Campaign Picnics (1968)

Duration: 0:44

Year Published: 1968

Sound: No Sound on Film

Description: Broadcast on October 13, 1968, this news segment from Houston’s KPRC-TV captures two campaign events for opposing presidential candidates. In the first, the Political Association of Spanish Speaking Organizations hosts a picnic in support of Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Hubert Humphrey. Congressman Robert Eckhardt attends. In the second, local supporters of third-party presidential candidate George Wallace gather for a picnic and live music.