September 24, 1968…’60 Minutes’ Debuts On CBS

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September 24, 1968…’60 Minutes’ Debuts On CBS

https://youtu.be/iRxQI8r8X9E?t=122

Forty six years ago, television history was made when CBS debuted ’60 Minutes’. Below, we see the slate for that first broadcast and at the link above, we have a great farewell to Mike Wallace.

At the two minute mark, we enter the ’60 Minutes’ studio which looks almost the same now as is did back in 2006. Enjoy and share! -Bobby Ellerbee

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5 Comments

  1. James Stanley Barr September 25, 2014

    Not too long ago, You Tube had a couple of nearly complete 1968-69 episodes of 60 Minutes that someone had posted that clearly weren’t from CBS’ Archives. I’ll track them down and post the links.

  2. Robert Franklin September 24, 2014

    Ah!! Noise in the blue …and you can see the banding,,,now thats video tape!

  3. John Senuta September 24, 2014

    I remember that studio back in the 70’s and 80’s. Lighting used to use a blow up sex doll on a chair to adjust lighting.

  4. Terry Drymon September 24, 2014

    I COULD NOT STOP WATCHING HIS INTERVIEW and just could NOT believe he was 50 when he started 60 min…just a m a z i n g !

  5. Marc Thorner September 24, 2014

    I know that back in the day, the segments were shot in 16mm and edited on (I think were) steenbeck.