Originally published at: This 1970 ABC Evening News promo is insane | Boing Boing
…
3 Likes
After the titles, it cuts to Howard K Smith at the ABC Headquarters in Washington,“Um… [Howard shuffles his script pages and looks around apologetically]… er… there’s not really anything to report today…”
7 Likes
This probably could have used a little warning about the flashing lights in the first couple seconds of the video.
6 Likes
Who’d have thought those would have been the “good old days” for America, what with the absence in the promo of resurgent fascism, direct effects of the climate emergency, and extreme economic inequality.
2 Likes
insane, yes. INSANELY AMAZING
3 Likes
This is actually pretty damn cool vintage design. I liked it.
3 Likes
It reaches a crescendo of cringe when the jungle-print word “ASIA” comes on-screen, announced by a gong.
3 Likes
OH! Absolutely love this, had never seen (or ‘experienced’) it, thank you for sharing. It’s awesome.
2 Likes
Wow. So this was the framing of the world when I was 7. That explains a lot, including why I latched onto Heinlein’s Farnham’s Freehold a few years later.
1 Like
I miss Peter Jennings. 
2 Likes
1 Like
When the attack actually occurs the group, along with Joe, the family’s black servant, retreat to the fallout shelter beneath the house
… okay I’m out 
1 Like
This topic was automatically closed after 5 days. New replies are no longer allowed.
