American rhetoric

Presents both full and partial texts of speeches with accompanying audio clips (Mp3 format) on a wide variety of subjects. Includes a database of over 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, and other recorded media events. Includes audio clips from well-known speeches, movies, sermons, popular songs, and media events by politicians, actors, preachers, athletes, singers, and other public figures. Also includes a full text, audio, and video database of over 50 Hollywood movie speeches, as selected by audiences of American rhetoric. Included are military movie speeches, sports-oriented movie speeches, forensic movie speeches, and social-political movie speeches. "American Rhetoric combines THE ONLINE SPEECH BANK and THE TOP 100 SPEECHES into one easy-to-use, searchable reference database for all ages. According to the website, the online speech bank is an index to and growing database of 5000+ full text, audio and video (streaming) versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews and other recorded media events. There are approximately 604 active links and are arranged alphabetically by first name and checked for errors at least once every two weeks. According to leading scholars of American public address, the top 100 speeches in this web site are an index to and partial database of full text transcriptions of the 100 most significant American political speeches of the 20th century." --Reviewed: March 8, 2006. "Best Free Reference Web Sites 2006," RUSA Quarterly, Fall 2006. Comp. by the MARS Best Free Websites Committee, RUSA, ALA.