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Ten O'Clock News; Edward Kennedy
11/07/1979
A pageant of Kennedy family members (including matriarch Rose and Jackie Onassis) assembles at Faneuil Hall to hear Sen. Edward Kennedy announce his presidential candidacy. Ted appears but the tape does not include the announcement itself.
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- Series
- Ten O'Clock News
- Title
Edward Kennedy
- Series Description
NIGHTLY NEWS WITH CHRISTOPHER LYDON AND CARMEN FIELDS Began January 1976. Replaced evening news show EVENING COMPASS. Original host: Steve Nevas. Other anchors, Christopher Lydon (1977-91) and Gail Harris (1983). In 1980 - hour long. Ended in 1991.
(PREDECESSORS: Louis Lyons began news operations at WGBH in 1952. The News at 10 began in 1966. The Reporters premiered in 1970. The Evening Compass started in 1974.) Series release date: 1/1976
- Duration
00:15:51
- Asset Type
Broadcast program
- Media Type
Video
- Subjects
- Presidents -- United States -- Election -- 1980
- Kennedy, Rose Fitzgerald, 1890-1995
- Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
- Political campaigns
- Faneuil Hall (Boston, Mass.)
- Onassis, Jacqueline Kennedy, 1929-1994
- Locations
- Boston (Mass.)
- Genres
- News Report
- Topics
- News
- Contributors
- Wu, Janet (Reporter)
- Citation
- Chicago: “Ten O'Clock News; Edward Kennedy,” 11/07/1979, GBH Archives, accessed July 27, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_82FE9A030C174028A2082AFFD2EEE17A.
- MLA: “Ten O'Clock News; Edward Kennedy.” 11/07/1979. GBH Archives. Web. July 27, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_82FE9A030C174028A2082AFFD2EEE17A>.
- APA: Ten O'Clock News; Edward Kennedy. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_82FE9A030C174028A2082AFFD2EEE17A