The Summit: A Nuclear Age Drama; Part 1

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Program
The Summit: A Nuclear Age Drama
Segment
Part 1
Producing Organization
Granada Television
WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Contributing Organization
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia (Athens, Georgia)
AAPB ID
cpb-aacip-526-b27pn8zf63
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Description
Program Description
"On the Eve of the third historic summit between President Ronald Reagan and General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, WETA presented THE SUMMIT: A NUCLEAR AGE DRAMA. Hosted by Marvin Kalb, this timely two-hour examination of the role of summitry utilized three methods to provide viewers with a clear picture of the summit process: dramatization, historical footage and live discussion of the issues surrounding this and other superpower summits. "A 52-minute dramatization, BREAKTHROUGH AT REYKJAVIK, began the program. Produced by Great Britain's Granada Television International, it depicted leaders Reagan and Gorbachev as they interacted in Reykjavik, Iceland during the October 1986 summit. The script was based on extensive notes of off-the-record talks with high level U.S. and Soviet participants during that historical weekend in Reykjavik. BREAKTHROUGH AT REYKJAVIK clarified for viewers the issues on the agenda for the 1987 summit and offered a glimpse at how these historic discussions look 'behind the scenes.' "After brief commentaries that confirmed the authenticity of the film by Chief U.S. Arms Negotiator Max Kampelman and former Asst. Secy. of Defense Richard Perle, the program continued with a videotaped look at summits since 1955, narrated by veteran summit-watcher, Daniel Schorr. Marvin Kalb led a discussion with former summit participants including Nat'l Security Council Advisor Helmut Sonnenfeldt, Security Advisor Walt Rostow and Secy. of State Cyrus Vance. "The program included several other discussions and videotaped packages. We were careful to represent the Soviet viewpoint and sent a crew to the U.S.S.R. to interview citizens on their hopes for the Washington summit. Spartak Beglov from the Soviet News agency Novosti was included in several discussions and Delegate Valentin Falin offered official Soviet impressions of the INF treaty and detailed the Soviet plan to pull out of Afghanistan within a year, a statement that had not been confirmed until that point. "THE SUMMIT: A NUCLEAR AGE DRAMA provided a unique window on the summit process with diverse, novel approaches to covering this moment in history."--1987 Peabody Awards entry form.
Broadcast Date
1987-12-07
Asset type
Program
Media type
Moving Image
Duration
01:03:13.662
Credits
Producing Organization: Granada Television
Producing Organization: WETA-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
AAPB Contributor Holdings
The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia
Identifier: cpb-aacip-c1416832616 (Filename)
Format: U-matic
Duration: 1:57:48
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Citations
Chicago: “The Summit: A Nuclear Age Drama; Part 1,” 1987-12-07, The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed May 28, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-b27pn8zf63.
MLA: “The Summit: A Nuclear Age Drama; Part 1.” 1987-12-07. The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. May 28, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-b27pn8zf63>.
APA: The Summit: A Nuclear Age Drama; Part 1. Boston, MA: The Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection at the University of Georgia, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-526-b27pn8zf63