ABC News: Moratorium Day 1969

[hadrons]

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The large demonstration against the United States involvement in the Vietnam War as millions participating throughout the world.

Its been a while since I've uploaded some videos (original YouTube account was tombstoned because MLB didn't like some of the NY Mets stuff I had) and this is a clip I've posted a couple of years ago, but since then I've got a ton of great newscasts from the 1960's-1990's; stories on: Nixon getting elected, Nixon getting tossed-out, Reagan's staff stealing Carter's pre-debate notes, Noam Chomsky on CNBC, deaths of Truman, LBJ, etc. I'm aiming to have some up in the coming weeks.

[boomerbust]

1. If I recall

Nixon watched pro football during the moratorium.

[hwmnbn]

2. Wow, looking forward to those clips.....

not only for nostalgia, but for comparing the quality of TV journalism then and now. :thumbsup:

[mmm413]

7. I'm nostalgic for that time too.

When we had REAL journalists. Not hacks.

[stlsaxman]

3. this is awesome! the Moratorium, The (magnificent) Chicago Seven, and the HASC ...

giving Nixon the go-ahead to draft only 19 y/o's...

one prescious bit was Congress saying it was wonderful to see the people expressing dissent...

boy, those were the days.

[balantz]

4. You beat me to it.

Even more amazing was that members from both sides of the aisle said it was good for citizens to express dissent.

[iconicgnom]

6. Yah, and it was wonderful how members on both sides of the aisle ignored it.

[gateley]

5. Boy - it's interesting to see this stuff again.

I remember when it was on the news every night.

Thanks!!

[happydreams]

8. zzzzz.....Nixon ( Oct. 1969): "The VietCong are in a state of near collapse".....

Cheney (May 2005): The insurgency in Iraq is "in the last throes," Vice President Dick Cheney says, and he predicts that the fighting will end before the Bush administration leaves office.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/05/30/cheney.iraq/