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And then, they got the teletype saying that for the first and only time a speech of an american president covered a complete page of pravda, the party newspaper. >> khrushchev decided to change his world policy. the strategy of creating tension all around the american empire was dropped. and he said to his colleagues, you know what? lets give him the test ban treaty. >> the united states, the soviet union and great britain promise to end all nuclear test explosions in the atmosphere, outer space...

>> we who are republicans have been handed a unique challenge ourselves and a responsibility to offer something that the people of this country are crying out for. they are crying out for leadership. >> i saw him make a speech in 1964 for goldwater. i said, theres the man that should be running for president. >> he has the same type of feeling with the people that john kennedy had, i think. >> reagan did a very brief run for president in 1968, but it was too little too late. >> richard nixon goe...

>> after two days, the talks end. >> kennedy did not do well. he allowed himself to be caught in an ideological argument with khrushchev. hed been warned against it. he did it anyways and khrushchev bullied him and pushed him around. >> khrushchev has made the first move in the chess game. and the president knows it. as he leaves, he says, its going to be a cold winter. >> kennedy thought there might be a basis for dealing with the soviets. instead he gets the berlin crisis. >> in july, 1,000 ea...

Lets go. its getting late. ♪ nice, nice. ♪ >> in the mid-60s, you see brian wilson retreating into the studio, and hes concentrating on writing and producing these amazing songs. ♪ i may not always love you, but long as there are stars above you ♪ >> the recording studio had been a rigid place where there were engineers literally in like suits and ties and lab coats. when all of a sudden, there were these crazy young geniuses who reinvented the studio as an instrument to be played with...

>> james brown just kills the show. just, like, whats the phrase they have in gospel music? he wrecks house. ♪ >> and it really began his journey into becoming a mainstream figure. ♪ babe, babe, babe, babe ♪ >> the stones then close, and they were afraid it was the biggest mistake they ever made following james brown. ♪ ♪ what a crazy town ♪ never stop rockin until the moon went down ♪ >> we see, you know, jagger

>> that song was a song that bob dylan had already recorded a year or two earlier, like a folk traditional song. >> bob came along with his album, "house of the rising sun." it was crying out to be rocked. ♪ my mother was a tailor ♪ she sewed my new blue jeans yeah ♪ ♪ my father was a gambling man ♪ down in new orleans >> the english group music thing also arose where groups not only were performing their own stuff compact on the stage, they didnt need anyone else. they just had the fo...

And oswald will be removed now. the ambulance is being pulled up in front of us here. here comes oswald, hes -- he is ashen and unconscious at this time, now being moved in. he is not moving. hes in the ambulance now. attendants, police are quickly moving in. the ambulance is leaving dallas police headquarters. where will he be taken? >> im assuming parkland hospital. >> parkland hospital. irony of ironies, the place where john f. kennedy died. dallas city hall is usually a public building, bu...

Everything. >> there appears to be growing concerns among scientists that there is a possibility of dangerous, long-range side effects from the widespread use of ddt and other pesticides. have you considered asking the public health service to take a closer look at this? >> yes, and i know that they already are. i think, particularly, of course, since this ms. carsons book, but they are examining the matter. >> rachel carson wrote this book about pesticides called "silent spring" in 1962, and it...

Chess in chicago. ♪ the dogs begin to bark ♪ the hounds begin to howl >> the chicago kids rhythm and blues, thats where it started. you know, the white people over there know nothing about rhythm and blues at all. >> because its negro music, isnt it? >> in america, even in the black community had abandoned certain aspects of black culture. even by the mid-60s. the blues in particular had been sort of pushed aside by soul music and r&b, which was considered more modern. ♪ pretty little wome...

First couple albums. it wasnt until they really figured out how to write their own songs that they really became a real band. they really had to find their own voice. ♪ ♪ i cant get no satisfaction ♪ i cant get no satisfaction ♪ cause i tried and i tried and i tried and i tried ♪ ♪ i cant get no ♪ i cant get no ♪ when im driving in my car ♪ and a man comes on the radio ♪ hes telling me more and more ♪ ♪ about some useless information ♪ ♪ supposed to buy my imagination...