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#11056: HARRY S.TRUMAN SPEECH ON 1952 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
1951-11-20, , min.
President Harry S. Truman comments on the 1952 Presidential election in which General Dwight D. Eisenhower will run against Democrat Adlai Stevenson.
#10841: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
1952-07-11, , min.
Dwight D. Eisenhower accepts the Presidential nomination of his party at the Republican National Convention in the International Amphitheatre in Chicago. During his speech, Eisenhower comments on the "Checkers" speech given by his Vice-Presidential running mate, Senator Richard Nixon, comments on the Korean war, Adlai Stevenson's Democratic acceptance speech, and announces he will be going to Korea.
#11060: PRE-ELECTION SPEECH FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER
1952-10-29, , min.
Minnesota Congressman Walter Judd speaks for Republican Presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower, days before the Presidential election.
#11058: "LETS LOOK AT THE RECORD"
1952-11-03, , min.
Discussion on the Korean war and the Presidential campaign. American Labor Leader Walter Reuther attacks President-Elect Eisenhower and Republicans.
#10847: TEX AND JINX SHOW: TEX MCCRARY AND JINX FALKENBURG
1954-01-19, WNBC, min.
TEX AND JINX Radio & Television BROADCAST HISTORY: April 22, 1946- February 27, 1959. WEAF (WNBC, WRCA), New York weekdays at 8:30 A.M. until 1954; at 1:00pm,1954-1955; then at 6:30 and 10:35pm until July 31, 1958, moving briefly to WOR, broadcasting at 2:15pm. In addition to the Kollmars (Dorothy Kilgallen and husband Richard Kollmar) and the Fitzgeralds (Pegeen and husband Ed Fitzgerald), another well-recognized New York couple, newlyweds Tex McCrary and Jinx Falkenburg, added their own bread-and-bacon banter to the local airwaves between 1946 and 1959. Their gabfest, initially Hi Jinx but later revised to Tex and Jinx, was beamed over WEAF which was subsequently re-lettered WNBC and later WRCA. In limited doses, the flagship outlet of the National Broadcasting Company transmitted Meet Tex and Jinx to the whole country during 1947 and 1948. Tex and Jinx devoted most of their airtime to lofty and noble concepts, visitors and sidebars. Tex and Jinx [on WEAF-WNBC-WRCA] were interviewing Bernard Baruch, Margaret Truman, or Ethel Waters…. McCrary built the show on the assumption that the early morning audience was not stupid, as programmers generally assumed; that people in general had fresher minds and were more open to serious topics at the beginning of the day.” Their joint radio venture began in April 1946 just 10 months following their nuptials (June 10, 1945). Launched as a breakfast feature, the series later shifted to afternoons and finally into the evening hours before departing the ether a dozen years afterward. They were branded by one journalist “Mr. Brains and Mrs. Beauty.” In early 1947 NBC put them on its television network as a portion of a Sunday evening quarter-hour dubbed Bristol-Myers Tele-Varieties. “The McCrarys were naturals for TV,” wrote a reviewer, “with their combination of friendly chatter, interviews, and features.” That summer the web awarded them an exclusive Sunday night half-hour format under the appellation At Home with Tex and Jinx. A decade later, in the 1957-58 season, the duo hosted a daytime NBC-TV showcase, The Tex and Jinx Show. When hepatitis sidetracked Falkenburg in 1958 from their broadcast commitments, McCrary carried on solo on their radio show for another couple of years. In the 1980s, however, the couple separated, remaining on genial terms. McCrary died in New York on July 29, 2003 and Falkenburg expired just 29 days later in the same city, on August 27, 2003. NOTE:: The scores of TEX AND JINX SHOWS archived by Archival Television Audio, Inc. were originally obtained as original 16" Electronic Discs from Barry Farber, producer of the show (1957-1959), in 1960 after he had begun his own career in front of the mike at WINS Radio. These discs were subsequently transferred to 1/4" reel to reel tape, and then disposed. These broadcasts are rare and represent the largest known collection of TEX AND JINX extant broadcasts in the world. Guest: General Curtis LeMay. Comments on Eisenhower's first year in office.#13010: PRESIDENT DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S CAMPAIGN SPEECH
1956-00-00, , 4 min.
President Dwight Eisenhower gives a campaign speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
#13017: NEWS
1956-10-27, , 4 min.
Hungarians revolt against invading Russian army in fierce fighting. Adlai Stevenson, democratic candidate running for President of the United States against President Dwight D. Eisenhower, states that Ike is a part-time president who plays golf especially during serious events of the day. Eisenhower plans to have his medical checkup today.
