Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from CBS Evening News for Wednesday, Aug 18, 1976


Title: Republican Convention

Abstract:

  • Live CBS coverage of the 1976 GOP convention, with reports and analysis from Walter Cronkite, Bill Moyers, Eric Sevareid, Nelson Benton, Ed Bradley, Sylvia Chase, Lesley Stahl, Rich Threlkeld, Marya McLaughlin, Andy Rooney, Roger Mudd, Bruce Morton, Mike Wallace, Dan Rather, and Morton Dean.
  • Live interviews with Carl Kuipers, John Sull, Richard Rosenbaum, R. Miller Hicks, Governor William Scranton, Bob Beckman, Sam Tate, Senator Clifford Case, Thomas Ellis and Representative Stewart McKinney.
  • Live footage of a speech from Senator Jacob Javits.
  • Live footage of the pledge of allegiance led by Col. Leo Thursness.
  • Live footage of the national anthem being sung by Gloria Loring.
  • Live footage of the invocation prayer from Reverend James Leffingwell.

  • Begin Time:07:01:10 pm
    End Time:08:00:30 pm
    TVN Record Number:836690
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1976-2009 Vanderbilt University
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