Category Archives: Classic News

Sharon Kauffman: ABC News’s 20/20 First Episode- 6/06/1978

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Erik Schneider

“As the lead in to this video said ABC News, was a small player if not joke in the network news business in the 1970s. Th…” Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat As the lead in … Continue reading →

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Rob Atsea: ‘NBC News Update With Jessica Savitch- Easter 1979’

Posted on September 17, 2016 by Ederik Schneider

Source:The New Democrat “Jessica Savitch anchors this Easter 1979 NBC News Update, which includes a promo for the game show “Whodunnit” From Rob Atsea Jessica Savitch, was NBC Nightly News’s weekend anchor in the late 1970s and early 1980s, before … Continue reading →

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Active News: ABC World News Tonight, July 10, 1978: The Soviet Union Making Trouble

Posted on September 10, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: Active News: ABC World News Tonight, July 10, 1978: The Soviet Union Making Trouble The thing that people need to know about Marxist states which is exactly what the Soviet Union of Russia was for over seventy-years before the … Continue reading →

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Bob Parker: ABC World News January 6, 1987: The 100th Congress and The Iran Contra Investigation

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Erik Schneider

Source: This piece was originally posted at The New Democrat Early 1987 and really the whole 1987 year was a bad one for President Ronald Reagan and the Reagan Administration. Republicans, lost the Senate in 1986 which gave Congressional Democrats … Continue reading →

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Bob Parker: ABC News 45-85- Communism on The March

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Erik Schneider

“”45/85 Part 3 an ABC News television documentary. It aired on September 18, 1985. The three-hour program combined archive film and television footage with new interviews to document post-World War II history, focusing especially on the Cold War. Hosted by … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Face The Nation- Fidel Castro (1959)

Posted on March 29, 2015 by Derik Schneider

“Shortly after leading rebel forces in overthrowing Cuban dictator Fulgencio Batista, Fidel Castro appeared on the Jan. 11, 1959 edition of Face the Nation.” From CBS News This was just after the Castro Communists had taken power in Cuba in 1958, … Continue reading →

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Michaels Backporch: NBC Nightly News- Charles Manson Family Trial (1970-71)

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Ederik Schneider

Source:Michaels Backporch– The Manson Family learning about the Los Angeles justice system. You can also see this post at Real Life Journal, on Blogger. You can also see this post at FreeState Now, on Blogger. “Description: Raw Footage Charles Manson Family trial … Continue reading →

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CBS News: ‘The Tenement- Life In Chicago’s Black Ghetto (1967)’

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Derik Schneider

“One in this series of irregularly scheduled in-depth reports. This program focuses on the lives of nine families living in a dilapidated tenement on Chicago’s south.” From CBS News  “This program focuses on the lives of nine families living in a … Continue reading →

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CBS News: Bill Cosby: ‘Black History: Lost, Stolen or Betrayed’

Posted on February 21, 2015 by Derik Schneider

“It was back during the summer of 1968, only months following the tragic assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr… The United States was beginning to come . It was back during the summer of 1968, only months following the … Continue reading →

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Hezakya Mixologist: Video: CBS News Special Report: Black Power/White Black Lash, From 1966

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Derik Schneider

. To me at least Black Power wasn’t one movement, but a larger movement with several different sub-divisions. You had the more socialist if not Marxist revolutionary Black Panthers on the Far-Left with their own militia. You had Malcolm X … Continue reading →

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