#13072: CBS NEWS WITH RON COCHRAN, THE
1956-11-05, WCBS, 7 min.
Israel accepts UN ceasefire terms as fighting ceases, fierce fighting in Budapest as Russians pour into the city, Stevenson speaks of Ike's health issues, claims Nixon will be President if Ike wins.
#24: JOURNEY TO UNDERSTANDING: PRESIDENT EISENHOWER RETURNS FROM THE SUMMIT MEETING
1960-05-20, WNBC, 43 min.
President Eisenhower's welcome home and his speech to the American people is telecast. NBC correspondents reporting the event are Bob Abernathy, John Chancellor, Bryson Rash, Frank Bourgholtzer and John Rich.#13484A: NEWS WNEW
1960-09-22, WNEW, min.
President Dwight Eisenhower will give a speech to UN, wants open skies policy, all quiet in Harlem after huge pro-Castro gathering, Tennessee sit-in faces ten years in prison.
#7371: RICHARD M. NIXON: POLITICAL SPEECH
1960-11-02, KTLA, 00 min.
Republican Presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon and Vice Presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge are joined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and New York Governor Nelson A. Rockerfeller for a political rally at Roosevelt Field in Westbury, NY.
#7073: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER SPEECH
1960-11-04, WNBC, 00 min.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower addresses a Republican Presidential rally in Chicago, Illinois.
#7374: RICHARD M. NIXON: POLITICAL SPEECH
1960-11-07, KTLA, 00 min.
Republican Presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon is joined by President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Vice Presidential candidate Henry Cabot Lodge in a final campaign speech before the next day's election.
#59: PROJECT 20: THE TWISTED CROSS
1961-01-03, WNBC, 57 min.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Alexander Scourby ,
- Adolf Hitler ,
- Robert Russell Bennett ,
- Richard Hanser ,
- Wilson Hall ,
- Henry Salomon ,
- Fidel Castro
Alexander Scourby narrates this documentary showing the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler. Produced by Henry Salomon and Richard Hanser. Musical score by Robert Russell Bennett. NBC news bulletins with Wilson Hall interrupts programming, stating that "President Eisenhower has broken off U.S. relations with Castro's Cuba." This program originally aired on March 14, 1956.#61: TRIBUTE TO A PATRIOT
1961-01-10, WNBC, 41 min.
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- James Stewart ,
- Merrill Mueller ,
- Bobby Jones ,
- Richard M. Nixon ,
- Jawaharial Nehru ,
- James A. Van Fleet ,
- Konrad Adenauer ,
- Harold Macmillan
President Dwight D. Eisenhower, on the eve of his departure from the White House, is given a special tribute. James Stewart is narrator and there are salutes from Merrill Mueller, Bobby Jones, Richard M. Nixon, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharial Nehru, James A. Van Fleet, German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan, and the next President of the United States, John F. Kennedy.#63: INAUGURATION CEREMONIES OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
1961-01-20, WCBS, 57 min.
- Walter Cronkite ,
- Charles Collingwood ,
- Harry S. Truman ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Edward R. Murrow ,
- Howard K. Smith ,
- John F. Kennedy ,
- Nancy Hodgeman ,
- Lynda Bird Johnson ,
- Lucy Johnson ,
- Averell W. Harriman ,
- Herbert Hoover ,
- Franklin D. Roosevelt ,
- Robert F. Kennedy
CBS coverage with Walter Cronkite, Edward R. Murrow, Charles Collingwood, Howard K. Smith and others provide commentary on this eventful day. We hear the last 14 minutes of President John F. Kennedy's 15 minute inauguration speech. In addition, Nancy Hodgeman interviews Lynda Bird Johnson and Lucy Johnson, Robert Kennedy, and Gov. Averell Harriman. Charles Collingwood reports from the Mayflower Hotel where the inaugural luncheon is covered. There are retrospective original audios heard of Herbert Hoover, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, and Dwight D. Eisenhower being sworn into office plus the oath of office taken today by President John F. Kennedy. Howard K. Smith commentary and analysis follows.#136: DUPONT SHOW OF THE WEEK: THE USO - WHEREVER THEY GO, THE
1961-10-08, WNBC, 54 min.
