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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
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