Fallout from Three Mile Island
This “CBS Reports” documentary from May 1, 1979 investigates the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The hour-long program looks at the response of the…
705 viewsThis “CBS Reports” documentary from May 1, 1979 investigates the March 28, 1979 Three Mile Island accident near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The hour-long program looks at the response of the…
705 viewsThis CBS News broadcast of the January 20, 1969, Richard Nixon inauguration includes the swearing-in ceremony and president’s inaugural address, a prayer by Reverend Billy Graham, several…
2,243 viewsAnchored by Walter Cronkite, this hour-long special report includes pre-mission interviews with astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders, and extended portions of the television…
1,655 viewsA CBS News Inquiry: The Warren Report is a four-part series from June of 1967 examining controversies over the findings of the Warren Commission, which was charged with investigating the President Kennedy assassination.…
1,345 viewsAnchored by Walter Cronkite, this series examines controversies over the findings of the Warren Commission Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy. Episode three of four includes interviews with…
1,300 viewsThis CBS News series examining lingering controversies about the findings of the Warren Report on the Assassination of President Kennedy originally was broadcast over four successive nights…
1,115 viewsThis CBS News series examined lingering controversies about the Warren Commission report on the assassination of President Kennedy. Originally broadcast over four successive nights in June of…
1,999 viewsThis CBS News special report covers the life and assassination of Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-New York) who was shot and killed at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning the…
1,918 viewsThis CBS broadcast from May 27,1969 focuses on youth and their parents in the Boulder, Colorado area and explores their opinions about the Vietnam War, the generation gap, racial tensions,…
502 viewsRobert Bork spoke with CBS News about the likely legal legacy of the Supreme Court’s decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke. At the time of this interview, Mr. Bork…
607 viewsCBS News interviewed Allan Bakke by phone the day the Supreme Court announced its decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, the landmark case that upheld the concept of…
4,182 viewsAdministrators and students reacted to the Supreme Court decision in Regents of the University of California v. Bakke, which upheld the concept of affirmative action but struck down the use…
1,321 viewsWalter Cronkite anchored CBS News coverage of day three of the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Correspondents reported on dissent within the convention hall by anti-Vietnam…
7,258 viewsAmerican Independent Party candidate George Wallace is interviewed about the 1968 presidential campaign. The former Democratic governor of Alabama discussed his chances of winning, what he…
3,165 viewsCalifornia Governor Ronald Reagan discusses issues in the 1968 presidential campaign less than two months before the Republican National Convention. Gov. Reagan, who was not officially…
4,670 viewsThis CBS News report covered Senator Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) announcing his bid for the 1968 presidential nomination, challenging sitting President Lyndon B. Johnson. The announcement and press…
8,758 viewsCBS News coverage from April 9, 1968, of the funeral services for Martin Luther King Jr. at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Rev. Ralph Abernathy, one of King’s closest friends,…
24,176 viewsThis CBS News Special Report was broadcast on April 5, 1968, one day after the Martin Luther King Jr. assassination in Memphis. It includes reports of widespread burning and looting in…
9,925 viewsCBS News anchor Walter Cronkite announces the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, and President Lyndon Johnson makes a statement.
13,820 viewsCBS Reports looked at the landmark Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright, which guaranteed to right to counsel for criminal defendants. The documentary included interviews with Clarence…
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