CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
Master 11515 Tape 1 CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT - Documentary on the history of Presidental Campaingns and the part that the media plays in American politics. 1948 Presidential Campaign.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
C/S JOHN CHANCELLOR (NBC NEWS), discussing the history of TV'S impact on politics, starting in 1948.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
Clip of political convention on a television.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
C/S DON HEWITT (CBS NEWS), says that at first, TV didn't attract much attention.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
DO NOT USE Clip of old TV show of a CONVENTION, a fixed-camera shot from high above the floor.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
C/S REUVEN FRANK (NBC NEWS) at first, the parties didn't do much to adapt their conventions to suit TV.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
DO NOT USE Clip of chairman at 1948 REPUBLICAN CONVENTION announcing the nomination of THOMAS DEWEY.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
Shot of David Levy, producer for advertisers YOUNG & RUBICAM, says that the 1948 TV coverage set the tone for later coverage in things like cutting away from the convention.
CAMPAIGN 88: PRIME TIME PRESIDENT 1948 Presidential Campaign.
DO NOT USE Clip of the 1948 TV coverage, announcer pointing out a scoreboard of the votes and giving a rundown.