Search Results
4 records found for John Rolfson
#14010: LYNDON JOHNSON INTERVIEW
Order1963-03-26, ABC, min.
An interview with Vice-President Lyndon Johnson who is asked about his duties. In a half hour conversation with the Vice President, Lyndon B. Johnson, he talks about the current scope of his office and comapared with official duties of the vice President before World War 2.
1963-08-11, ABC, 27 min.
An ABC special report on the "Civil Rights Crisis." Ron Cochran reports. The first of five programs. The Negro drive to turn rights into realities is the subject of five half-hour weekly reports. Ron Cochran is the anchor man in New York City. Other newsmen reporting: John Rolfson, Richard Bate, Roger Sharp. In tonight's program, "CHRONOLOGY OF CRISIS," a brief history of Negro life in the US.is followed by an outline of civil rights developments since World War 2 that led up to the present. situation. From his home in Atlanta Martin Luther King is interviewed by correspondent Roger Sharp. Others interviewed on this program include Arkansas Governor Orval Faubus, Atlanta publisher Ralph McGill, and Dr. Kenneth Clark, New York psychologist. Also included: An ad for "Hootenanny."
1963-11-22, WABC, 89 min.
- Bob Walker
- John F. Kennedy
- Abraham Zapruder
- Bob Clark
- Jules Bergman
- Edward P. Morgan
- John Rolfson
- Jay Watson
- Ron Cochran
- Don Goddard
- Eddie Barker
- Ed Silverman
- Frank Reynolds
A live bulletin is heard by Don Goddard reporting that President John F. Kennedy is shot in downtown Dallas, Texas. This second ABC bulletin follows the first bulletin which airs at 1:41 PM (EST). Continuous ABC Network coverage begins at 2:00 PM. Ron Cochran reports. Reporting from the scene of the assassination on WFAA-TV Dallas is Eddie Barker. Cochran and Ed Silverman continue with updated coverage from ABC headquarters in New York. Other correspondents confirm the death of the President. There are eyewitness accounts reported from Dallas Affiliate WFAA-TV. Correspondents Jay Watson and Bob Walker are heard. From Washington D.C., Edward P. Morgan reports. Bob Clark reports from Parkland Hospital in Dallas where the President was taken. He gives exact details of events which have occurred, moment by moment, from the time President Kennedy was shot. Vice President of ABC James Hagerty contributes commentary with Don Goddard. The Inspector of Police is interviewed at the scene of the book depository where shots were fired. More coverage from WFAA-TV studio interview with Abraham Zapruder is heard. With 8mm camera in hand, he has just walked into the studio with film footage he has shot of the actual assassination. There are updates reported by John Rolfson and Edward P. Morgan. From Times Square in Manhattan, Jules Bergman reports. He interviews people in the street. From State Street in Chicago, Frank Reynolds reports. ABC coverage is least remembered; it is viewed by only 8% of the American public. The majority of viewers tuned into CBS & NBC for what will probably be remembered as the most memorable coverage in TV history for a single event.1968-11-04, ABC, min.
- Howard K. Smith
- Sam Jaffe
- Ted Koppel
- Bill Lawrence
- Tom Jarriel
- Frank Reynolds
- Eugene McCarthy
- Edmund Muskie
- John Rolfson
ABC News events of the day. Highlights: Election odds Hubert Humphrey campaign- Humphrey answers questions on the Vietnam war and the Middle East crisis. Senator Edmund Muskie comments on birth control and legalized abortion, Eugene McCarthy calls and talks to both Muskie and Humphrey, on the draft and socialism.Nixon campaign-Ted Koppel, Frank Reynolds report. George Wallace campaign- Sam Jaffe, Frank Reynolds Election coverage-Tom Jarriel, Frank Reynolds, Howard K. Smith Vietnam peace talks-John Rolfson, Frank Reynolds. Host: Frank Reynolds.