Speeches that changed the world a classic collection of speech excerpts.
Title:
Speeches that changed the world a classic collection of speech excerpts.
Publication Information:
Wheeling, IL : Film Ideas, 2016.
Physical Description:
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
DVD-R.
Contents:
Speech to the Hitler Youth / Adolf Hitler -- Peace for our time / Neville Chamberlain -- Blood, tears, toil; Finest hour; The few / Winston Churchill -- Invasion of Russia / Molotov -- A day that will live in infamy / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Speech to World War I veterans / Charles de Gaulle -- Surrender of Japan / Hirohito -- Terms of Japanese surrender / Douglas MacArthur -- I have faith in the righteousness of our cause / Gandhi -- Ask not what your country can do for you; Ich bin ein Berliner / John F. Kennedy -- I have a dream / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Watergate first speech ; There can be no whitewash at the White House / Richard Nixon -- Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall / Ronald Reagan -- We are truly sorry / Kevin Rudd -- Yes, we can / Barack Obama.
Summary:
"This collection of classic speeches contains inspiring hymns to democratic freedom and the noblest aspects of human endeavor. They have illuminated and embellished great moments in our modern history. But there is another side to oratory, and we are also shown some of the darkest and most despicable speeches delivered in modern times." -- Container.
Added Corporate Author:
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Performer:
Narrator, Richard Jeffs.
Production Credits:
Director/producer, Bill Rudgard ; writer, Robin Cross ; associate producer, Slav Todorov.
OCLC Number:
ocn933729602
Availability:
Burnsville - Burnhaven~1
Eagan - Wescott~1