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LIBERTY WEEKEND {OPERATION SAIL 1986, PT. 1} (TV)

Summary

Part one of four. Hosted by ABC News anchor Peter Jennings and Mystic Seaport director J. Revell Carr, coverage of Liberty Weekend's Operation Sail includes interviews with Claude De Kemoularia, French ambassador to the United Nations, and others. President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan observe the proceedings from the U.S.S. Iowa. Clips from the Statue of Liberty's fiftieth anniversary celebration are shown, along with correspondent Robert Trout's recollections of the event, attended by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936. Continues with T86:0405.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: July 4, 1986 Friday 9:00 AM
• RUNNING TIME: 1:00:00
• COLOR/B&W: Color
• CATALOG ID: T86:0404
• GENRE: Specials
• SUBJECT HEADING: Liberty Weekend, 1986; Operation Sail, 1986; Statue of Liberty (New York, N.Y.) - Centennial celebrations, etc.; U.S.S. Iowa (ship)
• SERIES RUN: ABC - TV, 1986
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CREDITS

• David L. Wolper … Executive Producer
• Peter Jennings … Host
• J. Revell Carr … Host
• Sam Donaldson … Reporter
• Lynn Sherr … Reporter
• Sander Vanocur … Reporter
• Rebecca Chase … Reporter
• Bill Blakemore … Reporter
• Carole Simpson … Reporter
• Pierre Salinger … Reporter
• Robert Trout … Commentator
• Claude de Kemoularia
• Nancy Reagan
• Ronald Reagan
• Franklin D. Roosevelt

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