1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate (Part II)

Clash again in a battle of wits with 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debate (Part II), the second chapter of a kinescope chronicling John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon’s presidential duel, aired October 7, 1960, from Washington, D.C.’s NBC studio. This mid-century reel crackles—JFK, cool and poised, spars with Nixon, steely yet strained, under glaring lights, millions peering through grainy sets. The camera locks—Kennedy presses forward, voice sharp on economic lift; Nixon parries, brow furrowed, digging into foreign policy grit, Cold War stakes simmering behind each jab. No gloss, just raw stakes—taxes tangle, Quemoy and Matsu flare—a mid-20th-century dance of nerve and nuance, TV tightening its grip on democracy’s stage. Archival Moments revives this electric reel—subscribe to duel through more from the screens of history!