Silent Cal- the quiet president that presided over a roaring era. He is the most recent President without an official Presidential Library and Museum. I hope they change that one day.
Oh, I think that's in-the-works and shall be, hopefully of-the-sooner than later. That first of yours I found really quite good, Caleb, being perfectly descriptive of the case-actual.
AMAZING SPEECH. No need for a teleprompter!! Intelligent, well spoken and no need for "fluff." Think what we have had for the last few Presidents. Calvin Coolidge rocks!!
Food for thought: Calvin Coolidge was actually a man of a very few words. He was the least eloquent of all presidents. It was said that for him to speak one or two sentences was already talking alot for him. He was probably dragging himself to give this speech. So if any president truly had never needed a teleprompter was Calvin.
There were no teleprompters back then. The first president to use a teleprompter was Lyndon Johnson. And every succeeding president with the exception of Richard Nixon used it including Donald Trump even though he denies it.
@@dianarendon5845 well if I were advising a present of that character I would say that he actually did need a teleprompter. Even though there was no such thing in those days. Today a man with this speech delivery would never be elected president. It's all about how you speak now.
How about that, interesting. I think he is very underrated. I read his biography and autobiography. He understood that the federal government shouldn't be involved in everything.
@iheartcicada : Well, not quite. The video says that this was recorded in June, 1930. So then Calvin Coolidge would not longer be US President as he would have been out of office since March, 1929. So in this video he would be a former US President not the incumbent. That position would be held at that time by Herbert Hoover.
@gregb6469 Yes, that's true. If he was being introduced publicly then he would have been announced as former president, but if one was talking to him privately then yes he would be referred to as Mr. President.
@@elliotmurphy3211 I try to look at results while in office, not character. I know what my 401K was like during his term, and I know what my 401K is like now 😓. But no, in no way shape or form do I support him this time around. He’s electoral poison. If you asked me now, not a year ago, no, I would not have included him. A horrible person. I probably should’ve included on my short list Cleveland (since I’m from Buffalo 😁) as well as Grant (who has undergone somewhat of a reassessment).
@ash_11117 it's a crying shame because his first term as president went so well with a prosperous economy. His 2nd is not so much He was still a man of greater integrity than any president we have had in the 21st century.
Coolidge and Adams (2nd president) are tied for the most underrated president, in my opinion. One of the last great Republican presidents along with Ike. Lincoln, Grant and Roosevelt were great as well.
what year was this recorded? I'm assuming that it has to be 1927 at the earliest being fox phonofilm would quite likely be the source and fox I believed started their films in '27. Unless this is an early DeForest/Case film? Or maybe it was later and he was Ex President Coolidge?
The event took place on Saturday, June 14, 1930, at the Amherst College alumni dinner. NBC carried the program over WEAF (New York) and other associated stations. Ex-President Coolidge spoke at about 1:30 pm (EST).
When in "official mode" or nearly so, he had a nasal sort of delivery, He became known for this, his speech and delivery in-private being much different.
So odd seeing footage of this time period in such high quality lol
Ikr? I’m doing a research paper on Coolidge and this is great!
Easily the most underrated president in US history.
Silent Cal- the quiet president that presided over a roaring era. He is the most recent President without an official Presidential Library and Museum. I hope they change that one day.
I don’t think so. Presidential libraries are usually started by descendants.
Oh, I think that's in-the-works and shall be, hopefully of-the-sooner than later.
That first of yours I found really quite good, Caleb, being perfectly descriptive of the case-actual.
There is the Coolidge Homestead in Plymouth Notch, Vermont, a great place to learn more about President Coolidge and his family.
@ I definitely wanna go someday. Would be an amazing experience.
This video was taken 93 years ago, wow!... The guy standing behind him looks like any guy around today and this was over 90 years ago.
Yes I was just saying that about the guy behind him too lol
He looks around just like I do 😂
@@artemis8396😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 must be dead long time ago
Coolidge had his pros and cons, but he looked at the presidency and made decisions that he felt were correct at the time.
He was our last "small government" President .
A rare honest politician who genuinely believed in weakening the power of the state
TRULY so re both of yours!
The Great Depression began 2 months after he left office. His preference for a deregulated financial sector had predictable results: financial ruin.
Mayor of Northampton Massachusetts governor of Massachusetts. Union buster anti labor from Plymouth VT….
I like him, the best president of the US, greet from Indonesia
AMAZING SPEECH. No need for a teleprompter!! Intelligent, well spoken and no need for "fluff." Think what we have had for the last few Presidents. Calvin Coolidge rocks!!
cheers to that
Food for thought: Calvin Coolidge was actually a man of a very few words. He was the least eloquent of all presidents. It was said that for him to speak one or two sentences was already talking alot for him. He was probably dragging himself to give this speech. So if any president truly had never needed a teleprompter was Calvin.
@@dianarendon5845 true. He could simply get his point across without long, winded speeches. He was a master of simplicity.
There were no teleprompters back then. The first president to use a teleprompter was Lyndon Johnson. And every succeeding president with the exception of Richard Nixon used it including Donald Trump even though he denies it.
