Vintage TV Coverage: Elvis' Meditation Garden opens

Vintage television coverage from 1977, as WMC-TV, Action News 5, covers the opening of the Meditation Garden at Graceland. This was the first day the public was able to view Elvis' grave.

To see the full version of this video, and much more vintage coverage of the death of Elvis Presley, follow this link:

http://www.wmctv.com/global/Category.asp?C=107372

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• Graceland
• Memphis
• King
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[mapscannotcontainme]

He/She was 13 in 1977 meaning He/She was born in 1963 or 1964. Do the math and don't be an ass.

[Soulacom]

this memphis tv station still uses the riverboat sound in their station id even today, it has been their trademark sound for the past 60 years

[soln4suhreborn]

@qpalzmxnskwieudjcnvb No I'm from Chicago but I remember it from watching TV in Memphis on vacations as a kid.

[qpalzmxnskwieudjcnvb]

@soln4suh (not trying to sound rude at all) do u live in or near memphis?? they still use the identification

[dannyodoul]

Hello, Elvis is the guy in the front in the hat and scarf.

Yes, that is him, I spoke to him right after that.

[SuperGraceland]

elvis is alive

[rianpop]

so you must be old than right?

[sterlinged]

I remember watching this as a 13 yr. old while growing up in Clarksdale, MS. We got all of our news from WMC TV 5...

[soln4suh]

i haven't seen or heard that station id in years. would action news 5 please post a clip with the station identification voice over "wmc tv 5, memphis" with the riverboat whistle following it?