- Collection:
- WSB-TV Newsfilm Collection
- Title:
- Richard Russell: Georgia Giant. [1970-02-13, Pt.3]
- Creator:
- WSB-TV (Television station : Atlanta, Ga.)
- Contributor to Resource:
- Suit, Hal, 1922-1994
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971 - Date of Original:
- 1970-02-13
- Subject:
- International relations
Legislators--United States
Presidents--United States
Separation of powers--United States
Presidents--United States--Anecdotes
Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Political aspects--United States
Civil rights--United States
Cuban Missile Crisis, 1962
Presidential candidates--United States
Traffic accidents--Massachusetts--Chappaquiddick Island
Political ethics--United States
Social security--United States
Lend-lease operations (1941-1945)
World War, 1939-1945--United States
Military-industrial complex--United States
United States--Politics and government--20th century
United States--Economic conditions--20th century
United States-Foreign relations--Soviet Union
Soviet Union--Foreign relations--United States
United States--Foreign relations--Cuba
Cuba--Foreign relations--United States
Soviet Union--Politics and government - People:
- Suit, Hal, 1922-1994
Russell, Richard B. (Richard Brevard), 1897-1971
White, William Smith. Citadel
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969
Coolidge, Calvin, 1872-1933
Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Castro, Fidel, 1926-2016
Fulbright, J. William (James William), 1905-1995
Macmillan, Harold, 1894-1986
Gaulle, Charles de, 1890-1970
Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
Tillman, Benjamin R. (Benjamin Ryan), 1847-1918
McLaurin, John Lowndes, 1860-1934
Robinson, Joseph Taylor, 1872-1937
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Dulles, John Foster, 1888-1959
Radford, Arthur William, 1896-
Warren, Earl, 1891-1974
Oswald, Lee Harvey
Porter, Marina Oswald
Langer, William, 1886-1959
Ford, Gerald R., 1913-2006 - Location:
- Cuba, 22.0, -79.5
Soviet Union, 51.220643, 51.363519
United States, 39.76, -98.5
United States, District of Columbia, Washington, 38.89511, -77.03637
United States, Georgia, Barrow County, Winder, 33.99261, -83.72017 - Medium:
- moving images
news
unedited footage - Type:
- Moving Image
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- This is the third part of a WSB-TV production about the career of United States Senator Richard B. Russell. The original footage was shot during 1969 in the offices of Senator Russell in Washington, D.C. and at his home in Winder, Georgia.The opening minutes are silent. Senator Russell is talking and there are photographs of him through the years. Producer, writer, and reporter Hal Suit is sitting on the edge of a desk in the records room of Senator Russell's Washington office that include several busts and pictures. The sound begins at 2 minutes, 27 seconds. Suit refers to William S. White's Citadel: The Story of the U.S. Senate and his comments about Russell. He also comments about the previous two episodes of the series, which aired in the evenings of February 11 and 12, 1970.During this episode, Senator Russell discusses his opposition to civil rights legislation, the Vietnam War, President Eisenhower's military economic policies, as well as the Cuban Missile Crisis, Fidel Castro, Senatorial ethics and his relationships with various political figures, the future 1972 presidential campaign candidacy given the Chappaquiddick incident, the role of the United States in maintaining world peace and his perspective on the Soviet Union, his role on the Warren Commission and his view of both Lee Harvey Oswald and his wife Marina, the system of checks and balances in the government and the shifting of Congressional powers to the Executive branch, noting that it is the responsibility of the people to be interested and informed about their government and its actions. When asked about the most influential legislation during his time in the Senate, Russell discusses the Social Security System and the Lend-Lease legislation and the entry into World War II. Among the people he mentions or that appear in photographs are Lyndon B. Johnson, Calvin Coolidge, John F. Kennedy, J. William Fulbright, Harold Macmillan, Charles de Gaulle, Ted Kennedy, Benjamin Tillman, John L. McLaurin, Joseph T. Robinson, Sam Rayburn, John Foster Dulles, Arthur W. Radford, William Langer, and Gerald Ford.The closing credits, which are sometimes too blurry or small to read, include Cameramen: Ray Young (?), Roger Conner, Patrick O'Dell; Audio: David Riggs, James Brewer(? or Drewer?), John Hoerner; Special Still Photography: Ray Young; Film Editor: John Hoerner; Written by Hal Suit, James Giltmier; Produced by Hal Suit; "A Production of CBC, WSB Television News, Atlanta, Georgia. Copyright (c) 1970 Cox Broadcasting Corporation."
Reporter: Suit, Hal, 1922-1994
Title supplied by cataloger. - Local Identifier:
- Clip number: wsbn41605
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/id:wsbn41605
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/news/do:wsbn41605
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: wsbn41605, Richard Russell: Georgia Giant. [1970-02-13, Pt.3], WSB-TV newsfilm collection, reel 0898, 00:00/56:22, Walter J. Brown Media Archives and Peabody Awards Collection, The University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 clip (about 56 mins., 22 secs.): color, 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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