Reuven Frank

On his early life and influences; on radio news he listened to as a child, and on various radio news correspondents; on his journalistic education

On seeing television at the 1939-40 World's Fair, and on his first job in television news; on processing and editing footage from Pathe for NBC News' Camel News Caravan, and on writing for the show; on acting as assignment editor for Camel News Caravan

On television news' early use of news reel footage; on working with John Cameron Swayze on Camel News Caravan; on writing for Camel News Caravan, the show going coast-to-coast, and the sponsor's rules

On the equipment used for Camel News Caravan broadcasts, and "switching"; on Camel News Caravan's coverage of the 1952 political conventions

On the 1952 presidential conventions; on the news magazine show Outlook with Chet Huntley; on pairing Chet Huntley and David Brinkley for the 1956 presidential conventions

On the technical aspects of covering the 1956 conventions; on NBC's floor reporters at the 1956 conventions

On the advent of The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on the early studios of The Huntley-Brinkley Report

On the set of The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on Chet Huntley and David Brinkley's strengths on The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on the technical aspects of broadcasting The Huntley-Brinkley Report, and how they evolved

On John Chancellor's coverage of the desegregation of Central High School in Little Rock, AR for The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on NBC President Robert E. Kintner

On the 1964 Democratic and Republican presidential conventions; on the Senator Joseph McCarthy hearings; on NBC covering the coronation of Queen Elizabeth

On the rise and decline of the news documentary; on the 1960 Democratic primary with John F. Kennedy; on how the 1952 writers strike impacted NBC news and on the 1960 presidential campaign

On the 1960 elections, John F. Kennedy against Richard Nixon; on NBC News' coverage of the space race in the '60s

On Charles Van Doren at NBC News; on erection of the Berlin Wall, and on the Cuban Missile Crisis; on The Huntley-Brinkley Report going from fifteen minutes to a half-hour

On the NBC News documentary The Road to Spandau, and other Sunday afternoon news programming; on NBC's coverage of the Bay of Pigs invasion; on the change in atmosphere of television news beginning with Watergate

On expanding The Huntley-Brinkley Report from fifteen minutes to a half-hour; on doing stories about oil when Texaco was a sponsor of The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy

Reuven Frank on Chet Huntley and David Brinkley reporting on the John F. Kennedy assassination and funeral for The Huntley-Brinkley Report

Reuven Frank on the NBC News documentary The Tunnel

On NBC covering the 1964 Republican primary between Barry Goldwater and Nelson Rockefeller; on the 1980 election between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter; on the 1964 Republican political convention and the distrust of the news media, specifically The Huntley-Brinkley Report

On the 1964 Democratic political convention, which produced Lyndon B. Johnson as the nominee; on leaving The Huntley-Brinkey Report; on the NBC News coverage of the Vietnam War

On NBC News' coverage of the anti-Vietnam War movement; on the ratings decline of The Huntley-Brinkley Report

On the ratings decline of The Huntley-Brinkley Report; on Robert E. Kinter being fired as head of NBC, and on becoming a vice president at NBC News; on becoming President of NBC News in 1968, and on NBC President William R. McAndrew

On NBC News coverage of the 1968 Democratic convention in Chicago; on the "Heidi Game"

On the "Heidi Game"; on Richard Nixon's hostility toward the press; on the NBC News magazine First Tuesday

On producing the NBC White Paper documentary "Migrant"; on resigning as NBC News President; on producing the NBC News series Weekend with Linda Ellerbee

On the retirement of Chet Huntley from The Huntley-Brinkley Report and replacing the show; on his second stint as President of NBC News

On his second stint as President of NBC News, and on Overnight with Linda Ellerbee; on dealing with Tom Brokaw, John Chancellor, and Roger Mudd as anchors of NBC Nightly News; on dealing with Today during his second stint as President of NBC News

On the biggest changes in television news during his career; on the pressure to cut costs in television news; on how well television news serves the people, and on the then-differences between the three network newscasts, and on Roy Cohn

On various people with whom he's worked in his career; on working with Bob Doyle, Dave Garroway, and Gerald Green

On various people with whom he's worked in his career

On b-roll pictures from his career- with Ralph Peterson and John Cameron Swayze; the set of The Huntley-Brinkley Report; with Bill McAndrew; as President of NBC News; with Elliott Frankel, and Sander Vanocur; on the set of The Huntley-Brinkley Report; at the 1968 Democratic convention; picture of John Chancellor; winning an Emmy for The Tunnel; election night 1970