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 Republican Convention with reports and analysis from Walter Cronkite, Eric Sevareid, Bill Moyers, Eric Sevareid, Bill Moyers, Dan Rather, Barry Serafin, Phil Jones, Sylvia Chase, Morton Dean, Terry Drinkwater, Roger Mudd, Mike Wallace, Ed Bradley, Lesley Stahl, and Richard Threlkeld.
  • Live interviews with Senator Robert Griffin, Harry Dent, John Sears, Jack Ford, Billy Mounger, and Senators Jesse Helms and Paul Laxalt.
  • Live footage of a press conference with President Gerald Ford and Ronald Reagan.

  • Begin Time:12:59:40 am
    End Time:02:00:00 am
    TVN Record Number:836806
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1976-2009 Vanderbilt University
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