At Issue; 17; The View from Panama

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Series
At Issue
Episode Number
17
Episode
The View from Panama
Contributing Organization
Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip/512-g73707xn3c
NOLA Code
AISS
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Description
Episode Description
This program examines the Panama crises from the standpoint of American and Panamanian newspaper coverage, and the reactions to that coverage by Americans living in the Panama Zone and Panamanian citizens. Representatives of the American and Panama press discuss their views on the press coverage. In separate interviews, two University of Panama students give their opinions about hopes for resolving the crises and the role of Communist influence in the January 9 flare up. Serving as host is George Natanson, chief of the Latin American Bureau, Los Angeles Times. The guest include Dan Kurzman, Latin American correspondent for the Washington Post; George Carrasco and John Heymann, Panamanian newspaperman; Alfredo Noel deLeon and Julio Shaik, University of Panama students. Running Time: 28:27 (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
Series Description
At Issue consists of 69 half-hour and hour-long episodes produced in 1963-1966 by NET, which were originally shot on videotape in black and white and color.
Broadcast Date
1964-01-27
Asset type
Episode
Genres
Talk Show
News
Topics
News
Global Affairs
Journalism
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
00:30:23
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Credits
Guest: Kurzman, Dan
Guest: Shaik, Julio
Guest: Carrasco, George
Guest: deLeon, Alfredo Noel
Guest: Heymann, John
Host: Natanson, George
AAPB Contributor Holdings
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1837990-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 1 inch videotape: SMPTE Type C
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1837990-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: U-matic
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1837990-3 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
Color: B&W
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1837990-4 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Master
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1837990-5 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
Library of Congress
Identifier: 1837990-6 (MAVIS Item ID)
Generation: Copy: Access
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Citations
Chicago: “At Issue; 17; The View from Panama,” 1964-01-27, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed April 2, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-g73707xn3c.
MLA: “At Issue; 17; The View from Panama.” 1964-01-27. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. April 2, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-g73707xn3c>.
APA: At Issue; 17; The View from Panama. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-g73707xn3c