GV. Packed crowd in the Cow Palace during Republican convention in San Francisco. LS. Mrs Peggy Goldwater with her two sons. Various shots of all the usual convention crowd, people waving banners for...
GV. Packed crowd in the Cow Palace during Republican convention in San Francisco. LS. Mrs Peggy Goldwater with her two sons. Various shots of all the usual convention crowd, people waving banners for their candidates etc. Margaret Chase Smith watches intently. Brother of the former President, Dr Milton Eisenhower, nominates Governor Scranton. The votes pile up and Goldwater wins the candidature, Scranton takes the stand to accept defeat. MS. Barry Goldwater, Republican Presidential candidate for the following 1964 election.
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