Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Tuesday, Jan 20, 1981


Title: Nightline

Abstract:
  • ABC "Nightline" expanded edition re: Ronald Reagan Inauguration, Jimmy Carter's last day in office, the release of the Hostages in Iran, reported by Ted Koppel, Peter Jennings, Jack Watson, Barbara Walters, James Walker, Bob Dyk, John Martin, Sam Donaldson, Jack Smith, Lynn Sherr, Mike McCourt, Richard Anderson, Bill Blakemore.
  • Including live footage of the ex-hostages' arrival in Frankfurt (Germany) and Wiesbaden (Germany).
  • Live interviews with William Quarles, Edwin Meese, Jack Watson, Maureen Reagan, Sally Quinn, Maxine Cheshire, and Wanda McDaniels (?), Robert Anders, David Hubbard, Dorothea Morefield.
  • Taped interviews with Theresa Lodeski (?), unidentified released hostages, Wibe Van Dijk.
  • Excerpts of statements by Ronald Reagan, Edmund Muskie, Warren Christopher, Jimmy Carter.
  • Begin Time:10:31:00 pm
    End Time:01:07:00 am
    TVN Record Number:863327
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1981-2009 Vanderbilt University
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