Featuring Highlights of the first televised Presidential Debates in History. The Great Debates marked television's grand entrance into presidential politics. For the first time voters could see their candidates in competition. 70 million U.S. viewers tuned in to watch Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon in the first of three face-face presidential debates.
Debates Held: - Chicago - September 26, 1960
- New York - October 7, 1960
- New York - October 21,1960
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