News as we know it. late today nightly news was only 15 minutes and even the birmingham crisis. by the fall of 1963, cbs went to 30 minutes. nbc went to 30 minutes. in the new york and washington nerve centers of nbc news, these make possible the expansion of the huntly brinkley report to a full half hour. television became a bigger presence if people s lives just in time for freedom summer and the peak of the civil rights era. the explosion of media attention inspired a surge of new recruits, mostly young and white, into the movement. we all feel hopeful that we are going to be able to do something. something really will come out of this. what areas will your main activities be in? we ll be working on voter registrati
There were whites protesting alongside blacks. the news cameras couldn t look away and ultimately it really changed the evening news as we know of it. late today the federal government nightly news was only 15 minutes during the sit-ins and the freedom rides, even the birmingham crisis. but by the fall of 1963, cbs first went to 30 minutes. nbc huntley-brinkley went to 30 minutes. speed and efficiency in the new york and washington nerve centers of nbc news, these now make possible the expansion of the famed huntley-brinkley report to a full half hour. television became a bigger presence in people s lives just in time for freedom summer and the peak of the civil rights era. reporter: the explosion of media attention inspired a surge of new recruits, mostly young and white, into the movement. we all feel hopeful that we are going to be able to do something. that something really will come out of this summer. what areas will your main
China, would we win or would they win? it depends where the war would be taking place and the tactics that would be used on the two sides. in terms of spending and numbers of let s say aircraft carriers, we re way ahead. we have something like ten to one superiority, all things considered. they don t have and stealth bombers at all. they don t have any nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at all. but in the war games, i have been involved in against china, when i ve been there, sometimes on the china team, so-called red team, i would always find if i fight with an american style, then the american team would win that particular war game. if i use chinese style based on their writings for what they would do, attack our nerve centers first, for example, or
China, would we win or would they win? it depends where the war would be taking place and the tactics that would be used on the two sides. in terms of spending and numbers of let s say aircraft carriers, we re way ahead. we have something like ten to one superiority, all things considered. they don t have and stealth bombers at all. they don t have any nuclear-powered aircraft carriers at all. but in the war games, i have been involved in against china, when i ve been there, sometimes on the china team, so-called red team, i would always find if i fight with an american style, then the american team would win that particular war game. if i use chinese style based on their writings for what they would do, attack our nerve centers first, for example, or
Birmingham crisis. but by the fall of 1963, cbs first went to 30 minutes. nbc huntley-brinkley went to 30 minutes. speed and efficiency in the new york and washington nerve centers of nbc news, these now make possible the expansion of the famed huntley-brinkley report to a full half hour. television became a bigger presence in people s lives just in time for freedom summer and the peak of the civil rights era. reporter: the explosion of media attention inspired a surge of new recruits, mostly young and white, into the movement. we all feel hopeful that we are going to be able to do something. that something really will come out of this summer. what areas will your main activities be in? we ll primarily be working on voter registration, various forms of political education and then what we call freedom schools. reporter: one of these young leaders was bob moses of the