- Jack Benny ,
- Joe E. Brown ,
- Harry S. Truman ,
- Dick Powell ,
- Debbie Reynolds ,
- Danny Kaye ,
- Frances Langford ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Marilyn Monroe ,
- Bing Crosby ,
- Merle Oberon ,
- Irving Berlin
Many stars from Hollywood give tribute to the USO units who since 1942 have entertained troops overseas. They include Dick Powell, Marilyn Monroe, Jack Benny, Debbie Reynolds, Danny Kaye, Merle Oberon, Frances Langford, Joe E. Brown, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower and Bing Crosby. Included with these celebrity anecdotes, celebrating this 20th USO anniversary, is a clip of Irving Berlin singing his own song: "Until the Fifth Army Comes Home."#7072: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: SPECIAL ADDRESS
1962-10-28, WNBC, 00 min.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower discusses his talks with President Kennedy about the Cuban Missile Crises. From the Bellview Stradford Hotel. A special address to voters as Eisenhower campaigns for the Richard Nixon and Henry Cabot Lodge ticket ten days before the election.
#13869: CBS NEWS, THE
1962-11-03, CBS, min.
Topics: US photos show Cubans are dismantling Russian missile installations, ex-president Eisenhower backs Kennedy's Cuban moves.
#303: ED SULLIVAN SHOW, THE
1962-11-04, WCBS, 55 min.
- Gordon MacRae ,
- Harry S. Truman ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Richard Rodgers ,
- Herbert Hoover ,
- Ed Sullivan ,
- Steve Lawrence ,
- Roberta Peters ,
- Nancy Dussault ,
- Peggy Lee ,
- Cesare Siepi ,
- Diahann Carroll ,
- Adlai E. Stevenson
From Carnegie Hall, a Salute to Richard Rodgers with Gordon MacRae, Roberta Peters, Steve Lawrence, Nancy Dussault, Peggy Lee, Cesare Siepi and Diahann Carroll. Ed Sullivan reads telegrams in tribute from Herbert Hoover, Harry Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Adlai E. Stevenson and others.#381: BIOGRAPHY
1963-02-04, WNBC, 27 min.
Dwight D. Eisenhower is the profiled subject. Narrated by Mike Wallace.#387: EISENHOWER ON LINCOLN
1963-02-11, WNBC, 25 min.
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower converses with Civil War scholar, Pulitzer Prize historian Bruce Catton on the Lincoln Civil War years. Music by Robert Russell Bennett. As stated, the careers of Dwight D. Eisenhower and Abraham Lincoln present an interesting contrast. Ike had been a military man all his adult life when he found the Presidency all but thrust upon him. Abe, on the other hand, a man of very little military experience, found the Civil War thrust upon him only a month after his inauguration. Eisenhower offers a professional soldier's view of how Lincoln handled his role of Commander in Chief. He analyzes Mead's action against Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg, and the generalship of McClellan and Grant. Also covered in conversation are the changes in the functions of the Commander in Chief over the past 100 years, and Ike's admiration for General Robert R. Lee. This Special NBC half hour broadcast was produced at the library of the Eisenhower residence in Gettysburg Pennsylvania.#556: NBC'S FIRST LIVE BULLETINS AND LIVE COVERAGE OF THE ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY
1963-11-22, WNBC, 123 min.
- David Brinkley ,
- Joe Franklin ,
- Chet Huntley ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Frank McGee ,
- John F. Kennedy ,
- Irving R. Levine ,
- Merriman Smith ,
- Charles Murphy ,
- Don Pardo ,
- Barry Goldwater ,
- Richard Valeriani ,
- Charles Brehm ,
- Bill Ryan ,
- Robert MacNeil ,
- Jeff Pond ,
- Ed Silverman ,
- Tom Whalen ,
- Phil Gries ,
- Ron Simon ,
- Andrew K. Franklin ,
- Bill Mackey ,
- Samuel Brylawski
Discussion: Gries preserved lost NBC coverage of JFK assassination NBC television recorded over 70 hours and 25 minutes of coverage on President John F. Kennedy's assassination beginning on November 22nd and ending on November 25th, 1963. However, NBC failed to record the first two NBC television bulletins on Nov. 22, the first a local WNBC (NYC) TV bulletin, voiced by Don Pardo, at 1:45:03 to 1:45:30pm EST (27 seconds) & then an NBC NATIONAL bulletin at 1:46:45 - 1:47:53pm EST (68 seconds), and then subsequently an initial 3 minutes & 53 seconds of continuous coverage by Frank McGee, Chet Huntley and Bill Ryan, commencing at 1:53:12 to 1:57:05pm EST, before NBC TELEVISON began televising picture and sound, and preserving the broadcast, rolling 2" Quad Video Tape, the first Network to do so (Both CBS and ABC began continuous coverage was at 2:00pm EST). Amazingly, when there existed over 50 million television sets in the USA, ONLY Phil Gries, from his Brooklyn New York home, was in a position to audio tape record first NBC television coverage of these initial world changing historic broadcast events off the air, at the moment when the television generation came of age. The Kennedy Assassination coverage on television set a new standard for how breaking national stories could be delivered on TV. It was only in September 1963, that networks expanded their nightly news programs from 15 minutes to half-hour long broadcasts. Within an hour of the shooting, 68 percent of Americans had heard the news; within two hours, 92 percent had heard, and half of them found out from TV or