In 1952, the Progressive Party ran attorney Vincent Hallinan for President of the United States and Charlotta Bass for Vice-President, making her the first African-American woman ever to run for National office. The campaign attracted little media attention and few votes, and was not even on the ballot in many states.
Topic: Discussion of the Korean war.
A panel discussion by scientists on the current state of US science in light of the latest Russian space feats. Also commentary on President Eisenhower's speech given earlier.
Howard Whitman is the host. The opening of the "Gray Ghost" Western movie is heard.
A look back at the year 1957. Highlights include, the Russians launch Sputnik satellite, Bigots and segregationists riot in the South, includes a report from John Secondari, labor corruption, a detailed report by ABC correspondents, Dave Beck and Jimmy Hoffa denounced by Senator John McClellan, Senate committee excerpts
including Senator McClellan, Robert Kennedy, Senator Irving Ives, Jimmy Hoffa plays dumb, many unions are investigated for possible corruption, integration problems, riots in Little Rock, Arkansas, spurred on by Gov. Orval Faubus, Federal troops restore order, comments by Faubus, Eisenhower, and Negro students, Sputnik launched US prestige is lowered, US values need changing, Khrushchev threatens US "Sputnik Diplomacy," comments by Dr. Edward Teller, Werner Von Braun, General Jimmy Doolittle, on space crisis. Comment on Khrushchev by Cecil Brown, President Eisenhower's illnesses, Nato troubles and Nato summit meeting in Paris not much accomplished, reports from France and England, Quincy Howe comments on the potential crisis from the Middle East and Asia to be capitalized by Russia, US suffers a further setback in failure to launch a satellite.
John Daly is the host.
Broadcast Sunday evenings on ABC.
Highlights: Jewish temple dynamited in Atlanta George, Mourners for Pope Pius press at Saint Peters, Alcatraz fugitive found drowned, Communists extend cease- fire for two weeks at Quenioy, Marshal Josip Broz Tito thinks rift with Moscow will not last long, Moon rocket fails and will renter earth's atmosphere here and blow up.
NBC Live radio coverage of the 1960 Presidential Election returns between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice-President Richard M. Nixon.
This rare archived off the air recording begins with 4% of the vote counted. Commercials during this radio broadcast are included.
Live coverage of the 1960 Presidential Election Returns on WRCV-TV, an NBC affiliate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Chet Huntley, David Brinkley, and Tom Pettit report.
On December 16th, 1960, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collided in mid-air with a TWA-Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation descending toward La Guardia Airport. The Constellation crashes on Miller Field in Staten Island while DC-8 goes down in Park Slope, Brooklyn. All 128 people aboard the two aircraft were killed, including six people on the ground.
Additional CBS-TV coverage of mid-air plane crash begins twelve hours after accident with Walter Cronkite and Harry Reasoner.
John F. Kennedy speaks to the General Assembly of the United Nations for the first time in his administration. The topic of his address is the accidental death of U.N. Secretary Dag Hammarskjold.
From the New State Department in Washington D.C. the 43rd live News Conference of President John F. Kennedy.
Comments on Castro and Cuba, claims Soviet technical aid is no threat to this hemisphere, the US will intervene if Cuba presents an offensive threat, other topics include international violence, nuclear testing, politics, and space.
Wells Church reporting.
Special report direct from the White House. Robert Karowsky reports on NBC Radio, President John F. Kennedy's address to the American people on the Soviet Arms buildup crises in Cuba is heard.
President Kennedy charges that the Soviet Union has erected offensive weapons in Cuba, ballistic missiles that are capable of striking the Southeast US, US will initiate a strict quarantine against military shipments to Cuba.
On the air at 1:46 EST. Initial coverage from Dallas station WFAA of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. From
the local television newsroom bulletins and information are broadcast to a shocked public. Eyewitnesses to the shooting are interviewed in the studio. Jerry Haynes and Jay Watson report. Assistant News Director and Chief Cameraman Bert Shipp discusses his eyewitness account of the shooting. Ron Cochran reports of the President's death.
ABC newscaster Peter Jennings does a thirty-second promo spot announcing to viewers he will be ABC's new primetime anchor beginning on February 1st, 1965.
NBC Monitor News. President Johnson arrives home from his 17-day Asiatic tour with wife Lady Bird Johnson, arriving at Dulles International Airport in Washington D.C.
American morality is changing, especially among the young. Is the trend toward pleasure and kicks for kicks sake? Among those interviewed: Timothy Leary, Ralph Ginzburg, Ray Anthony, Jonathan Miller, Hugh Hefner, William F. Buckley Jr., and Dr. Harvey Cox discuss freedom in society without destroying itself.
Canadian pianist and composer Glenn Gould discusses the merits of Mozart and illustrates his comments on the piano. "PBL" host Edward P. Morgan reports from Milwaukee on the political scene prior to the Wisconsin primary.
Host: Edward P. Morgan.
Governor George Wallace campaign related to rights of whites to control their own destiny. Infomercial for contributions to his campaign to run for president. Political telecast paid by the George Wallace campaign.
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