Waggoner Carr Speech Clips

Duration: 0:31:18

Year Published: c.1966

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: This footage includes a compilation of clips from Waggoner Carr’s 1966 Senate campaign against Republican incumbent John Goodwin Tower. In a series of rehearsals filmed indoors and out, Carr addresses Social Security, Texas agriculture, education and firearm policy while stressing his connection to the people. Carr also addresses the rise in crime while referencing the Richard Speck and Charles Whitman murders.