CBS News presents this live special afternoon report hosted by Mike Wallace.
The Early Bird satellite, which was recently launched, demonstrates its ability to link up Europe and North America with live television coverage from England, Canada, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, France, and the USA.
MEDICINE: A heart-valve operation performed at the Houston, Texas Memorial Medical Center, with questions from doctors at a Swiss medical conference.
SPORTS: The Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros warming up in the new Houston Astrodome; a soccer match from Warsaw Poland.
CRIME PREVENTION: "Wanted Persons" information exchange by Scotland Yard, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the FBI.
MUSIC: Festivals in Italy, Germany, and Mexico; the Soviet Navy Chorus in Portsmouth England; a student carnival in Sweden; the Swingle Singers near Munich; a Mexico City mariachi band; and five bands playing the same piece from London, Paris, Eseen Germany,Quebec City, Canada, and Washington D.C.
MEN AT WORK: United States astronaut Alan B. Shepard in training; a test of the Concorde supersonic jet engine in Britain; the Tide Force Power Project in France; tunneling under Mount Blanc.