Vanderbilt Television News Archive

Special News Broadcast recorded from ABC Evening News for Monday, Aug 19, 1991


Title: Nightline

Abstract:

  • Live discussions re: political turmoil in the USSR with Ted Koppel (ABC), Jim Laurie (ABC), Brit Hume (ABC), former US Ambassador to the USSR Jack Matlock, Sen. Sam Nunn, Andrei Kortunov of the USA-Canada Institute, Roald Sagdeev of the Congress of People's Deputies, and Lithuania representative to the US Stasys Lozaraitis.
  • Taped segment with Jackie Judd (ABC), Soviet TV announcer Yuri Petrov, David Ensor (ABC), George Bush, Gennadi Yanayev, Harriman Institute Director Robert Legvold, Peter Jennings (ABC), Rep. Dave McCurdy, and Allen Weinstein of the Center for Democracy.
  • Taped segment with Jeff Greenfield (ABC), author Vasily Belov, independent producer Natasha Lance, factory worker Victor Avchenikov, and unidentified others.
  • Videotape of a cartoon by political cartoonist Ranan Lurie.
  • Beginning of broadcast not recorded.

  • Begin Time:10:54:00 pm
    End Time:11:49:00 pm
    TVN Record Number:647066
    Copyright:Abstract and Metadata (c) 1991-2009 Vanderbilt University
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