radio. NBC TV clocked the most on air hours (70 hours 25 minutes) during its four day coverage, followed by ABC TV (60 hours), and CBS TV (55 hours). CBS used 600 employees, ABC used 500 employees, and NBC used 400 employees to televise their coverage all at an estimated cost of $225 million by todays value. Since 1963 the Television industry has greatly refined and expanded its abilities to deliver big and breaking stories, but with competition from the internet and social media, it will unlikely ever again hold a nation's attention the way it did that November weekend in 1963, when the first NBC TV bulletins broadcast by Don Pardo were to be the only historic recordings extant in broadcast history, recorded by one individual recording those historic moments on a tape recorder at his home in Brooklyn, New York. Phil Gries, founder and owner of Archival Television Audio Inc. used "American" Brand 1/4" reel to reel audio tape, recording, direct line, on his 1959 WEBCOR Stereo 1/4" reel to reel audiotape recorder (speed 3&3/4" IPS) which was connected to a 1949 ANDREA television set during the actual live NBC television broadcast. These historic soundtracks were donated by Phil Gries to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA, in 1995 (through archivist Bill Mackey), to Sam Brylawski representing The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. in 1997, and to archivist Ron Simon representing The Paley Center for Media in 2006. In addition, Archival Television Audio, Inc. duplicated a copy of these peerless bulletins and initial coverage to a stunned Don Pardo in 1998 on his 80th birthday...now confirming by ear and believing that a broadcast recording of his bulletins exist and not just as a memory. His May 1998 phone conversation with Phil Gries, recounting his memories announcing the first NBC TV bulletins can be heard on You Tube and on the ATA website (www.atvaudio.com) http://www.atvaudio.com/jfk.php Page at URL above contains letter from Gries describing how he taped the first four minutes of the NBC coverage. NBC did not archive this portion of its coverage, but Gries taped it and preserved it. In November 2013 these peerless recordings were donated by Phil Gries to Andrew K. Franklin, Senior Producer of NBC NIGHTLY NEWS for use on their 50th anniversary telecast, NBC NIGHTLY NEWS WITH BRIAN WILLIAMS (November 22, 2013). David Von Pein was given these recordings to be used on his definitive JFK website (http://dvp-video-audio-archive.blogspot.com) and uploaded to you tube in 2013. These first live NBC News Bulletins by Don Pardo would precede regular program cancellations and continuous NBC live coverage of this 20th century tragedy (the assassination of President John F. Kennedy) for the next three and a half days. The first two bulletins are heard. Bulletin number one (Local in NYC) is broadcast at 1:45:03 PM EST and airs for 27 seconds. Bulletin number two (National) is broadcast at 1:46:45 and airs for 68 seconds, followed by the first two hours of uninterrupted News coverage with NBC anchors Bill Ryan, Chet Huntley and Frank McGee. Seventy-one hours and twenty-seven minutes of continuous coverage begins with voice only on NBC at 1:53:12 PM, developing into picture and voice at 1:57:05 PM with CBS and ABC both starting their live continuous live on air person coverage at 2:00pm EST. The American Broadcasting Company was the first to go on air (RADIO) at 1:36:50pm EST voicing a bulletin by Don Gardiner. Like CBS TV, ABC TV came on with their first on air TV bulletin with logo slide being shown at 1:40 PM, and 1:41pm respectively. ABC would further have three more Bulletins all four voiced by Ed Silverman between 1:41 and 2:00pm before going live with video and tape rolling at 2:00pm. NBC TV actually went live with video and audio at 1:57:05 pm and as confirmed on Phil Gries' audio air check recorded off the air on to his television set with adjoining tape recorder, we hear a station identification BEEP at 2:00 pm (further provenance of this tape's authentic origin) which is NOT heard on the extant NBC TV recorded direct feed video tape that we are all familiar with and which resides in the National Archives. Furthermore, the Gries original audio tape has additional recorded audio material NOT originally duplicated and given as donations detailed above, or ever distributed or shared by anyone. There are live telephone reports from correspondent Robert MacNeil in Dallas, Texas. There are additional reports from Charles Murphy, David Brinkley and Marvin Agronsky. There is live coverage from the United Nations where the Secretary General expresses sorrow to all members of the Kennedy Family and to all the people in the United States. One minute of silence is observed by all delegates from the 111 member nations. There is continuing NBC coverage from station WBAP, the affiliate in Fort Worth, Texas with Newsman Tom Whalen. Eyewitness Charles Brehm recounts what he saw. There is the first live overseas report from Irving R. Levine from Rome and live coverage from outside the NBC building at Rockefeller Center, with its Mobile Unit searching out reactions from New Yorkers with reporter Jeff Pond. Correspondent Richard Valeriani reports live from the White House. There are statements from Senator