Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Friday, Jul 20, 1984


Title: Today

Abstract:
  • Live NBC morning news program "Today," notable for its coverage of the 1984 Democratic National Convention, in San Francisco, CA, hosted by Bryant Gumbel and Jane Pauley. With reports and analysis from John Palmer, Willard Scott, Bob Kur, Lisa Myers, Norma Quarles, Keith Miller, Frank Burkholtzer, Phil Bremen, Richard Valeriani, and Mike Leonard.
  • Live footage of interviews with Jim Bronkema, RNC Chairman Frank Fahrenkopf, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Mike Collins, James Beggs, John Sears, Robert Squier, Alan Botsford, Ann Lewis, Gina Glantz, Representative Norman Mineta, and California Secretary of State March Fong Eu.
  • Taped footage of interviews with Bob Guccione, Robert Beckel, Mike Hereford, Cathy Boardman, Rita Mason, Bob and Marian Jones, Clarissa Hernandez, Franz-Ludwig von Stauffenberg, James Fang, Rev. John Borgerding, Linda Hamilton, Bro. John Paul Lee, and Rev. Francis Benedict.
  • Taped footage of speeches and statements from Walter Mondale, Representative Geraldine Ferraro, Rev. Jesse Jackson, President John F. Kennedy, and Mose Durst.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:00 am
    TVN Record Number:659547
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1984-2009 Vanderbilt University
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