1985 CBS In the News Hiroshima Story

A Saturday morning "In the News" segment from CBS on the 40th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, narrated by Christopher Glenn. In the News was a popular news program aimed at children, which is ironic considering the content of this particular story.

I uploaded this video so I could talk about it on my weblog, Workbench, at http://workbench.cadenhead.org.

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News & Politics

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• news
• cbs
• hiroshima
• wwii
• christopher
• glenn

[TheRebel2007]

I first learned about Agent Orange and its effects from CBS' In The News before anybody else would talk about it!

We need more shows like this today!

[silverrhawk]

Loved watching these during Saturday morning cartoons.

[landrykkb]

@ashland1977 You got that right!Less was definitely more then on television.Our parents even complained then about how good we had it compared to them.

[ashland1977]

Many less channels then, and look at the quality of this programming. I'm sorry but it was better and I am glad I grew up in the 80s.

[HowardSternn]

I miss saturday segments

[Srd1126]

Amazing how much more fair and balanced these reports seem to be than the propoganda on CBS these days.

[unclexeres]

Saturday morning cartoons such as "Scooby Doo" became much more entertaining with the addition of 'In the News". i think it was just as Nixon was going and the Vietnam war was concluding. what a time to be alive and all of 12 or 13 years old. Thanks Chris, you touched an entire generation.

[TheCanadianPublic]

I actually remember watching these and paying close attention even though I was still too young to catch everything that was described in them. I remember one about South African elections and the huge imbalance between the voting white minority and the non-voting black majority. It stuck with me so well that when the subject was brought up many years later, I actually remembered that two minute CBS news segment from many years back.

[RadcliffOfCrymod]

Good God man, this was on when I was a kid. Nowadays you've got people like Bill O'Reilly, Glenn Beck, and Keith Olbermann polluting the airwaves with total filth.

If you weren't born in the 70s or 80s, you missed out BIG time. In the News was one of the greatest, if not THE greatest and most educational news segments around. And I agree with oakland2949, the sound the show made was priceless. :D

[RadcliffOfCrymod]

Alright, stop with that cliche deedeedeedeedeedee. This is NOT MTV news. :P

[davidpar2]

dee dee dee dee dee dee!