1963: A TELEVISION ALBUM (TV)
Summary
A review of the notable events of 1963. The program opens with President John F. Kennedy's 1963 State of the Union address. Civil rights is covered in the funeral of Medgar Evers, police violence in Birmingham and the bombing deaths there, Gov. George Wallace's opposition to the desegregation of the University of Alabama, and the "March on Washington," including the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Vietnam is covered by Buddhist monk Thich Quang Duc's self-immolation, Madame Ngo Dinh Nhu's reaction, and the overthrow of Ngo Dinh Diem. The death of Pope John XXIII and succession of Paul VI is noted. President Kennedy's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech at the Berlin Wall and visit to Ireland are shown. Organized crime is exposed in Joseph Valachi's senate testimony. The "Profumo" scandal in England is noted.
The program continues with Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in Moscow with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev. Other events and people covered include Republican presidential hopefuls Nelson Rockefeller, Richard M. Nixon, and Barry Goldwater; the Dodgers-Yankees World Series, with a clip of pitching ace Sandy Koufax; Secretary of State Dean Rusk playing badminton with Khrushchev; football star Y.A. Tittle of the New York Giants, and the U.S.-U.S.S.R. space race, including the Mercury 9 Flight of L. Gordon "Gordo" Cooper, Jr. Coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination includes the President's Texas arrival, motorcade, and death; newsman Walter Cronkite's confirmation of death; the ceremonies of ensuing days; comments by alleged assassin Lee Harvey Oswald; Oswald's murder at the hands of strip club proprietor Jack Ruby; and President Lyndon Johnson's address of November 27, 1963.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 22, 1963 2:30 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:57:41
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T78:0141
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Berlin question, 1945-; Profumo affair; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews; U S - Civil rights; Birmingham, Ala. - Race relations; Vietnam War - 1963; Popes; Organized Crime
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1963
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Leslie Midgley … Executive Producer
- Alice Weel Bigart … Producer
- Jane Bartels … Associate Producer
- Norman Gorin … Director
- Harry Reasoner … Reporter
- Fidel Castro
- L. Gordon Cooper Jr.
- Walter Cronkite
- Diem Ngo Dinh
- Nhu Ngo Dinh (Madame)
- Medgar Evers
- Barry M. Goldwater
- Pope John XXIII
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Christine Keeler
- John F. Kennedy
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Sandy Koufax
- Nikita S. Krushchev
- Richard M. Nixon
- Lee Harvey Oswald
- Duc Thich Quang
- Pope Paul VI
- Nelson Rockefeller
- Jack Ruby
- Dean Rusk
- Y. A. Tittle
- Joseph Valachi
- George Wallace