1976 US Presidential Debate Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
The debates were sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund. This is the first debate between presidential candidates for 16 years. It is from the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California.. The focus is: Foreign Policy and Defence Democratic candidate, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia, and the Republican incumbent, President Gerald Ford from Michigan.
Primary Title
- 1976 US Presidential Debate
Secondary Title
- Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford
Date Broadcast
- Wednesday 6 October 1976
Episode
- 2
Channel
- PBS
Broadcaster
- Public Broadcasting Service. PBS.
Station
- PBS
Owning Organisation
- Public Broadcasting Service. PBS.
Episode Description
- The debates were sponsored by the League of Women Voters Education Fund. This is the first debate between presidential candidates for 16 years. It is from the Palace of Fine Arts, San Francisco, California.. The focus is: Foreign Policy and Defence Democratic candidate, Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia, and the Republican incumbent, President Gerald Ford from Michigan.
Classification
- Unknown
Owning Collection
- Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
- Television (Audio only)
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
- Politics
Hosts
- Pauline Frederick (Moderator)
Contributors
- Jimmy Carter (Speaker)
- Gerald Ford (Speaker)
- Max Frankel (Interviewer, New York Times)
- Henry L. Trewitt (Interviewer, Baltimore Sun)
- Richard Valeriani (Interviewer, NBC News)