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#9186: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RETURNS, THE

1968-11-05, NBC, 540 min.

Live NBC TELEVISION coverage (APPROXIMATELY NINE HOURS), November 5th and 6th of the 1968 Presidential election returns. 

Local returns are aired at different intervals. 

 The 1968 United States presidential election was the 46th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 5, and continues into the am hours November 6, 1968. The Republican nominee, former vice president Richard Nixon, defeated both the Democratic nominee, incumbent vice president Hubert Humphrey, and the American Independent Party nominee, former Alabama governor George Wallace. 

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YOU TUBE has posted 216 minutes of NBC TV coverage in 11 parts.
Some of the video and audio is excellent but continuity is missing, reducing the Deja Vu experience of reliving a time when  television would carry live  Presidential Election Returns in prime time all through the night and continuing the following morning until final tallies were totaled.  

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The three major entertainment repository museums, The Library of Congress, UCLA Film & Television Museum, and The Paley Center for Media, all have no footage (Kinescopes, Video Tapes, Audio Tracks) of this broadcast in their archives.

#6089: FROM HERE TO THE SEVENTIES

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1969-10-07, NBC, 150 min.

NBC News spotlights the people and events that have shaped the sixties, weighs their impact on the present and forecasts their roles in setting our course for the seventies. Paul Newman serves as guide for the broadcast. The core of the program is 12 essays, each delivered by an NBC correspondent. Correspondents include: Chet Huntley, John Chancellor, Frank McGee, Sander Vanocur, Edwin Newman, Barbara Walters, Douglas Kiker, Jack Perkins, Elie Abel, Lenn Tucker, Aline Saarinen, and David Brinkley. Appropriately, the musical theme is "Turn, Turn, Turn" as it has been recorded by several artists.

#16509: "PROJECTION '71"

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1971-01-10, NBC, min.

An analysis of 1970s headline-making events and a forecast of the year to come. The 12 news correspondents (linked by satellite) reviewing the issues : Sander Vanocur, Herbert Kaplow and Richard Valeriani in Washington, Fred Briggs, Jack Perkins, and Steve Delaney in Chicago, Ray Scherer, Douglas Kiker, and Garrick Utley in London, and John Rich and Richard Hunt in Tokyo. John Chancellor in New York is the anchorman.

#6189: WATERGATE SENATE HEARINGS - SPECIALS

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1973-05-22, NBC, 360 min.

Live from Washington, to all networks. Telecast of the hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, with Sen. Sam Ervin (D, N.C.) as chairman. Summaries by newsmen during lulls in the hearings as well as following the conclusion of each period of the hearings. For NBC, Garrick Utley was the anchor, with Douglas Kiker and Carl Stern reporting from outside the hearing room.

#6197: WATERGATE SENATE HEARINGS - SPECIALS

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1973-05-23, NBC, 120 min.

Live from Washington, to all networks. Telecasts of the hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, with Sen. Sam Ervin (D, N.C.) as chairman. Each network presents its own direct summary by its newsmen during lulls in the hearings as well as following the conclusion of each period of the hearings. For NBC, Garrick Utley was the anchor, with Douglas Kiker and Carl Stern reporting from outside the hearing room.

#9838: WATERGATE HEARINGS, THE

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1973-08-06, NBC, 93 min.

Live coverage of opening testimony by the acting director of the FBI, L. Patrick Gray.

#9580: TODAY SHOW, THE

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1974-08-09, NBC, 120 min.

January 14, 1952-Present. First early-morning network program and longest-running daytime series. Created by Sylvester "Pat" Weaver. Telecast Monday thru Friday, 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM, the broadcasts have maintained a format including a News Summary, segments related to Sports, Weather, Interviews, and Features. Throughout its long run, hosts of "The Today Show" have included Dave Garroway (1952-1961), John Chancellor (1961-1962), Hugh Downs (1962-1971), Frank McGee (1971-1974), Jim Hartz (1974-1976), Tom Brokaw (1976-1981), Jane Pauley, Bryant Gumbel, Chris Wallace, Katie Couric, and others.




Live coverage of the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. The hosts are Jim Hartz and Barbara Walters.

#6075: ELECTION RETURNS

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1974-11-05, NBC, 360 min.

NBC election coverage, which continues until all major races are decided. At stake in this year's off-year election are all 435 seats in the House of Representatives, 34 seats in the Senate, and 35 Governorships. NBC will project winners in 54 key races for the House, where Democrats presently outnumber Republicans 248-187. NBC's team is anchored by John Chancellor and David Brinkley. Reporters are Tom Brokaw, Jim Hartz, Douglas Kiker, Edwin Newman, and Barbara Walters.

#8006: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THE 1976

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1976-07-13, NBC, 425 min.

Live gavel to gavel NBC Television continuing live coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention from Madison Square Garden in New York City. 

The Democratic Party tackles an all-day agenda.

THE CREDENTIALS REPORT precedes the traditional floor debate during which challenges to the legitimacy of some delegated are raised and resolved.

THE RULES REPORT nominates a woman as permanent chairman, fulfilling a mandate from the 1972 convention. Republican Lindy Boggs of Louisiana wins unanimously. 

THE PLATFORM REPORT lists the Democratic position on national issues. 
Among the goals: a complete overhaul of the tax system; enactment of a national health-insurance plan; and a $5 billion cut in defense spending.

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#9186: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RETURNS, THE

1968-11-05, NBC, 540 min.

#6089: FROM HERE TO THE SEVENTIES

1969-10-07, NBC, 150 min.

#16509: "PROJECTION '71"

1971-01-10, NBC, min.

#6189: WATERGATE SENATE HEARINGS - SPECIALS

1973-05-22, NBC, 360 min.

#6197: WATERGATE SENATE HEARINGS - SPECIALS

1973-05-23, NBC, 120 min.

#9838: WATERGATE HEARINGS, THE

1973-08-06, NBC, 93 min.

#9580: TODAY SHOW, THE

1974-08-09, NBC, 120 min.

#6075: ELECTION RETURNS

1974-11-05, NBC, 360 min.

#8006: DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, THE 1976

1976-07-13, NBC, 425 min.