For me, having grown up at the time and feeling that Carter might have been the last President to sling less corporatist bullshit than anyone in the Reagan/post Reagan Era, this speech was of special interest. It was a President asking for people to sacrifice, not to shop, for the benefit of the country. You are welcome to argue that point below. But what I hope you don't argue is that due to the technology of the time, the quality of this video left a lot to be desired. There was a constant hum or background sound which was most distracting and annoying. Also, the video quality left something to be disired - at least by today's standards. I've taken the liberty of applying noise reduction and, to make up for the loss of some tones due to this, I have done a quick EQ to step up the recording. For the video, I have applied a little Technicolor to give Carter some color (the green curtain behind him made him look ill - and who puts an almost pastel curtain behind someone anyhow????) and adjusted the levels. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYC_pyY7eVE

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