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Want to support this channel and help us preserve old films? Visit Visit our website This black and white 1950’s installment of “The Greatest Drama”, an early non-fiction television show, focuses on the political career of 1940 Republican presidential nominee Wendell Willkie, using newsreel footage and impassioned narration to make a case for Willkie’s “victory in defeat” (TRT 12:41). Willkie was an American lawyer and corporate executive who was the 1940 Republican nominee for President. Willkie favored greater U.S. involvement in WWII to support the British and Free World. The New York City Victory Parade of 1946. Title overlay: “The Greatest Drama” (0:07). Wendell Willkie and his wife wave from an open convertible during a 1940 campaign event (0:28). Willkie dons glasses and speaks into radio microphones for NBC, CBS, Mutual, others (0:42). Sign: “Elwood City Limit.” A white barn in rural Indiana. Cows graze (1:11). Willkie’s childhood home (
