ABC NEWS: OUR WORLD: BETWEEN THE LINES: SUMMER
1972 {SUMMER OLYMPICS} (TV)
Summary
One in this series of retrospective news programs. This
program documents the turbulent and sometimes
incongruous events and trends that shaped the summer of
1972. The program analyzes such political events as the
summer's presidential primaries, the Watergate
break-in, the continuing Vietnam War and the
demonstrations against the conflict, and the "Black
September" terrorist murders at the Olympics in Munich.
Cultural events that are documented include The Rolling
Stones and Stevie Wonder concerts, the Rev. Billy
Graham's "Christian Woodstock," Explo '72, the athletic
prowess of Mark Spitz and Olga Korbut at the 1972
Summer Olympics, and the inceptions of Ms. magazine
and the television show M*A*S*H. The program includes
interviews with or clips of President Richard Nixon;
Democratic presidential nominee Sen. George McGovern
(D-S.D.); McGovern campaign convention manager Gary
Hart; assassinated U.S. Olympic wrestler David Berger;
Watergate conspirators E. Howard Hunt, G. Gordon Liddy,
and John Mitchell; Watergate journalists Bob Woodward
and Carl Bernstein; Vietnam veteran and protestor Ron
Kovic; ABC sports executive Roone Arledge; Ms. magazine
publisher Patricia Carbine; feminist Gloria Steinem;
actor Laurence Olivier; performer and star of "Cabaret,"
Joel Grey; rock star Mick Jagger; sportscaster Jim
McKay; and actress Loretta Swit. Updated biographies
are provided for some of the people who lived in the
glare of "the summer the 1960s ended." Includes
commercials, with William Devane, Mark Harmon, Davey
Johnson; and promos, with Richard Chamberlain, Faye
Dunaway, Betty Ford, and Gena Rowlands.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by The
Coca-Cola Company.
Details
- NETWORK: ABC
- DATE: February 26, 1987 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:45:37
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:25898
- GENRE: News; Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: U S - Elections - 1972; Vietnam War; Watergate Affair, 1972-1974; Demonstrations - United States; Rock music; Christianity; Sports; Feminism; Olympic Games, 1972, Summer, Munich; Olympics
- SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1986-1987
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Alka-Seltzer
- TV - Commercials - American Express
- TV - Commercials - Chrysler automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Columbian coffee
- TV - Commercials - Coors beer
- TV - Commercials - Duracell batteries
- TV - Commercials - Efferdent
- TV - Commercials - Ford automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Northwestern Mutual Life
- TV - Commercials - Oldsmobile automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Plymouth Voyager automobiles
- TV - Commercials - Preparation-H
- TV - Commercials - Rolaids
- TV - Commercials - Vaseline Intensive Care lotion
- TV - Commercials - Wheaties cereal
- TV - Promos - "20/20"
- TV - Promos - "Casanova"
- TV - Promos - "Good Morning America"
- TV - Promos - "The Betty Ford Story"
- TV - Promos - "The Love Boat"
- TV - Promos - The Kentucky Derby
CREDITS
- Edward Hersh … Senior Producer
- Peter Kunhardt … Senior Producer
- Ellen Rossen … Senior Producer
- Tory Baker … Coordinating Producer
- Margaret Murphy … Producer
- Consuelo Gonzalez … Director
- Av Westin … Production (Misc.), Executive in Charge
- Rosanne Zoccoli … Production (Misc.), Broadcast Producer
- Bonnie Bursky … Production (Misc.), Broadcast Associate Producer
- Shirley Clurman … Production (Misc.), Associate Series Producer
- Jody Abramson … Production (Misc.), Associate Series Producer
- Wendy Belzberg … Production (Misc.), Segment Producer
- Bill Conti … Music by
- Linda Ellerbee … Host
- Ray Gandolf … Host
- Sander Vanocur … Reporter
- Roone Arledge
- David Berger
- Carl Bernstein
- Patricia Carbine
- Billy Graham
- Joel Grey
- Gary Hart
- E. Howard Hunt
- Mick Jagger
- Olga Korbut
- Ron Kovic
- G. Gordon Liddy
- George McGovern
- Jim McKay
- John Mitchell
- Richard Nixon
- Laurence Olivier
- Mark Spitz
- Gloria Steinem
- Loretta Swit
- Stevie Wonder
- Bob Woodward
- Richard Chamberlain … Talent, For "Casanova" promo
- William Devane … Talent, For Chrysler commercial
- Faye Dunaway … Talent, For "Casanova" promo
- Betty Ford … Guest, For "20/20" promo
- Mark Harmon … Talent, For Coors commercial
- Davey Johnson … Talent, For Alka-Seltzer commercial
- Gena Rowlands … Talent, For "The Betty Ford Story" promo