News in Perspective; 42; 1966-1967: Reflections and Projections
- Series
- News in Perspective
- Episode Number
- 42
- Producing Organization
- National Educational Television and Radio Center
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-1n7xk85c1x
- NOLA Code
- NWIP
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- Description
- Episode Description
- As 1966 draws to a close, four New York Times editors interpret national and international trends that evolved during the year and predict the impact they will have on the New Year. Editor-moderator Lester Markel, associate editor of The New York Times, is joined by Claude Sitton, national news editor; Seymour Topping, foreign news editor; and Harrison Salisbury, assistant managing editor. The special hour-long review will focus on eight major issues. Internationally, they are the war in Vietnam and its impact on Americans world role; Chinas erratic but awesome course; the future of the communist bloc; and the direction of the Western Alliance. At home, the issues are the economy, the Great Society, the steadily fermenting political pot as Democrats and Republicans look ahead to 1968; and the thrust and counter-thrust of white backlash and black power. NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE: a 1966 National Educational Television production, produced through the facilities of WNDT, New York Citys educational television station. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- This series of hour-long episodes goes behind the headlines of the past month and looks briefly ahead - at the places, people, and events that are likely to make headlines in the coming weeks. A distinguished team from The New York Times summarizes and interprets the major news developments throughout the world and provides a back ground for better understanding of probable future events. Each NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE episode is designed particularly to clarify the complexities of current history. Lester Markel is the editor-moderator of episodes 1 - 89. Clifton Daniel took over for Mr. Markel for the remainder of the series. Max Frankel, diplomatic correspondent for The Times in Washington, DC, and Tom Wicker, White House political correspondent for The Times, are guests on many episodes. Starting with episode 38, the switched switched from monthly to bi-monthly. One of the month's episodes would follow the standard format, with a host and usually Frankel and Wicker commenting on current events. The other episode would be focused on a particular topic and feature subject experts in addition to Times reporters. Throughout each episode maps, photographs, cartoons and slides are used to illustrate the topics under discussion. NEWS IN PERSPECTIVE is a production of National Educational Television, in cooperation with The New York Times. Episodes were frequently produced through the facilities of WNDT, New York. The facilities at WETA, in Washington DC, were used at times, in addition to other international locations. This series was originally recorded on videotape, sometimes in black and white and sometimes in color.
- Broadcast Date
- 1966-12-28
- Asset type
- Episode
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Director:
Myers, Bud
Executive Producer: Cherkezian, Nazaret
Guest: Salisbury, Harrison
Guest: Topping, Seymour
Guest: Sitton, Claude
Host: Markel, Lester
Producing Organization: National Educational Television and Radio Center
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2403806-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 2 inch videotape
Generation: Master
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- Citations
- Chicago: “News in Perspective; 42; 1966-1967: Reflections and Projections,” 1966-12-28, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 5, 2026, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-1n7xk85c1x.
- MLA: “News in Perspective; 42; 1966-1967: Reflections and Projections.” 1966-12-28. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 5, 2026. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-1n7xk85c1x>.
- APA: News in Perspective; 42; 1966-1967: Reflections and Projections. 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-512-1n7xk85c1x