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

“”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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Bob Parker: ABC News 45-85- Start of The Cold War

What British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was talking about when he called for the need for a North Atlantic Alliance that would fight against the spread of communism in Europe, became NATO in 1949. The North Atlantic Alliance between North … Continue reading

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Bob Parker: Video: ABC News Nightline October 1980 Presidential Campaign

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger By 1980, but probably much further back than that going back to 1968 or 64 TV and TV news especially was already a huge factor in how Americans got … Continue reading

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Jim Heath: Video: ABC News Special Report: American Hostages Day 444

This post was originally posted at The New Democrat on Blogger The final insult from Iran to President Jimmy Carter was Iran not officially releasing the American hostages in Iran until the second or minute that Jimmy Carter was no … Continue reading

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Bob Parker: ABC News 45-85- Post-World War II

This post was originally posted at FRS Daily Press Plus It would be another thirty-years until I was born when World War II was officially over in 1945. So it’s not like I can talk about post-World War II America … Continue reading

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