‘Person To Person’…Edward R Murrow Visits Robert F Kennedy

On July 31, 2014 - TV History

‘Person To Person’…Edward R Murrow Visits Robert F Kennedy

Murrow’s fifth season of ‘Person To Person’ debuted the evening of September 13, 1957 at 10:30. His first guest of the new season was Julie London, from her North Hollywood home.

The final fifteen minutes came from the Kennedy home in McLean, Virginia where a four camera crew was set up for the live interview with lawyer Robert F. Kennedy, who was then Counsel for the Senate Rackets Committee. Robert and his wife Ethel, their five children and a number of pets appeared with Morrow.

Here’s a photo from that night taken as Murrow was wrapping up the London interview and about to throw to the Kennedys. The cameraman could be David Brinkley’s twin brother. Enjoy and share!

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6 Comments

  1. Mark Vidonic July 31, 2014

    True story about Brinkley – in 1943, he moved to Washington because he’d had a job offer from CBS. When he got there, the man who he was supposed to report to turned him away, saying he’d never heard of him. He got a job at NBC the same day and stayed there 38 years.

  2. Judy Watson July 31, 2014

    Most of these were done by KTLA I believe

  3. Mark Tipton July 31, 2014

    Those remotes were a huge undertaking in their day. There should be a book on how they were able to pull it off.

  4. Steve Williams July 31, 2014

    Then there was the Stan Freberg parody.
    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pLDmt_XhtnA&autoplay=1

  5. Wally Roper July 31, 2014

    Always loved Julie London..

  6. Terry Drymon July 31, 2014

    is any one dure that is not brinkle y ?