1964: A TELEVISION ALBUM {VIETNAM, OLYMPICS, JOHN F. KENNEDY ASSASSINATION} (TV)
Summary
Harry Reasoner hosts this special which chronicles the major events of 1964. Highlights of this program include clips of the following people and events: President Lyndon B. Johnson at his inauguration; President Lyndon B. Johnson making a speech about civil rights; Martin Luther King, Jr., Roy Wilkins, and James Farmer speaking about the rights of "Negroes" during the "long hot summer" of 1964; a civil rights protest training center at Oxford where Andrew Goodman, who was murdered for his civil rights efforts, is present; President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking about the Civil Rights Bill; Lester Maddox arguing with "Negroes" at the entrance of his restaurant where he refused to comply with the Civil Rights Bill; violent civil rights protests in Harlem and Rochester, New York; the search in Mississippi for three missing civil rights workers -- Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner, and James Chaney -- who later were found murdered; Esther Carter arriving for the arraignment of the suspects who were charged in the case; an interview with Jack Ruby; the trial of Jack Ruby; Governor John Connally of Texas describing the assassination of President John F. Kennedy; the events that occurred on the day of Kennedy's assassination; the Summer Olympic Games, including the 200-meter backstroke, high diving, the 10,000-meter race, a volleyball game, and the twenty-six-mile marathon; the results of the earthquake in Anchorage, Alaska; the television pictures taken of the moon; Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev; the Beatles' arrival at Kennedy International Airport; Luci Baines Johnson demonstrating a new dance; the Vietnam War; the public execution of a terrorist; posthumous decorations of American soldiers; Captain Roger H.C. Donlon receiving the First Congressional Medal of Honor; President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking about the war; the events in the Congo; demonstrations in Moscow against the American Embassy; Jacqueline Kennedy speaking of the messages she received from the public expressing their sympathy; Robert Kennedy at the Democratic Convention; Senator Edward Kennedy speaking about the plane crash in which his back was broken; the Ecumenical Council; Pope Paul VI; prizefighter Cassius Clay; the Republican Convention; New York Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller attempting to give his speech at the Republican Convention; the demonstration outside of the Republican Convention; the push for the candidacy Pennsylvania's William Scranton; Senator Barry Goldwater; the protest outside of the Democratic Convention; Mike Wallace speaking to the Freedom Democrats; Dr. Aaron Henry, chairman of the Mississippi Freedom Delegation; Representative John W. McCormack; President Lyndon B. Johnson speaking at the Democratic Convention and announcing his Vice Presidential nominee, Senator Hubert Humphrey; Senator Humphrey; campaign speeches; Walter Cronkite announcing that Lyndon Johnson had been elected President; speeches made on election night; fashion designer Rudi Gernreich speaking of the topless bathing suit he designed for women; young women commenting on the topless bathing suits; and women smoking pipes in Britain. Includes commercials, promos, and public service announcements.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by The Marc Haas and Helen Hotze Haas Foundation, 1996.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: December 20, 1964 3:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:57:53
- COLOR/B&W: B&W
- CATALOG ID: T81:0039
- GENRE: News; Specials
- SUBJECT HEADING: Civil rights movements - 1964; Olympic Games, 1964, Summer, Tokyo; Sports; U S - Elections - 1964; Vietnam War - 1964; Olympics
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1964
- COMMERCIALS:
- TV - Commercials - Alberto VO5 hair spray
- TV - Commercials - Chanel perfume
- TV - Commercials - Navy armed forces
- TV - Commercials - Norelco shavers
- TV - Commercials - United States Saving Bonds
- TV - PSA - CARE
- TV - PSA - Christmas Seals
- TV - PSA - National Safety Council: Drive Safely
- TV - PSA - National Safety Council: Seatbelts/Buckle-Up
- TV - Promos - "CBS News Special Report: Christmas in Appalachia"
- TV - Promos - "NFL Championship Game"
- TV - Promos - "Ted Mack and the Original Amateur Hour"
- TV - Promos - "The Cotton Bowl Festival Parade"
- TV - Promos - "The Cotton Bowl Game"
- TV - Promos - "The Tournament of Roses Parade"
CREDITS
- Leslie Midgley … Executive Producer
- Robert Quinn … Producer, Director
- Joel Banow … Associate Producer
- Bernard Birnbaum … Associate Producer
- Jane Bartels … Researcher
- Tinka Nobbe … Researcher
- Richard Tashjlan … Researcher (Misc. Credits), Film Research
- John Sack … Writer
- Andrew Rooney … Writer
- Harry Reasoner … Host
- The Beatles
- Esther Carter
- James Chaney
- Clay, Cassius (See also: Ali, Muhammad)
- John Connally
- Walter Cronkite
- Donlon, Roger H. C.
- James Farmer
- Rudi Gernreich
- Barry Goldwater
- Andrew Goodman
- Aaron Henry
- Hubert Humphrey
- Luci Baines Johnson
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Edward Kennedy
- Jacqueline Kennedy
- Robert Kennedy
- Nikita Khrushchev
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
- Lester Maddox
- John W. McCormack
- Pope Paul VI
- Nelson A. Rockefeller
- Jack Ruby
- Michael Schwerner
- William Scranton
- Mike Wallace
- Roy Wilkins