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#10665: CBS NEWS SPECIAL
Order1951-04-11, CBS, min.
- Harry S. Truman
- Douglas MacArthur
- James Nolan
- Matthew Ridgeway
- Joseph Martin
- Robert Kerr
- John Jackson Sparkman
- William Ezra Jenner
Commentary on the firing of General MacArthur, Representative Joseph Martin calls on General MacArthur to come to the US to tell story, also calls for possible impeachment of President Truman, Senator James Nolan calls situation "Far East Munich." Senator Robert Kerr supports Truman, supports all out war with Red China. Secretary Dean Acheson accused of dominating US policy and defense, Senator John Sparkman says General MacArthur lacks understanding of situation, Senator William Jenner claims firing gives Russians a great victory, President Truman chooses General Matthew Ridgeway to replace MacArthur. General ran Fleet to replace Ridgeway in 8th Army Command.
#10719: NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Order1951-12-07, , min.
Joe DiMaggio retires from baseball, playing in his final World Series two months earlier vs. the New York Giants.
#13025: NEWS SPECIAL
Order1956-10-29, , 19 min.
A campaign speech by Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson who is introduced by Senator John F. Kennedy. Stevenson attacks President Eisenhower, Vice-President Nixon and the Republican party for misinforming the American people about the world crisis.
#13068: CBS NEWS SPECIAL
Order1956-11-04, WCBS, 3 min.
A report on the day's developments in the UN, the UN condemns Russian aggression in Hungary and demands the withdrawal of Russian troops. Journalist Larry Lesueur reports from the UN.
#13220: CBS RADIO NEWS SPECIAL
Order1957-09-24, CBS, 12 min.
Highlights: Talk by President Eisenhower regarding Little Rock crisis broadcast live from the White House,
#13221: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Order1957-09-24, NBC, 9 min.
NBC newsmen Frank McGee, David Brinkley, and Richard Harkness discuss the racial crisis in Little Rock, Arkansas.
#13223: NEWS SPECIAL
Order1957-10-05, NBC, 2 min.
United States Government officials comment on Russia's "Sputnik" satellite, saying they're not surprised and that it's "no laughing matter." The Jubilant Russians give time-table of satellite passes.
1957-10-06, CBS, 28 min.
Scientists comment on Russian feat and other rocketry, US rocket programs assured in view of triumphal Sputnik Russian achievement. Douglas Edwards hosts this CBS TV NEWS SPECIAL REPORT.
#13239: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Order1957-11-02, NBC, 13 min.
Highlights: Marshall Zhukov is criticized, degraded, and stripped of political authority, he is accused of being a "butcher", Khrushchev using supreme power, comment on this Russian crisis by NBC newsmen.
1957-11-03, CBS, 7 min.
Highlights: Reports on new Russian "Dog" satellite, Sputnik 11 or "Muttnick", US prepares a sophisticated rocket "Vanguard" to launch its satellite, comments by US scientists on latest Russian feats, dog lovers around the world protest use of a dog in the satellite, Marshall Zhukov degraded in Russia, accused of Russia's World War 11 defeats, Russians put into service the world's largest plane, the TU 114.
#13265: NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Order1958-01-31, NBC, 4 min.
Highlights: The US launches its first satellite, report from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Herb Kaplow reports.
#13282: CBS NEWS SPECIAL
Order1958-05-14, CBS, min.
Vice-President Richard Nixon is to receive reception in Washington, DC following a trip to Venezuela in which his life was threatened by riotous mobs, Eisenhower comments on Venezuela; OAS Algerian (French) settlers active in Algeria- protest French policies in Algeria.
1959-01-03, NBC, min.
A statement from President Eisenhower on Alaska becoming the 49th State, a description of the 49-star flag.
1959-01-04, CBS, min.
Walter Cronkite reports on where the US stands in space, Nasa chief describes future US space plans. Anchor: Walter Cronkite
1959-04-15, WINS, min.
A documentary on Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as he resigns from office suffering from cancer. Tom O'Brien reports.
