Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Monday, Jul 14, 1980


Title: Republican National Convention

Abstract:
  • Live NBC news coverage of the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit, Michigan, hosted by John Chancellor and David Brinkley. With reports and analysis from Judy Woodruff, Carole Simpson, Theodore White, Tom Pettit, Garrick Utley, Tom Brokaw, Chris Wallace, Robert Hager, Bill Monroe and Jessica Savitch.
  • Live footage of the Pledge of Allegiance being led by Pat Boone. >li>Live footage of the National Anthem being sung by Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker.
  • Live footage of the invocation being led by Reverend Jerry Moore.
  • Live footage of interviews with Ronald and Nancy Reagan, Jeanne Bradner, Governor James Thompson, Representative Henry Hyde, Robert Strauss, Helen Robbins and Senators Howard Baker, Jesse Helms and Lloyd Bentsen.
  • Live footage of speeches from Bill Brock and Mayor Coleman Young.
  • Taped footage of interviews Ronald Reagan.

  • Begin Time:09:59:50 am
    End Time:11:00:40 am
    TVN Record Number:857219
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1980-2009 Vanderbilt University
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