Videos
Check out the streaming videos below to see recordings of famous speeches and demonstrations of public speaking and presentation skills.
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Great Canadian SpeechesFrom the News Archives of the CBC comes a two-volume videotape collection capturing key moments in our political history. This resource is an invaluable record of Canadian leaders speaking to Canadians, from Mackenzie King to Jean Chrétien. Each speech is prefaced by informative contextual narratives.
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Great Speeches CollectionFeatures some of history’s most influential addresses—and continues to have a profound impact on the study of speech. Watch as FDR declares war, Churchill attacks Hitler, Harry Truman announces the bombing of Japan, Lou Gehrig bids farewell to baseball, Martin Luther King Jr. relays his dream, Nixon resigns the presidency, Reagan pleads the Berlin Wall be torn down, and a young Barack Obama ignites a 2004 convention in a speech that would change the course of the country.
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Public Speaking: Principles of Public Speaking SeriesVideos in Series:
Planning a Speech, Delivery, and Audience & Listening Skills -
Public Speaking SeriesVideos in Series:
Introductory and Impromptu Speeches; Informative & Persuasive Speeches; and Incorporating Research, Visual Aids, and Multimedia -
Speeches that Changed the WorldThis collection of classic speech excerpts contains not only inspiring orations to democratic freedom and the noblest aspects of human endeavor, but also some of the darkest and most despicable speeches delivered in modern times.