1959-08-27, NBC, 14 min.
Topics: President Eisenhower trip to Europe, Eisenhower visits Adenauer in Bonn comment on Khrushchev's proposed visit to the US in September, the future of Berlin, Eisenhower's trip to England. NBC correspondent, Frank McGee hosts.
#13375: NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Order1959-10-04, NBC, 7 min.
Russians launch a rocket to the moon considers it a "space station" will orbit the moon and return to earth, comment by Willy Ley Khrushchev winds up visit to Red China.
#13413: CBS NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Order1960-05-10, CBS, min.
A special report from CBS news: Senator Hubert Humprey concedes to Senator John F. Kennedy in the West Virginia primary.
#13422: CBS RADIO NEWS SPECIAL, THE
Order1960-05-16, WCBS, min.
Highlights: The collapse of the Big 4 summit conference, a report from Paris, Khrushchev will not attend summit unless the US denounces the U-2 flights and punish those involved, Eisenhower replies that air espionage will cease, the significance of pressures on Khrushchev are discussed.
1960-05-16, CBS, min.
Topics include the summit crisis, Khrushchev threatens to leave if unable to reconcile with Eisenhower, Eisenhower comments on current US policy on U-2, flights will not be resumed, Khrushchev wants Eisenhower to apologize and punish those involved, Eisenhower refuses, press secretary Hagerty comments on current US policy on U-2.
#13475: NEWS SPECIAL
Order1960-09-19, , min.
Khrushchev arrives in New York City to an unfriendly reception, other communist leaders including Fidel Castro are restricted to Manhattan, Communist leader Janos Kadar and USSR's Nikita Khrushchev make short dockside speeches, heavy police escort guides Khrushchev motorcade to the Russian embassy,
1960-09-25, CBS, min.
- Richard M. Nixon
- Jawaharial Nehru
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Fidel Castro
- Douglas Edwards
- Harold Macmillan
- John F. Kennedy
- Gamal Nasser
- Emily Post
Senator John F. Kennedy to meet with Vice President Richard M.Nixon in a television debate, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan arrives in New York, Khrushchev hopes for a man in orbit, Prime Minister Nehru of India arrives in New York, Egyptian president Nasser visits Castro in Harlem, Khrushchev wants three Russian secretaries in the UN instead of one, Emily Post dies at 86.
1960-10-07, NBC, min.
NBC newsman Frank McGee is the moderator for the second Nixon-Kennedy presidential debate telecast live from Washington DC.
1960-12-19, WINS, 8 min.
Running reports of a spectacular fire on an aircraft carrier, the USS Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard fifty die, eyewitness reports of the disaster from WINS radio and CBS-TV.
1961-01-03, NBC, 6 min.
Cuban diplomatic break commentary by Frank McGee and other NBC newsmen.
1961-01-24, NBC, 6 min.
NBC News special on the pirate ship in the Caribbean. The "Santa Maria" is hijacked by Portuguese rebels against the Antonio Salaza government.
#13540: NEWS SPECIAL
Order1961-04-14, , min.
Moscow's reception for Yuri Gagarin.
1961-04-23, WCBS, min.
The Sunday Night Evening News (15 minutes from 11:00 - 11:15pm) provided a weekly anchoring role for Walter Cronkite at WCBS in New York. The Premiere broadcast was the only time during the run of this weekend Sunday newscast that would be telecast in COLOR. Premiere- April 17, 1955. Highlights: France faces paratroop invasion by French army insurgents from Algeria, a civil war is threatened, Castro UN speech threatens US with fearful consequences if interference continues, Castro likes remedy to Hitler, Laos fighting continues. Sponsored by Aero Wax. Commercial included.
1961-05-08, KTLA, 00 min.
Live press conference with Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard, the first United States astronaut in space, three days after his historic flight.
1961-05-08, , 00 min.
Live press conference with Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard, the first United States astronaut in space, three days after his historic flight. Duplicate of 6956A.
1962-01-20, NBC, min.
NBC newsman Frank McGee hosts a preview of the proposed orbital space flight by Major John Glenn.