@@dianarendon5845 well if I were advising a present of that character I would say that he actually did need a teleprompter. Even though there was no such thing in those days. Today a man with this speech delivery would never be elected president. It's all about how you speak now.
Fun fact: Calvin Coolidge is one of my distant ancestors.
How about that, interesting. I think he is very underrated. I read his biography and autobiography. He understood that the federal government shouldn't be involved in everything.
My grandfather went to Amherst and used to work for Calvin Coolidge.
Very cool! One of my favorite Presidents!
@@oldblackstock2499 who was the biography by?
Same
I support and will obey Calvin Coolidge forever!
Yea-yea!
A-OK!
And that very same here, Phillip!
Imagine your 35 year class reunion and one of your classmates is the president of the United States lol
@iheartcicada : Well, not quite. The video says that this was recorded in June, 1930. So then Calvin Coolidge would not longer be US President as he would have been out of office since March, 1929. So in this video he would be a former US President not the incumbent. That position would be held at that time by Herbert Hoover.
@@herondelatorre4023 I see, thank you for the clarification!
@@iheartcicada You're welcome.
@@herondelatorre4023 -- Yet he still would have been addressed as Mr President.
@gregb6469 Yes, that's true. If he was being introduced publicly then he would have been announced as former president, but if one was talking to him privately then yes he would be referred to as Mr. President.
Very underrated president. If I could be president I'd probably be someone like Coolidge.
Great President. He, Trump, Eisenhower, Teddy Roosevelt & Lincoln are my favorites.
@@patrickc3419 Truman is also great.
@@patrickc3419 Why Trump? He’s got no right to sit alongside those other Presidents you named.
@@elliotmurphy3211
I try to look at results while in office, not character. I know what my 401K was like during his term, and I know what my 401K is like now 😓.
But no, in no way shape or form do I support him this time around. He’s electoral poison. If you asked me now, not a year ago, no, I would not have included him. A horrible person.
I probably should’ve included on my short list Cleveland (since I’m from Buffalo 😁) as well as Grant (who has undergone somewhat of a reassessment).
@@patrickc3419You are correct.
the crazy part is that this was nine minutes, but it felt like two!
How time flies nowadays.
Clearly this was not extemporized but rather memorized -- and said with no teleprompters. Pretty darned good I'd say but, THAT was our Cal!
When the American accent was cool
"Pak Ya Ca In Havad Yad"
Good old New England accent.
Coolidge and Cleveland were the most libertarian presidents we ever had
Cleveland also presided over the third worst economic disaster in our nations history…
@ash_11117 it's a crying shame because his first term as president went so well with a prosperous economy.
His 2nd is not so much
He was still a man of greater integrity than any president we have had in the 21st century.
Yes,cal.
lets be honest; no one expected him to sound like this
Class of 1895. The year my great grandmother was born
Great grandpa was born in 1893
I graduated in 1895
Coolidge and Adams (2nd president) are tied for the most underrated president, in my opinion. One of the last great Republican presidents along with Ike. Lincoln, Grant and Roosevelt were great as well.
Ike was pretty good too.
@@jec1ny yep.
Adams was a terrible president, he wanted to become a king and destroy our young republic.
So COOL!!!
And here I was thinking Kennedy took the cake for the most New England-sounding President of the century; incredible!
Plymouth Notch, Vermont.
“Class of 1895” Got Damn,,, ima stop feeling old, being a high school graduate of 2015 😭
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
such a cutie!!!!!!!!!!!!
Historic wish this was in color
what year was this recorded? I'm assuming that it has to be 1927 at the earliest being fox phonofilm would quite likely be the source and fox I believed started their films in '27. Unless this is an early DeForest/Case film? Or maybe it was later and he was Ex President Coolidge?
The event took place on Saturday, June 14, 1930, at the Amherst College alumni dinner. NBC carried the program over WEAF (New York) and other associated stations. Ex-President Coolidge spoke at about 1:30 pm (EST).
Man he whissstlesssss
Year?
June 14, 1930.
@@movingimageresearchcollect7818 Thank you so much.
what year did this reunion rake place?
Prob '30
@@SponchHour He was still President I believe when this was made, so ‘27 or ‘28
1930. June 14.
Try reading the video description, folks!
Not a great orator, but he did not read a prompter or from a cellphone as Biden recently did. And he spoke in complete sentences that made sense😂
Damn you can still see the impact of the asteroid that had recently killed the dinosaurs a week before this was filmed
He sounds funny 🤣
When in "official mode" or nearly so, he had a nasal sort of delivery, He became known for this, his speech and delivery in-private being much different.
Herbert Hoover was the president at that time.
🤣AKA "Hoobert Heever" according to one radio announcer at least.🤣
He 'skipped' the class of 1895 in discussing the school's record. His dry Yankee humor!
o7
ffs, i nearly fell asleep by the sound of that monotone voice
His thick rural accent and flat tone honestly becomes really funny when you compare it to his wife's voice.
@@laylaasbury2309 Opposites attract lol