CBS NEWS SPECIAL: EARTH DAY: A QUESTION OF SURVIVAL (TV)
Summary
This news special, anchored by Walter Cronkite, looks at the various events that took place in cities throughout the United States to celebrate Earth Day. This program includes interviews with doctors, ecologists, and anti-pollution activists. Highlights include: in Denver, Colorado, high school students ride their bikes to school instead of driving cars; in Washington, D.C., the rallies don't draw large crowds but thousands of students march to the Department of Interior; in Albion, Michigan, many young students participate in "Trash Wednesday" by cleaning up areas where parks can be developed; in Council Bluff, Iowa, sixth graders go on an early morning nature walk in order to see what has happened to the land; in Boston, peaceful demonstrations at the airports are broken-up by police, leading to many unnecessary arrests; in New York City, many of the major avenues are closed to traffic for two hours as people march against pollution; in Chicago, Illinois, over four thousand people attend a rally for Earth Day, making it one of the largest crowds assembled; in Los Angeles, students, young and old, put on exhibits and plays to get their message across; in Minneapolis, Minnesota, demonstrators target industrial polluters such as General Electric; in Albuquerque, New Mexico, minority groups are extremely active in the day's proceedings; and in Philadelphia, where the biggest turnout is recorded, the attempt is made to create "Earth Week" instead of just Earth Day. Commercials deleted.
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Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 22, 1970 10:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:58:44
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:39446
- GENRE: News; Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Conservation of natural resources; Earth Day; Ecology
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1970
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Ernest Leiser … Producer
- Walter Cronkite … Anchor, Reporter
- Bruce Morton … Reporter
- Daniel Shore … Reporter
- Hughes Rudd … Reporter
- Bill Plante … Reporter
- Robert Schakne … Reporter
- Morton Dean … Reporter
- Ike Pappas … Reporter
- Bill Stout … Reporter
- Hal Walker … Reporter
- Bob Schieffer … Reporter
- David Culhane … Reporter
- Dan Rather … Reporter
- Eddie Albert
- Barry Commoner
- Rita Cugini
- Lee DuBridge
- Paul Ehrlich
- James Farmer
- Edward Furia
- Denis Hayes
- Paul Hetrich
- Thatcher Longstreth
- Stephanie Mills
- Edward Muskie
- Gaylord Nelson
- Barbara Reid
- Russell Train
- George Wald
- Herman Wrice