Barry Goldwater and from former President, Dwight D. Eisenhower. It took an incident of this proportion to catapult television into the forefront as the world's number one communicator of news and special events. Television had come of age. NOTE: "FOUR DAYS: THE HISTORICAL RECORD OF THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY" compiled by The United Press International (Published by American Heritage Publishing Company, copyright 1964) details (reproductions of his teletype bulletins) United Press International's Merriman Smith, dean of the White House correspondents, description of his frantic rush to call the Dallas UPI bureau and communicate first reports of the JFK shooting. It was his UPI copy that came off an NBC Teletype machine in a newsroom in NYC that was read by Don Pardo. Because in 1963 it took an NBC camera 11 minutes to become "active," transmitting a visual signal, an NBC Bulletin Card was viewed at first by those tuning in to this station. It was chaotic on NBC where staff announcer Don Pardo made the first mention of the shooting. News reporter Frank McGee was pressed into service and was receiving his information over the phone from correspondent Robert McNeil in Dallas. TRIVIA NOTE: NBC's staff announcer Don Pardo's first local WNBC-TV bulletin interrupted the telecast of a Bachelor Father re-run which originally aired on May 26, 1960) Season 3, Episode 35 titled 'Bentley and the Beach Bum.' Also, interesting to note that on this day only three television programs broadcast LIVE prior to the assassination, none at the time when the shooting occurred. They were THE TODAY SHOW (NBC 7:00-9:00am, THE JOE FRANLKIN SHOW (WOR 12:15-1:30pm), and TELL US MORE (WNBC 1:00-1:30pm). NBC's television coverage, although informative, did not match the gravitas of Walter Cronkite at his desk at CBS Television, who would be visually seen on the air beginning at 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time, informing the country of the death of the president as he removed his glasses and struggled with his emotions. Surprisingly, in the end, more people tuned into NBC’s coverage, anchored by Chet Huntley and David Brinkley, than Walter Cronkite and the CBS crew. It would be several years before Cronkite was able to overtake NBC’s popular anchor duo in the ratings. NOTE: The first two NBC Television Bulletins (the first local WNBC, and the second National NBC) and the initial 3:53 seconds of continuous NATIONAL coverage commencing at 1:53:05pm EST was never recorded by NBC or by any other known broadcasting station or broadcasting archive. Amazingly, the only existing broadcast recording in the world of NBC'S TV historic television transmission was audio recorded off the air by Phil Gries, founder of Archival Television Audio, Inc., viewing his 1949 Andrea television at that moment, and fortuitously pushing the record button on his Webcor Stereophonic 1/4" reel to reel audio tape recorder during the actual live Television Broadcast. To date, no other audio or video has ever surfaced documenting these moments, an incredible fact since 50 million American homes approximating 200 million viewers were tuned in to their television set comprehending that the President of the United States was shot in Dallas. In today's digital world where every minutia event is recorded and preserved, it is mind boggling to this archivist that I uniquely recorded a television broadcast related to an assassination of an American President, at a time in 1963, when there were over 55 million television sets in the homes of people living in the United States. These historic sound tracks have been donated to the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, MA, The Library of Congress in Washington D.C. and The Paley Center for Media in NY and LA. The November 22, 1963 John F. Kennedy NBC-TV assassination bulletins and the initial lost 3:53 seconds of NBC live coverage are the most significant treasure in our archive. They personify just a part of the many thousands of other Archival Television Audio original, off the air, television soundtracks which represent the only record of a specific TV broadcast known to exist. Archival Television Audio, Inc. is the largest repository in the world collecting, preserving and archiving "lost" vintage TELEVISION BROADCASTS surviving as AUDIO ONLY, focusing and representing the years 1946 thru 1982. The ATA website (www.atvaudio.com) initiated in 2002 offers the public access to searching for tens of thousands of programs by title, performer, and date. TIMELINE of the John F. Kennedy assassination Television and Radio Coverage (from 1:36 p.m. EST - 2:00 p.m. EST) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia NATIONALLY The first national news bulletin of the shooting came over the ABC Radio Network at 12:36:50pm CST/1:36:50pm EST.[183] The most complete recording of the initial ABC bulletins came from WRUL, a New York-based station transmitting to Latin America and Europe on shortwave, which was featuring a program of MOR album music when the shooting took place. At the time, Doris Day's recording of "Hooray for Hollywood", from the 1937 musical film Hollywood Hotel, was playing, when newscaster Don Gardiner broke in with the developments: We interrupt this program to bring you a special bulletin from ABC Radio. [Takes a short pause] Here is a special bulletin from Dallas, Texas: (Reading UPI bulletin) 'THREE SHOTS WERE FIRED AT PRESIDENT KENNEDY'S MOTORCADE TODAY IN DOWNTOWN DALLAS, TEXAS.'