CBS NEWS SPECIAL: FIVE PRESIDENTS ON THE PRESIDENCY (TV)
Summary
This "CBS News Special" features five U.S. presidents who discuss the office of the presidency: Harry S Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Richard M. Nixon. Highlights of this program include the presidents discussing the following topics: the power struggle between Congress and the president; Johnson ascribes his success with legislation to congressional sympathy; presidential appointments and the ability to move Congress; the Cold War and foreign policy, including Kennedy on Vietnam; the president's relationship with the press; the president as a politican; each president assesses his strengths and weaknesses as president; the decision-making responsibilities of the president; and their disappointments in office. Commercials deleted.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 26, 1973 Thursday 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 0:50:20
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T81:0286
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Journalism; Liberty of the press; U S - Officials - Talk/Interviews; U S - Presidency; Vietnam War
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1973
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Perry Wolff … Executive Producer
- Peter Poor … Producer
- Eric Sevareid … Anchor
- Walter Cronkite … Reporter
- Edward R. Murrow … Reporter
- John F. Kennedy
- Richard M. Nixon
- Truman, Harry S
- Lyndon B. Johnson
- Dwight D. Eisenhower