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Early Mike Wallace interviews now online
by Outspoken on Thu Apr 03, 2008 7:09 pm
Early Mike Wallace interviews now online
By FRAZIER MOORE
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK - Here is a familiar sight: Mike Wallace on camera. He's grilling Henry Kissinger on "the immediate issue that will decide the fate of our freedom, certainly — and possibly even of our survival."
But hold on: The video images are black and white, and both Wallace and Kissinger look awfully young.
In fact, this half-hour exchange aired a half-century ago, when the 35-year-old future secretary of state was still employed at Harvard University, and "60 Minutes" was a decade down the road for his 40-year-old inquisitor. As they talk, Topic A isn't terrorism or global warming, but the Soviet threat.
It's a remarkable glimpse into yesteryear, and it's available on your computer screen — along with some 60 other editions of "The Mike Wallace Interview," many of them unseen since their original ABC broadcast.
The programs, which have just been put online by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, were donated by Wallace himself in the early 1960s.
They capture the essential Mike Wallace everyone would later come to know. They're a time capsule unearthed from a pivotal moment.
They're also a very entertaining treasury.
Click to the home page for "The Mike Wallace Interviews," and — with no muss or fuss, no sign-in required or ads to slog through — scroll down the litany of personalities.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_mike_wallace_online;_ylt=AlYLQZcwEnOKkVKMsYTLYlqs0NUE
(AP Photo/Harry Ransom Center)
By FRAZIER MOORE
AP Television Writer
NEW YORK - Here is a familiar sight: Mike Wallace on camera. He's grilling Henry Kissinger on "the immediate issue that will decide the fate of our freedom, certainly — and possibly even of our survival."
But hold on: The video images are black and white, and both Wallace and Kissinger look awfully young.
In fact, this half-hour exchange aired a half-century ago, when the 35-year-old future secretary of state was still employed at Harvard University, and "60 Minutes" was a decade down the road for his 40-year-old inquisitor. As they talk, Topic A isn't terrorism or global warming, but the Soviet threat.
It's a remarkable glimpse into yesteryear, and it's available on your computer screen — along with some 60 other editions of "The Mike Wallace Interview," many of them unseen since their original ABC broadcast.
The programs, which have just been put online by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, were donated by Wallace himself in the early 1960s.
They capture the essential Mike Wallace everyone would later come to know. They're a time capsule unearthed from a pivotal moment.
They're also a very entertaining treasury.
Click to the home page for "The Mike Wallace Interviews," and — with no muss or fuss, no sign-in required or ads to slog through — scroll down the litany of personalities.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080403/ap_en_tv/ap_on_tv_mike_wallace_online;_ylt=AlYLQZcwEnOKkVKMsYTLYlqs0NUE
(AP Photo/Harry Ransom Center)
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