Video: 'Rare Footage of President Johnson Rehearsing March 31, 1968 Speech'

(Sunday, March 31, 1968, 3:03-3:36 p.m. EST; during the Democratic Party presidential primaries, 1968; during the Vietnam War, part of the Indochina Wars and the Cold War) — President Lyndon Johnson practiced tonight’s nationally televised speech about the Vietnam War in front of cameras and teleprompter this afternoon in the Oval Office at the White House.

Johnson planned to “discuss troop speculations that have taken place, what our plans are, and what information we are able to talk about now.” He also said he’d “talk about other questions of some importance,” without elaborating.

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