Real Time 1960s
LBJ delivers his State of the Union; MLK plans a campaign in Selma; Senate divided over Vietnam; “Ready Steady Go!” bans miming; Malcolm X speaks out; Joe Namath signs with the Jets. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. on Patreon!
info_outline 1964 | Top 10 Films - “A Hard Day’s Night” [Ep. 34]Real Time 1960s
In this episode, we review our 4th-ranked film for 1964, “A Hard Day’s Night,” the Beatles’ big-screen debut, which critic Andrew Sarris called “the Citizen Kane of jukebox musicals.” on Patreon!
info_outline Evening Report | December 10, 1964Real Time 1960s
LBJ decorates a Vietnam hero; Berkeley police arrest 800 students; J.W. Fulbright speaks out on Vietnam; Ringo gets his tonsils out; Dr. King wins the Nobel Prize; Muhammad Ali is on the mend. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. on Patreon!
info_outline 1964 | Top 10 Films - “Nothing but a Man” [Ep. 33]Real Time 1960s
In this episode, we review our 5th-ranked film for 1964, “Nothing but a Man,” a groundbreaking production starring Ivan Dixon and Abbey Lincoln which deals with contemporary black life in the Deep South. on Patreon!
info_outline Evening Report | October 18, 1964Real Time 1960s
Khrushchev is replaced; Ronald Reagan switches parties; RFK seeks to change his image; MLK wins the Nobel Peace Prize; the Cardinals are champions. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. on Patreon!
info_outline 1964 | Top 10 Films - “Goldfinger” and "The Soft Skin" [Ep. 32]Real Time 1960s
In this episode, we review our 7th and 6th-ranked films for 1964, “Goldfinger,” the third James Bond film, and “The Soft Skin,” French New Wave director Francois Truffaut's “clinical autopsy of adultery.” on Patreon!
info_outline Evening Report | September 7, 1964Real Time 1960s
Robert F. Kennedy resigns from the Cabinet; President Johnson speaks in Detroit; controversy over a school integration plan in NYC; Hell’s Angels wreak havoc in Monterey; the Beatles invade Toronto; Checkers is dead. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. on Patreon!
info_outline Evening Report | August 6, 1964Real Time 1960s
Violence in the Gulf of Tonkin; a Congressional resolution on Southeast Asia; a grim discovery in Mississippi; Ranger 7 sends pictures of the moon; LBJ speaks out on Vietnam; Giants manager Alvin Dark is on the defensive. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. on Patreon!
info_outline Evening Report | July 24, 1964Real Time 1960s
Rioting in Harlem and Brooklyn; news coverage in Vietnam set to expand; the search for three civil rights workers continues; Malcolm X speaks out on Barry Goldwater; George Wallace withdraws; the Phillies are riding high. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein. on Patreon!
info_outline 1964 | Top 10 Films - “The Pawnbroker” [Ep. 31]Real Time 1960s
In this episode, we review our 8th-ranked film for 1964, “The Pawnbroker,” a drama directed by Sidney Lumet about a Holocaust survivor played by Rod Steiger. on Patreon!
info_outlineThis report covers the assassination of President Kennedy from all angles. Included are clips of the President at various events just prior to his death; Walter Cronkite of CBS News; Acting White House Press Secretary Malcolm Kilduff; UPI Reporter Bill Hampton; Lyndon Johnson as he takes the oath and then delivers remarks at Andrews Air Force Base; Lee Harvey Oswald; Ted Callaway, who witnessed the shooting of Officer J.D. Tippit and picked Oswald out of a police lineup; two Dallas police officers who helped arrest Oswald; Dallas Police Sergeant Gerald Hill, who describes what was found on the 6th floor of the Texas Schoolbook Depository; Dwight D. Eisenhower; Martin Luther King; everyday citizens in Chicago and New York, including a policeman in Times Square; Dallas Police Chief Jesse Curry; and Dallas Judge David Johnston. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.
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