[184] This is ABC Radio. To repeat: 'in Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade today.' The president now making a two-day speaking tour of Texas. We're going to stand by for more details on the incident in Dallas. Stay tuned to your ABC station for further details. Now, we return you to your regular program.[183] 4 minutes after ABC's radio bulletin, CBS was the first to break the news over television at 12:40pm CST/1:40pm EST. The network interrupted its live production broadcast of "As the World Turns" with a "CBS News Bulletin" bumper slide and Walter Cronkite, reporting from the CBS Radio flash booth, filed an audio-only report. Immediate live video of Cronkite wasn't possible at that time, as no camera in the CBS newsroom was active and ready. TV cameras of that era used image orthicon tubes which took approximately 20 minutes to warm up.[185] "Here is a bulletin from CBS News. In Dallas, Texas, three shots were fired at President Kennedy's motorcade in downtown Dallas.' The first reports say that President Kennedy has been seriously wounded by this shooting. More details just arrived. These details about the same as previously: President Kennedy shot today just as his motorcade left downtown Dallas. Mrs. Kennedy jumped up and grabbed Mr. Kennedy, she called 'Oh, no!' The motorcade sped on. United Press says that the wounds for President Kennedy perhaps could be fatal. Repeating, a bulletin from CBS News: 'President Kennedy has been shot by a would-be assassin in Dallas, Texas.' Stay tuned to CBS News for further details." Initially, the live broadcast of "As the World Turns," which included commercials, continued, with the actors unaware of the earlier pre-emption for the bulletin. Cronkite later filed two bonus audio-only bulletins to interrupt programming, the last of which interrupted a Friskies dog food commercial and pre-empted the remaining running time of As the World Turns. Only the bulletin bumper remained on screen while a television camera warmed up, until 2:00 p.m. EST. Cronkite stated in a later interview that this event was responsible for a new CBS network policy of always having a "hot camera" available to the newsroom to avoid this difficulty in the future.[186] At that time, As the World Turns was the runaway top-rated daytime show, and ABC and NBC made no concerted effort to compete with CBS in the time slot; as a result, the other television networks weren't on the air in the Eastern and Central Time Zones. Various programs were being broadcast through their affiliate stations.[187] From their main headquarters in New York, WABC-TV's first bulletin came from Ed Silverman at 1:41 p.m. EST, interrupting reruns of The Ann Sothern Show on the East Coast and Father Knows Best in the Mountain Time Zone. ABC-TV was not feeding programming to its affiliates in the Pacific Time Zone at that hour. At the same time of ABC-TV's first bulletin, NBC Radio reported the first of three "Hotline Bulletins", each preceded by a "talk-up alert" which gave all NBC-affiliated stations 30 seconds to join their parent network. Three minutes later, at 1:45:03pm EST Don Pardo broke into WNBC-TV's local rerun of "Bachelor Father" with the news, saying (reading AP bulletin) 'PRESIDENT KENNEDY WAS SHOT TODAY JUST AS HIS MOTORCADE LEFT DOWNTOWN DALLAS. MRS. KENNEDY JUMPED UP AND GRABBED MR. KENNEDY. SHE CRIED 'OH NO!' THE MOTORCADE SPED ON.'[166][188][189] (Videotape of the NBC bulletins have been assumed "lost" as they did not start recording coverage until minutes later. However, audio engineer Phil Gries rolled tape on a set of audio recordings on a 1/4" reel to reel audiotape recorder. These have been donated to the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library.[190] However, NBC, in its book on the coverage of the assassination, mentioned the bulletins, as stated on the Associated Press wire report from which Don Pardo read.)[189] At 1:53:12pm (EST), NBC broke into programming with an NBC Network bumper slide and Chet Huntley and Bill Ryan began informing the viewers what was going on as it happened.[189] However, NBC's camera was not ready and the coverage was limited to audio-only reports as recorded by Phil Gries (3 minutes & 53 seconds), as CBS' coverage had been to that point. Other than for two audio-only bulletins (one following the initial report), ABC TV did not break into its stations' programming at all, instead waiting until the network was to return to broadcasting at 2:00pm Eastern Standard Time to begin its coverage. At 1:57:05pm EST, just as Frank McGee joined the reporting, NBC began broadcasting the report as their camera was ready and working.[190] Three minutes later, at 2:00pm EST, CBS' camera was finally ready and Cronkite appeared on the air after a brief station break, with ABC beginning its coverage at the same time. Radio coverage was reported by Don Gardiner (ABC), Allan Jackson (CBS), and (after a top-of-the-hour newscast) by Peter Hackes and Edwin Neuman (NBC).#962: WINSTON CHURCHILL: MAN OF THE CENTURY
1965-01-24, WCBS, 59 min.
