Buckley and Vidal Debates of 1968

In the summer of 1968, William F Buckley and Gore Vidal met four times at the GOP convention in Miami, and then four more times at the Democratic show in Chicago. These encounters lasted between eight and 22 minutes, and most of these are available on youtube (as of May 11, 2020):

• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Republican Convention 1968 Debate 1
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Republican Convention Debate 2
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Republican Convention 1968 Debate 3 part 1 of 2
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Republican Convention 1968 Debate 3 part 2 of 2
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Republican Convention 1968 Debate 4
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Democratic Convention 1968 Debate 1
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Democratic Convention 1968 Debate 2 Part 1
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Democratic Convention Debate 2 part 2
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Democratic Convention Debate 3
  


• Gore Vidal vs William Buckley Democratic Convention Debate 4 part 1
  

Here is a full 22-minute audio clip of their debate of Aug. 27, 1968, between Vidal and Buckley at the Democratic convention in Chicago.

In 2015, a movie was made of this exchange and the context surrounding it called "Best of Enemies".