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220906 08:10:38 - 08:18:41 1974 SD COL
President Nixons Address to the Nation Resigning the Office of the Presidency - Pt 1 of 2
Throughout the long and difficult period of Watergate, I have felt it was my
duty to... complete the term
of office to which you elected me... I no longer have a strong enough political base in the Congress to
justify continuing that effort.... I would have preferred to carry through to the finish whatever the
personal agony... But the interest
of the Nation must always come before any personal considerations...
... because of the Watergate matter I might not have the support of the
Congress ... necessary to ... carry out the duties of this office...
08:13:00 I have never been a quitter.... But as President, I must put the
interest of America first... To
continue to fight ... for my
personal vindication would almost totally absorb the time and attention of both
the President and the Congress...
Therefore, I shall resign the Presidency effective at noon tomorrow. Vice
President Ford will be sworn in as President at that hour in this office... I know ... that
the leadership of America will be in good hands... the first essential is to begin healing the wounds of this
Nation, to put the bitterness and divisions of the recent past behind us...
08:15:59 I regret deeply any injuries that may have been done in the course of
the events that led to this decision. I would say only that if some of my
Judgments were wrong, and some were wrong, they were made in what I believed at
the time to be the best interest of the Nation.
To those who have stood with me during these past difficult month... eternally
grateful for your support.
... let me say I leave with no bitterness toward those who have opposed me...
... gratitude for the privilege of serving as your President ... a time of achievement in which we can
all be proud... We have ended
America's longest war... We must complete a structure of peace so that it will
be said of this generation... not
only that we ended one war but that we prevented future wars....
Resignation Speech; Watergate;
We can provide the transcript of the entire speech.
LC220724 04:00:02
- 04:14:41 1930s
- 1983 SD COL&B/W
Grenada
- The Future Coming Towards Us
INCLUDING:
04:13:45 Eric Gairy - montage
stills. Military parade - Chile - Augusto Pinochet meeting with
members of Grenada Security forces. Reception - those attending include Henry Kissinger - Sir Eric Gairy - Jimmy t and Gerald Ford with wives. Gairy meeting with
President.
220906 07:24:23
- 07:29:35 1974 SIL COL
Nixons Farewell to White House Staff - Part 3
Leaving White House by helicopter
LS White House Lawn - Gerald Ford, Betty Ford, Pat Nixon and President Nixon walk across to helicopter
Tape damage 07:25:26 - 07:25:32
Kissing goodbye and climbing into helicopter - Nixon waves. Closing doors.
Tape damage 07:27:11 - 07:27:15
White House staff at balcony waving. Rolling back red carpet. Nixon seen through helicopter window (hardly visible.
Tape damage 07:27:50 - 07:27:52 MCU Gerald Ford and Betty Ford watch helicopter leaving.
Tape damage 07:28:10 - 07:28:11 and later at intervals.
Helicopter takes off.
220906 07:40:04 - 07:55:56 1974 SD COL
President
Ford Inauguration
CU Kissinger talking with two others. Ex-speaker of the House McCormick. General Haig? Ford children seated. VIPs
being directed to seats.
Chief Justice Warren Burger arrives and announces Vice-president Ford & Mrs Ford. Ford & Betty enter to loud applause.
07:44:24 Ford sworn in - takes oath of
office. Ford children applaud.
07:46:02 Gerald Fords inauguration speech:
... I assume the Presidency under extraordinary
circumstances never before experienced by Americans. This is an hour of history that troubles our minds and
hurts our hearts.... I am acutely
aware that you have not elected me as your President by your ballots... I have not campaigned either for the
Presidency or the Vice Presidency. I have not subscribed to any partisan platform. I am indebted to no man...
Those who nominated and confirmed me as Vice President were my friends... They
were of both parties... I will be the President of all the people...
I intend... to request... the
privilege of appearing before the
Congress to share ... my views on the priority business of the Nation and to solicit your views and
their views.
... We cannot stand still or slip backwards. We must go forward now together.... To the peoples
and the governments of all friendly nations... I pledge an uninterrupted and sincere search for peace...
... I believe that truth is the glue that holds government together... That
bond, though strained, is unbroken
at home and abroad.... honesty is always the best policy in the end.
My fellow Americans, our long national nightmare is over.
... As we bind up the internal wounds of Watergate, more painful and more poisonous than those of foreign wars,
let us restore the golden rule to our political process, and let brotherly love purge our hearts of suspicion and of hate.
... I ask again your prayers, for Richard Nixon and for his family. May our
former President, who brought
peace to millions, find it for himself....
... I now solemnly reaffirm my promise I made to you last December 6 ... I will not let you down.
07:53:59 End of speech and
applause. President Ford and Betty Ford exit.
NB - Reporters voices may not be used
We can provide the transcript of the entire speech.
221358 12:45:54
- 12:57:42 SD COL
[George
Bush Library Dedication & Related; Volunteers, Anderson Cancer Center]
INCLUDING:
06Nov97 LS front of Library w/
crowd & band playing. Bush,
Clinton, Ford & Carter out of building & wave to crowd. Jeb Bush introduces Pres. Bush.
12:47:42
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