CBS NEWS SPECIAL: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE UNITED
STATES (TV)
Summary
This special program documents life in the United States
on July 20, 1969, the day a person first set foot on the
moon. Highlights include: a man in Birney, Montana,
breaking in a mare; Vietnam veterans returning home,
arriving at Travis Air Force Base in San Francisco; a
montage of conversations from around the country; an
immigrant family arriving from Romania; a black artist
in Chicago painting a wall; people playing slot machines
and participating in quick weddings in Las Vegas; a
cheesecake factory; a potter throwing a dish; a family
having breakfast; scenes from Newport, Rhode Island,
prior to the opening of the Newport Folk Festival; coal
miners working in Kentucky; a visit to an Air Force base
in Omaha, Nebraska; a look at a commune being built in
Taos, New Mexico; a discussion about the problems in
American cities; attempts to save the life of a young
girl in an understaffed New York City hospital; scenes
of Hawaii; and Americans watching the moon landing.
Commercials deleted.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the CBS
Foundation, 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: September 8, 1970 9:15 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:45:00
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0012
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Apollo 11; Space flight to the moon; U S - Description and travel
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1970
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Perry Wolff … Producer, Writer
- John Dullaghan … Associate Producer
- Charles Kuralt … Reporter