Goldwater Nomination at 1960 Republican National Convention

Motion picture footage of television news coverage of the 1960 Republican National Convention at Chicago Illinois. The footage includes the introduction of Goldwater by Arizona Governor Paul Fannin, a brief interview with Mrs. Margaret "Peggy" Goldwater (00:14:00) seconds of the nomination by Congressman Bruce Alger of Texas (00:20:45), Gregory D. Shorey of South Carolina (00:24:00), L. Roy Houck of South Dakota (00:29:05) and Congressman John J. Rhodes of Arizona (00:33:08). Goldwater then asks for his name to be withdrawn from the slate (00:36:53). The footage ends just before the vote tally for Nixon is completed.