TV News Archive

Vanderbilt Television News Archive has been recording, preserving and providing access to television news broadcasts of the national networks since Aug 5, 1968.

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In order to demonstrate that news is a "variable in our culture, not always just the facts," @VanderbiltU Professor Cecelia Tichi has shared coverage contained in our collection with her students re: the May 13th, 1985 fire started by #Philadelphia police: https://t.co/nNHeZPL6oS

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#OTD two years ago, former Director of National Intelligence #JamesClapper and former Acting Attorney General @SallyQYates testified before the US #Senate Judiciary Committee re: #Russia's attempt to influence the outcome of the 2016 presidential election: https://t.co/5fLpYlMvsR

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#OTD nine years ago, @AC360's @andersoncooper reported from #Nashville on recovery efforts following the extensive damage caused by unexpected flooding of much of the city, including the Grand Ole @Opry: https://t.co/451izvh91M

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Our archive's role in helping the @StateDept inform the freed US hostages about what had been going on in the world while they were being held captive by #Iran is discussed in this episode of our News Knowledge podcast: https://t.co/km3u8UA49V / #OTD 1980: https://t.co/cX5SCia1Rz

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Our collection includes extensive news coverage of the failed rescue attempt of the US hostages held in Iran, which took place #OTD in 1980. For more on the hostage crisis, you can listen to our two News Knowledge podcasts devoted to this subject here: https://t.co/ffqrENFGVG

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Today we join the Library of Congress in celebrating its 219th birthday! The longstanding relationship between the @librarycongress & @VanderbiltU has significantly benefited both our institutions over the years: https://t.co/90qhjEMmgA https://t.co/0iXwnahqYJ Happy birthday, LC!

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Prior to Monday's fire, #Paris' #NotreDameCathedral had undergone two major restoration efforts -- the first in the 19th century, and the second was featured in this May 23rd, 1993 @ABC report: https://t.co/l1Y1pMWVKo #NotreDameCathedralFire #NotreDameFire @VandyLibraries

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#OTD in 2012, @CBSNews noted the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS #Titanic with this report re: the ceremony held in #Addergoole, #Ireland for its eleven citizens who perished that night in 1912: https://t.co/Lj06jS4aY1 #TitanicRemembranceDay https://t.co/r3QqJxJ6PJ

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These photos of former VU Library Director Frank Grisham were taken yesterday. In episodes 2 & 4 of our News Knowledge podcast, we talked with him about his role in the early days of our archive, and he spoke at our 50th anniversary celebration last year: https://t.co/bINncwql0c

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On the 100th anniversary of #FrancesPerkins' birth #OTD in 1880, @NBCNews acknowledged her as the first woman to hold a cabinet position (Labor Secretary for #FranklinRoosevelt from 1933-45) in US government: https://t.co/52XH1zZBcG

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NEWS QUIZ: Name this @NBCNews correspondent who placed his journalistic integrity on the line #OTD by reporting about the #Maryland pickle crop in 1970 and the Potomac submarine races in '71? Find the answer using these two links: https://t.co/LVtUI9feAR / https://t.co/OKjt0i3hJr

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#OTD in 1971, @CBSnews aired #MortonDean’s report from the USS Kitty Hawk off the coast of #Vietnam during the #VietnamWar. In our recent News Knowledge podcast with Dean, he tells us what he chose NOT to include in this story: https://t.co/y0Ydq4tFcw / https://t.co/08m9YxI3QE

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Today is former @USSupremeCourt Justice #SandraDayOConnor's 89th birthday. She was nominated by President Ronald Reagan in July, 1981, and was the first woman to serve on the #SCOTUS. She retired in 2006. @ABC and other networks covered the announcement: https://t.co/zF4UfIdoaD

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146 garment workers (123 women and 23 men) died #OTD in 1911 in the #TriangleShirtwaistFire in #NewYorkCity. On the 75th and 100th anniversaries of this event, @CBSNews aired reports about it:
https://t.co/eSMFeIjy3E / https://t.co/Zq9XZFLIOx
#WomensHistoryMonth

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#OTD in 1989, @Nightline focused on the return of several #VietnamWar veterans suffering from #PTSD (post traumatic stress disorder) to #Vietnam in the hope that the trip would have a positive impact on their psychological well-being: https://t.co/naLYFCj6sb

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#OTD in 2011, @CBSNews reported on celebrations at the #WhiteHouse and in #Cairo, #Egypt on the 100th anniversary of International Women's Day: https://t.co/pzBEIh7NYL #InternationalWomensDay

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Our News Knowledge podcast for March is now available, again featuring former @CBSNews & @ABC correspondent #MortonDean: https://t.co/nCYY5rKwS7
In this episode he discusses his experiences in Iran, Saudi Arabia, Kosovo, and Vietnam, as well as his documentary, American Medevac.

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#OTD 50 years ago, @CBSNews reported that vehicles in #RichardNixon's motorcade traveling through West Berlin had been hit by thrown bricks, one of which struck CBS News reporter #DanRather: https://t.co/pzHPxlX6F0

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#OTD in 1971, CBS reporter Morton Dean's interview with helicopter pilot Skipper Hiscock during the #Vietnamwar aired on @CBSNews: https://t.co/xsNJ6rEboV Dean's recollections about Hiscock & his family are part of our News Knowledge podcast for January: https://t.co/HD3Hwp9Mhh

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NEWS QUIZ ANSWER: Office workers at Western Union were calling the recipients of singing telegrams on #ValentinesDay! The smiling worker had just been told he sounded like #FrankSinatra, after which #DavidBrinkley said "It wasn't Frank Sinatra, but for $2.20 it was good enough."

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NEWS QUIZ: What was happening #OTD 50 years ago in the office pictured below, and why was this guy having so much fun at work? Stay tuned for the answer, later this afternoon!