Ralph Yarborough Political Telecasts (1964)

Duration: 2:18

Year Published: 1964

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This footage from 1964 includes two political telecasts for the successful U.S. Senate campaign of Democrat Ralph Yarborough. In the first telecast, Yarborough addresses how Texas has benefitted from the accomplishments of the Democratic Party during his first term as senator. Yarborough’s second telecast advocates for President Lyndon B. Johnson’s War On Poverty to reduce the national poverty rate.