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Title:

"Walter Mondale campaigns at East Los Angeles College"

Date:
October 3, 1980

Synopsis

Reporter Dixie Whatley covers Vice President Walter Mondale’s campaign speech at East Los Angeles College. Topics covered in the speech include the importance of registering to vote and being heard on Election Day, bilingual education, higher education, the nature of the presidential campaign to date, and the hostage crisis in Iran. Mayor Tom Bradley, Senator Alan Cranston and Cesar Chavez are all on the stage behind Mondale. Clip includes footage of Mondale working the crowd, Whatley’s segments, students on campus and at the event, Mexican folk dancers on the stage, and interviews with two different students at the college.