Vietnam: A Television History; General Hershey's Last Day on the Job
- Transcript
Running the river through the Grand Canyon is not only on White Water adventure it's also a journey back through time. The river takes us on a kind of downward escalator cutting diagonally into the earth's crust. We enter a dramatic passageway into the deepest part of the canyon. Here we encounter the rocks. One point seven. This is just. As it's now. This is all that remains of a once rose as high. Over the course of a hundred million. The grinding power of erosion these mountains were worn down. By the Earth's heat.
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- Raw Footage
- General Hershey's Last Day on the Job
- Producing Organization
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Contributing Organization
- WGBH (Boston, Massachusetts)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip-15-9s1kh0f21x
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- Description
- Description
- The White House announced today that Army Col. Dee Ingold, now assistant to the director, will be acting director of the Selective Service, temporarily, in the place of the retiring Gen. Lewis B. Hershey who today completes his last day at the post. Hershey arrives at headquarters of the Selective Service. Photo of Hershey inside red, white, and blue heart. Ingold news conference: Intends to let Hershey's well-chosen staff run the operation as in the past. Hershey meets reporters outside: Has no regrets because he's had such a good time. Has been working with Ingold for thirty years and has confidence in him. Hershey walks to his car and before entering looks around and asks, "Permission to leave the ship." He enters the car and an unidentified man steps up, shakes Hershey's hand and says, "...You've just been one helluva good American." The car subsequently drives away. This item consists of raw, unpackaged, news materials relating to the retirement of General Hershey.
- Date
- 1970-02-16
- Date
- 1970-02-16
- Asset type
- Raw Footage
- Topics
- Global Affairs
- War and Conflict
- Subjects
- United States--History, Military--20th century; draft; Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977; United States--Armed Forces
- Rights
- Rights Note:,Rights:,Rights Credit:CBS News,Rights Type:,Rights Coverage:,Rights Holder:CBS News
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Duration
- 00:01:53
- Credits
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Distributor: CBS News
Producing Organization: WGBH Educational Foundation
Speaker2: Hershey, Lewis Blaine, 1893-1977
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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WGBH
Identifier: cpb-aacip-0815dcc1424 (unknown)
Format: video/quicktime
Color: Color
Duration: 00:02:27
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Vietnam: A Television History; General Hershey's Last Day on the Job,” 1970-02-16, WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 3, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-9s1kh0f21x.
- MLA: “Vietnam: A Television History; General Hershey's Last Day on the Job.” 1970-02-16. WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 3, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-9s1kh0f21x>.
- APA: Vietnam: A Television History; General Hershey's Last Day on the Job. Boston, MA: WGBH, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-15-9s1kh0f21x