On the day of his death at age 90, a special report on Sir Winston Churchill. There is a tribute from Dwight D. Eisenhower. Almost the entire debut presentation from the nine year running series Twentieth Century is rebroadcast. That first program, "Winston Churchill: Man of the Century," aired on Oct. 20, 1957 and as all programs, was narrated by Walter Cronkite. Robert Trout introduces this special report. Eric Sevareid gives commentary.#964: FRIENDS OF MR. CHURCHILL
1965-01-25, WCBS, 48 min.
A special report on the friends of Sir Winston Churchill who knew him well including Dwight David Eisenhower, who is interviewed by Walter Cronkite and Lord General Ismay, who was interviewed by Edward R. Murrow in 1960 and broadcast now for the first time.#965: SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL: A DAY OF TRIBUTE
1965-01-30, WCBS, 108 min.
- Walter Cronkite ,
- Charles Collingwood ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Winston Churchill ,
- Richard Dimbleby ,
- Lord Herbert Morrison ,
- Brian Connell
Starting at 7:00 AM (EST), CBS News begins coverage of the State funeral for Britain's wartime leader, Sir Winston Churchill, in this final tribute to one of the great men of the twentieth century. Walter Cronkite and Charles Collingwood co-anchor this special coverage. From England, Richard Dimbleby, of the BBC, describes the procession as it occurs. Recorded seven hours earlier, the video tape was then flown by jet to New York and then telecast to the USA. A tribute is heard from Lord Herbert Morrison who was a member of Churchill's cabinet during World War II. Others pay tribute including Dwight D. Eisenhower. From ITV, commentary is heard from Brian Connell.#8096: DEATH OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, THE: RADIO
1969-03-28, WGY, min.
A musical tribute to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the day of his death.
#8097: LIFE OF DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, THE
1969-03-28, NBC, 60 min.
A look at the life of Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States on the day of his death.
#8098: EISENHOWER: HIS LIFE AND TIMES: RADIO
1969-03-28, WGY, min.
A look at the life of Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States on the day of his death.
#8099: DWIGHT DAVID EISENHOWER: A TRIBUTE
1969-03-28, NBC, min.
A tribute to former President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the day of his death.
#8100: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER FUNERAL
1969-03-29, NBC, min.
Live television and radio coverage of the motorcade to the Washington National Cathedral, carrying the body of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the day of his funeral. Radio coverage provided by WGY, Schenectady.
#6067: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER FUNERAL
1969-03-30, NBC, 240 min.
Coverage of the funeral of President Dwight D. Eisenhower's cortge from Washington National Cathedral to Capital Rotunda. NBC TV & Radio coverage.#8101: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER: WASHINGTON DCCORTEGE
1969-03-30, NBC, min.
The carrying of the casket for former United States President Dwight David Eisenhower from the chapel of The Washington National Cathedral to 16th and Constitution Ave, where the casket was placed on a caisson.
#8102: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER- SERVICES AT WASHINGTON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL
1969-03-31, NBC, min.
The carrying of the casket of former United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower back to the Washington National Cathedral for final services.
#8111: DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER, THE BURIAL OF
1969-04-02, NBC, min.
Live coverage of the burial of former United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower in Abilene, Kansas.
#1097: A 1970'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS OF RADIO
1970-11-00, KDKA, 294 min.
