- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips in which comedian Jack Benny accepts an award and plays violin with Richard Nixon accompanying at the piano, November 21, 1959
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Benny, Jack, 1894-1974
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 - Date of Original:
- 1959-11-01
- Subject:
- Actors and actresses
Comedians
Vice-Presidents
Presidents
Music
Waltzes
Awards - People:
- Benny, Jack, 1894-1974
Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 - Location:
- United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
- Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- In this series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips, comedian Jack Benny accepts an award and plays violin with Richard Nixon accompanying at the piano, November 21, 1959. The award was presented at the President's Black Tie Ball, organized by the National Press Club. Benny thanks the audience, then performs "The Missouri Waltz" with Nixon, to audience laughter. After the performance, Nixon observes they should stay in their own rackets.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Supporting information was taken from the following source: "NPC in History: Now that's entertainment," 16 Sept. 2018. https://www.press.org/newsroom/npc-history-now-thats-entertainment. 19 March 2020 - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn33597
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn33597
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/do:wsbn33597
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn33597, Series of WSB-TV newsfilm clips in which comedian Jack Benny accepts an award and plays violin with Richard Nixon accompanying at the piano, November 21, 1959, WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0748, 27:11/28:16, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 1 mins., 5 secs.): black-and-white, sound ; 16 mm.
- Original Collection:
- Original found in the WSB-TV newsfilm collection.
- Holding Institution:
- Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection
- Rights:
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