1962-02-20, CBS, min.
John Glenn's orbital flight with Charles Collingwood and Walter Cronkite. A recap of the flight and press interviews with the Glenn family. President Kennedy also comments on the flight. NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961 Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75 Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000 Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400 Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min. No. of Orbits Three 17 One Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460 Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1 Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
1962-02-20, NBC, min.
An NBC news special on the flight of Colonel John Glenn. Host: Frank McGee NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov: Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961 Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75 Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000 Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400 Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min. No. of Orbits Three 17 One Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460 Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1 Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
1962-03-22, NBC, min.
The crisis in Algeria following a truce. Secret army (OAS) terrorizes country to keep it French.
1962-07-19, CBS, min.
"Refuge in Brazil" concerns US fugitives such as financier E. Gilbert seeking refuge in Brazil. Attorney General Robert Kennedy comments. Host: Charles Collingwood
#13726: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Order1962-08-12, NBC, min.
A recap and discussion on the latest Russian space feat...twin spacemen, report from Moscow, discussion of U.S. position and future space plans
1962-10-22, NBC, min.
An NBC special report on the Cuban missile crisis.
#13863: ABC NEWS SPECIAL
Order1962-10-28, ABC, min.
Comment on Khrushchev backdown.
#13864: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Order1962-10-28, NBC, min.
Topics: The Cuban crisis, the Sino-Indian conflict. Ray Scherer reports.
1962-11-07, WCBS, 29 min.
On the day of her death, at the age of 78, a special tribute to the former first lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, is presented by Charles Collingwood. Included is a recent interview with Mrs. Roosevelt conducted by Dave Dubin. An excerpt is replayed from a January 22, 1954 Person to Person broadcast, Edward R. Murrow interviewing Eleanor Roosevelt. Charles Collingwood gives details on her life as this Special Report tribute continues with film of the Roosevelt family at Hyde Park, New York, during Franklin D. Roosevelt's 1932 campaign, Inauguration Day on March 4, 1933, Mrs. Roosevelt's war-time activities, the death of President Roosevelt, and her appointment as the first woman delegate to the United Nations. Collingwood closes with a tribute to "her quality of goodness and the transparency of her motivations."
#13912: NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Order1962-12-14, , min.
Signals are received from Mariner 11 as it approaches 21,000 miles from Venus.
#13985: NBC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT:
Order1963-02-21, NBC, 9 min.
A special report on the New York City newspaper strike which has continued into the 11th week, comments by President Kennedy and others.
1963-04-09, NBC, 24 min.
A documentary on the Soviet-Red Chinese split. A look at current Communist concepts and conflicts, focusing on the discord be tween the USSR and Red China. Interviewed are Secretary of State, Dean Rusk, UN Ambassador Adlai Stevenson and Cuban revolutionary Che Guevara. Narrator: Chet Huntley.
1963-05-16, NBC, min.
An NBC special report on the spaceflight of astronaut Gordon Cooper. Also features President John F. Kennedy.
#14117: NEWS SPECIAL
Order1963-05-20, , min.
Astronaut Gordon Cooper gets a hero's welcome in Washington, DC.
1963-06-17, CBS, min.
A CBS News special on the racial crisis in Harlem.
#14145L: NBC NEWS SPECIAL
Order1963-06-18, NBC, min.
Britain's government crisis, the John Profumo sex-scandal.
#14179: ABC NEWS SPECIAL REPORT
Order1963-06-23, ABC, 30 min.
An ABC special report on President Kennedy's first day trip thru Cologne, Germany, and his reception by high-government officials are reported. Additional commentary by Ron Cochran, William H. Lawrence, and Louis Cloffi. Anchor: Richard Bate.
1963-06-24, NBC, min.
Second-day coverage of President John F. Kennedy's trip to Germany. Also, "Harlem" will there be racial violence this summer?
1963-06-26, NBC, 16 min.
An NBC News Special Report on President Kennedy's fourth day of his trip to Germany. He also visits Berlin and at the wall gives a speech.