Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from NBC Evening News for Wednesday, Nov 20, 1985


Title: Today: Reagan - Gorbachev Summit

Abstract:Special edition of NBC Today Show re: Geneva Summit between President Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev of the Soviet Union. Hosted by Bryant Gumbel in Geneva and Jane Pauley in New York with reports from Andrea Mitchell, Steve Hurst, Marvin Kalb, Heidi Schulman, and Jim Bittermann.
  • Interviews with Samuel Zivs, Soviet spokesman; Rep. Les Aspin; Alexandre Hay, President, International Red Cross; Jeff MacNelly, political cartoonist; Armand Hammer, business partner to Soviet Union; Richard Pipes, Soviet Union expert; and Stephan Cohen, Soviet Union expert.
  • Excerpt press briefing Larry Speakes, Deputy Press Secretary; and speech by Prince Charles of Wales.

  • Begin Time:07:00:00 am
    End Time:08:58:40 am
    TVN Record Number:659571
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1985-2009 Vanderbilt University
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