[FPSPACE] JFK Speech At Rice

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In a message dated 11/28/2000 9:08:57 PM, routier@tig.com.au writes:

> Yep, this is a great speech!  "We choose to go to the moon, and do the other
>  things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."  Great 
stuff! 
> 
> Who was Kennedy's main speechwriter in those days?  I read about him, but 
> forgot his name...


Ted Sorensen.  Although I think Kenny O'Donnell, and to a lesser extent, 
press secretary Pierre Salinger also were contributors. . .

The Main Question I have is this: The audio of the speech is available at the 
website; where can one get the *video* (16mm film) of the speech in its' 
entirety?  JFK Library in Boston?  JSC film archives in Houston?

I've seen snippets of the speech -- with two of the longest segments running 
about a minute or two each that were featured in the documentaries "The Space 
Movie" and "For All Mankind" -- but never the entire beginning to end.

FYI -- "Thirteen Days" with Kevin Costner in the role of JFK adviser and 
personal friend Kenny O'Donnell during the Cuban Missile Crisis is due out 
around the holidays.  

I've seen the trailer and it looks pretty good. . .Remains to be seen how it 
will compare to William Devane's turn as JFK (with Martin Sheen as Bobby 
Kennedy) in the late 70's TV teleplay "The Missiles of October." 

~JS~