law) at the University of Alabama
a campaign sign for Ryan DeGraffenried
and a house in a neighborhood (possibly the home of DeGraffenried). 0:47:26: Ryan DeGraffenried speaking at campaign rallies. In the speeches discusses his opponent, George Wallace, critiquing his response to federal agents
his own service in the state legislature, specifically contributions to the state's resistance to school integration
rumors spread by his political opponents, who claimed that DeGraffenried represented Autherine Lucy ("I don't appreciate too much people going around saying that sort of thing because that's not necessary in a political campaign") and that he is Catholic ("I haven't got a thing in the world against the Catholics . . . It just so happens, however, that I'm a Presbyterian")
and his chances of winning the election. (The footage switches to a different location at 0:55:43.) - Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/13
- Language:
- eng
- Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
-
