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Uploaded by on Dec 9, 2009

A flashy ABC promo circa 1969-1970 (I'm not sure of the exact year) for their Evening News, anchored by Howard K. Smith and Harry Reasoner.

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  • @gurimrippa It was 1970. Are you REALLY surprised? Women's Liberation was in its infancy and big time journalism was still a man's profession.

  • I find it terrifying, at least, not just 'cause of the sheer information volume on this single ad, but also 'cause this one-minute ad gives most information than a full program today.

  • Not a single woman in this promo.

  • @torgman

    Yeah, it's 70. I remember this vividly.

  • I'll say 1970 or a little later. It uses the Avant Gard type face at the end, which wasn't introduced until 1970.

  • Harry Reasoner left CBS News for ABC News in early December 1970 and stayed there before "going home" in mid-summer 1978. Early on, he did a half-hour Saturday early evening program called "The Reasoner Report," meant to imitate "60 Minutes" (of which with Mike Wallace, Reasoner was one of the original co-hosts/co-editors in September 1968. Joan Richman had her ABC News producer interlude during the early years of Reasoner at ABC, before also returning to CBS News, in her case via CBS Sports.

  • Ball of Confusion that's what the worry is today". I'd take that 5% unemployment again though.

  • @sto59 I'm wondering the same thing. It's a great percussion ensemble tune.

  • Holy crap! This is the most intense promo I've ever seen in my life. Geez, I thought the world was a messed up place NOW. I'm kinda glad I wasn't around in the early 70s.

  • Where is the music from ?

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