Product Description

This collection includes the most powerful, inspirational words of some of the most famous orators in history. Each volume contains historical footage, photographs, and the best-known speeches of the past century. Perfect for the classroom or for the history buff. Includes the following: John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan. 4 hours.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #74494 in DVD
• Released on: 2002-07-30
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Box set, Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 240 minutes

Customer Reviews

Dr King&JFK hold it down
the rest are weak.I don't care&never cared to hear what Reagan had to say ever.Dr.King is still a Force that hasn't been touched yet.JFK was cool as a Speaker if nothing else.

The Speeches Collection -- John F. Kennedy
I work in the political field. Presidential history is one of my specialties. I am a former history teacher, also, who collects political memorabilia and went to high school and college (Florida State University) in the Kennedy-Johnson era. It was a wonderful era and this is a top-notch tape, if you like JFK. Ignore the comments about poor production. This is sometime after Kennedy, production techniques have improved considerably. I am selective about what I purchase and believe me, there is nothing about this tape, in my considered and historically-based opinion, that should make the JFK afficionado have second thoughts about buying it!

The Evil Empire speech without the "evil empire"
I bought this in order to hear Ronald Reagan's "evil empire" speech. However, in spite of the fact that "evil empire" is quoted on the back of the DVD's cover, one never actually gets to hear Reagan utter the phrase that shook the Soviet apparat. Instead, his speech to the National Association of Evangelicals is inexplicably cut off after he refers to the Soviet Union as "the focus of evil in the modern world" - some three paragraphs BEFORE one would have heard him implore his audience not to ignore "the facts of history and the aggressive impulses of an evil empire". Talk about "Hamlet" without the Prince. Irritating, to say the least . . .