NIXON-KENNEDY DEBATE #2 (TV)

Summary

Live from Washington, D.C., the second telecast of a four-part series of discussions between the two 1960 Presidential candidates, Vice President Richard M. Nixon (R-Calif.) and Senator John F. Kennedy (D-Mass.). Issues discussed include Cuba, Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev, civil rights, presidential roles, Cold War, U.S. prestige, measures to combat unemployment and recession, the Eisenhower administration, the possibility of another summit conference, a tax increase foreign defense policies. Program ends abruptly.

Details

NETWORK: CBS
DATE: October 7, 1960 7:30 PM
RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
COLOR/B&W: B&W
CATALOG ID: T76:0146
GENRE: Talk/Interviews
SUBJECT HEADING: U S - Elections - 1960; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews; U S - Foreign relations - Cuba
SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1960
COMMERCIALS: N/A

CREDITS

Julian Goodman … Producer
Frank Slingland … Director
Frank McGee … Host, Moderator
Paul Niven … Reporter
Edward P. Morgan … Reporter
Alvin Spivak … Reporter
Harold Levy … Reporter
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Nikita S. Khrushchev

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