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 murder of Lee Harvey Oswald as well as memorial ceremonies for President Kennedy. Included are clips of Lee Harvey Oswald issuing his last public denial of guilt; Ike Pappas of WNEW-AM describing the shooting as it happened; Police Detective Jim Leavelle, who stood next to Oswald when he was shot; Steve Landregan, Parkland Hospital administrator; Dr. Tom Shires, chief of surgery at Parkland; Joy Dale, a dancer at Jack Ruby’s nightclub; Richard Nixon commenting on the murder of Oswald; and Chief Justice Earl Warren eulogizing President Kennedy. Newscaster: Joe Rubenstein.
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