- Jack Benny ,
- Rudy Vallee ,
- Harry S. Truman ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Garry Moore ,
- Edward R. Murrow ,
- John Daly ,
- Arthur Godfrey ,
- John F. Kennedy ,
- Herbert Hoover ,
- Bob Hope ,
- Eddie Cantor ,
- W.C. Fields ,
- Ed Wynn ,
- George Burns ,
- Henry Morgan ,
- Douglas MacArthur ,
- Winston Churchill ,
- Tommy Dorsey ,
- Victor Borge ,
- Eleanor Powell ,
- Wendell Willkie ,
- Ben Grauer ,
- Charles Dickens ,
- Irene Wicker ,
- Gracie Allen ,
- William B. Williams ,
- Bruce Morrow ,
- Stan Freberg ,
- Rod MacLeish ,
- Fibber McGee & Molly ,
- Bing Crosby ,
- Amos 'N' Andy ,
- Barry Farber ,
- James Melton ,
- Kay Kayser ,
- Lanny Ross ,
- Walter Winchell ,
- Will Rogers ,
- Charlie McCarthy ,
- Fanny Brice ,
- Franklin D. Roosevelt ,
- Agnes Moorehead ,
- Jack Armstrong ,
- Ben Bernie ,
- Sybil Trent ,
- Mary Livingston ,
- Ben Gross ,
- Jimmy Wallington ,
- George Hamilton Combs ,
- Jack Bogut ,
- Warren Barber ,
- Al Smith ,
- Harry Lauder
A fiftieth anniversary of Radio Broadcasting, 1920 to 1970, with narrators Ben Gross, Jimmy Wallington, Henry Morgan, George Hamilton Combs, Garry Moore and Jack Bogut. Tracks include Warren Barber, Rudy Vallee, Fanny Brice, Eddie Cantor, Al Smith, Amos 'N' Andy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Lauder, Will Rogers, Ben Bernie's Orchestra, Jack Benny and Mary Livingston, Arthur Godfrey, Charlie McCarthy and W.C Fields, Victor Borge, Herbert Hoover, Bob Hope, Ed Wynn, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Agnes Moorehead, "The Lone Ranger," "The Shadow," Irene Wicker, Jack Armstrong, "Young Dr.Malone," "Mary Noble Backstage Wife," "Sybil Trent, Eleanor Powell, Ziegfeld Follies with James Melton, Lanny Ross, Ben Grauer, "The March of Time," Huey Long, John Daly, Walter Winchell, Winston Churchill, Kay Kayser's Orchestra, Command Performance, Wartime Songs, "Your Hit Parade," Harry S. Truman, "Stage Door Canteen, "Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, Bing Crosby, Princess Elizabeth, Edward R. Murrow, General Wainwright, Wendell Willkie, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, Bruce Morrow, Stan Freberg, William B. Williams, Rod MacLeish, Barry Farber, Death of J.F.K., radio fluffs and commercials.#7018: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: CBS RADIO AT 50:AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN SOUND -SEPT 18TH 1927-1977
1977-09-18, CBS, 00 min.
- Walter Cronkite ,
- Red Skelton ,
- Mel Allen ,
- Red Barber ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Richard M. Nixon ,
- Frank Sinatra ,
- John F. Kennedy ,
- William S. Paley ,
- Others
See #1151 For Details.
#1151: A 1960'S RADIO BROADCAST ADDITION: CBS RADIO AT 50: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY IN SOUND - SEPTEMBER 18, 1927-1977
1977-09-18, WCBS, 158 min.
- Walter Cronkite ,
- Red Skelton ,
- Mel Allen ,
- Red Barber ,
- Dwight D. Eisenhower ,
- Richard M. Nixon ,
- Edward R. Murrow ,
- Arthur Godfrey ,
- Frank Sinatra ,
- John F. Kennedy ,
- Casey Stengel ,
- Joe DiMaggio ,
- Bruce Dunning ,
- Charles Osgood ,
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. ,
- Eve Arden ,
- William S. Paley ,
- Marie Wilson ,
- Bing Crosby ,
- Douglas Edwards ,
- Goodman Ace ,
- Benny Goodman ,
- Ted Husing ,
- Eric Sevareid ,
- Andy Rooney ,
- The Andrews Sisters ,
- Robert Trout ,
- Edgar Bergen ,
- Agnes Moorehead ,
- Orson Welles ,
- Fred W. Friendly
Walter Cronkite introduces segments with famous political, creative and entertainment personalities as well as news events from the past fifty years of broadcasting. Heard are: Bruce Dunning, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr., Richard M. Nixon, William S. Paley, Eric Sevareid, Orson Welles, Goodman Ace, Mel Allen, Eve Arden, Red Barber, Edgar Bergen, Bing Crosby, Joe DiMaggio, Douglas Edwards, Arthur Godfrey, Ted Husing, Agnes Moorehead, Charles Osgood, Andy Rooney, Red Skelton, Casey Stengel, Marie Wilson, The Andrews Sisters, Fred W. Friendly, Benny Goodman, Edward R. Murrow, Frank Sinatra and Robert Trout.