Edward T. Ned Breathitt films
Abstract
Descriptive Summary
- Title
- Edward T. Ned Breathitt films
- Date
- 1963 (inclusive)
- Extent
- 3 Cubic Feet
- Subjects
- Political campaigns -- Kentucky
- Public policy and politics
- Arrangement
- Collection is arranged by film project, finished product (if extant) with image and audio outtakes, work prints and what is presumed to be a show print (item #1.1)
- Preferred Citation
- 2016av002 : [identification of item], Edward T. Ned Breathitt films, 1963, University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
- Repository
- University of Kentucky
Collection Overview
- Biography / History
- Edward T. ("Ned") Breathitt Jr. was born in Hopkinsville, Kentucky in 1924. In 1951 he won the first of three consecutive terms in the Kentucky House of Representatives. During Governor Bert Combs' administration (1959-1963) he was Commissioner of Personnel. He beat former Governor Albert Chandler in the 1963 state primary and went on to beat Republican Louie Nunn to become governor. He served as Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky from 1963 to 1967.
- Scope and Content
- The Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt films (dated 1963; 3 cubic feet; 22 items) comprise 16mm chemical moving image films that document rallies, speeches and campaign commericals created by and for Edward Breathitt's 1963 campaign for Governor of Kentucky. Some films were damaged and unable to be digitized. Others have no audio.
Restrictions on Access and Use
- Conditions Governing Access
- Collection is open to researchers by appointment.
- Use Restrictions
- The physical rights to the materials in this collection are held by the University of Kentucky Special Collections Research Center.
Contents of the Collection
Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor rally at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Fairgrounds, optical audio track, 1963 March
Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor rally at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Fairgrounds, same image track as item #1.1, poor quality audio track, 1963 March
Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor rally at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Fairgrounds, audio only, optical track synchronized during digitization with item #1.1, no separate audio digital file was created, 1963 March
Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor rally at Freedom Hall, Louisville, Kentucky Fairgrounds, audio only, magnetic track, 1963 March
Audio only outtakes for item #1.1, 1963 March
Audio only outtakes for item #1.1, 1963 March
Integrated image and audio outtakes of item #1.1, 1963 March
Outtakes for item #1.1, no audio, 1963 March
Integrated image and audio outtakes for item #1.1, 1963 March
Outtakes for item #1.1, 1963 March
Damaged reel, not digitized or reviewed, undated
Unidentified Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor campaign speech, edited together with a portion of item #3, no audio, undated
Outtakes for item #2.1, no audio, undated
Outtakes for item #2.1, no audio, undated
Outtakes for item #2.1, no audio, undated
Outtakes for item #2.1, no audio, undated
Duplicate of first section of item #2.1, not digitized, undated
Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt, campaigning for Kentucky governor, addressing camera, unknown campaign film project, undated
Possible B-Roll for Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor campaign commercial, interviews with various unidentified people, no audio, undated
Possible B-Roll for Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor campaign commercial, interviews with various unidentified people, no audio, undated
Possible B-Roll for Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor campaign commercial, no audio, undated
"Mr. Chandler and The Truth"; broadcast political ad by Edward T. "Ned" Breathitt for Kentucky governor campaign on Albert B. "Happy" Chandler's record as Kentucky governor, 1963; kinescope, 1963
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