The legendary Walter Cronkite reports on the first week of the Iran hostage crisis, President Jimmy Carter, the upcoming 1980 presidential campaign, including a feature on a largely unknown candidate named George Bush.
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@tony84.2 жыл бұрын
19:48. Thats the way it is! The greatest of all time, Walter Cronkite.
@porkbeans4792 Жыл бұрын
I was born in 72 and I love a lot of these 70's vintage videos. My childhood.
@JASONcirone-jf6eu Жыл бұрын
iwas born in 87 i love these see how they talk on tv its strange a little bit lol but fun to watch
@sveronih537610 ай бұрын
Boy how we miss REAL journalism! The great Walter Cronkite!
@kbobdonahue1966 Жыл бұрын
Walter Cronkite was America's Anchor for 18 years, and the best ever.
@colt-ss3lw11 ай бұрын
He was a devout liberal democrat. A commie a heart.
@davidthomas237711 ай бұрын
I clearly remember when this happened, I was 11 years old and in the 6th grade. My father, a marine veteran, came home from work mad as hell that this even happened. Thank you for posting.
@AarHan32 жыл бұрын
50:38 - And that's the way it was: Wednesday, November 14, 1979.
@KC2MFCs3 жыл бұрын
Any chance you have additional episodes of the CBS Evening News for the remainder of 1979? or for the 1980 Calendar as well? Thanks so much for the upload!
@DaveBrett993 жыл бұрын
This guy has posted a LOT of old news videos: kzbin.info/door/VTQ7Jdm8_6L3RxH3_EAGMQvideos
@bigmikecvn7111 ай бұрын
I was just 13 years old when the hostage crisis occurred, and at that age, I didn't grasp the full extent of the situation. Now, at the age of 57, I have a much better understanding of the events that transpired. The Shah of Iran, who ruled with an iron fist, was indeed a tyrant to the Iranian people. What's particularly noteworthy is the complex relationship between the United States and Iran during that period. The U.S. tolerated the Shah's oppressive regime as long as it served American interests, especially in terms of securing the flow of oil from Iran. Ironically, during that same time frame, the U.S. also began supporting Iran's regional adversaries, including Saddam Hussein's Iraq. This shift in policy marked a significant turning point in the geopolitics of the region and set the stage for the tumultuous events that followed.
@tony84.4 ай бұрын
50:38, This is news at its best. The great Walter Cronkite.
@AarHan310 ай бұрын
19:48 - And that's the way it was: Monday, November 12, 1979.
@jameshanold654511 ай бұрын
At age 14-I was too young to understand the United States/Iranian hostage crisis.
@Rickydiculus5 ай бұрын
I was only 8 or 9 during the Iran Co ntra hearings and my navel seal grandfather watching with me answered all my questions and provided some insight not available to most.
@ronaldzent6321 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Jimmy Carter was a weak President, but still seemed like a basically good and decent man. After he left DC, he became more active with Habitat for Humanity and helping to monitor elections in certain countries. Also, don't think he got too much support from DEM Congressional leadership, such as from Tip O Neill. Think what might have done Carter's presidency in was the failed hostage rescue attempt in April 1980. Very high interest rates, and another Gas supply crunch in '79 as well
@kenfrievalt7826 Жыл бұрын
I totally agree
@seand67 Жыл бұрын
President Carter was in over his head…..smh
@dougg20126 ай бұрын
great man but just not cut out for the Presidency.
@Rickydiculus5 ай бұрын
Didn't help that Reagan's VP running mate was CIA and worked with the Iranians to hold the American hostages until after the election, then sold Iran weapons which that money was then fun else to South American contras, and cocaine was flown back to USA on government planes to create the crack epidemic so all the inner cities could be bought back by the pure Christian whites. Carter was the last human being to hold the office of POTUS. The rest have been charlatans who have sold USA to the highest bidder.
@MichaelHansenFUN6 ай бұрын
November 4, 1979 - January 20, 1981 because it was announced at my elementary school i forgot what year
@JASONcirone-jf6eu Жыл бұрын
i loved him in liberty kids i never knew he was an actor as well
@ibrahimali2617 Жыл бұрын
The last album by Paul McCartney and Wings "Back to the egg" came out in 1979
@batterymakermarkii2654 Жыл бұрын
I vividly remember when this went down. Weak, weak time...
@airassault11 Жыл бұрын
What’s crazy is that Sadegh Ghotbzadeh was arrested twice for plotting to kill Ayatollah Khomeini twice. The first time he arrested was in November 8, 1980, but Khomeini intervened and he was arrested. The second time was in April 1982. This time he went to trail and was executed by firing squad in September 1982.
@GMAN1964100 Жыл бұрын
People forget Reagan first ran for president in ‘68, then almost beat Ford in ‘76; I wonder would Reagan have beaten Carter in ‘76 if he had been the GOP nominee instead of Ford
@reneauvray3440 Жыл бұрын
One close of mine who is a Republican believes Reagan would not have been president in 1976 because we were still getting over Watergate.
@emmgeevideo9 ай бұрын
We'll never know...
@emmgeevideo9 ай бұрын
@@reneauvray3440If he's a close friend of yours, he must be right.
@reneauvray34409 ай бұрын
I have been told Reagan would have lost to Carter because of voters was still upset about Watergate.
@emmgeevideo9 ай бұрын
@@reneauvray3440 Is that what "they" say?
@MichaelHansenFUN6 ай бұрын
no commercials
@I-Libertine4 ай бұрын
The Carter Administration's public diplomacy was absolutely *horrendous. Itself, so profoundly destructive. 🙄
@LindaMerchant-pm8vn11 ай бұрын
I agree
@MichaelHansenFUN6 ай бұрын
how long were the hostages in iran? remember "fuck iran" spraypaint?
@nightowl35823 ай бұрын
Just information. No agendas.
@JackT_Music_on_Vinyl Жыл бұрын
I remember having to travel lightly, turn off all lights when not needed and the Pres kept the country on DST through the winter to curtail need for lighting by business. Today, we complain when our internet slows down, the drivethrough line is long or we have to join our fellow countrymen in any way. This was the 70s and 80s too, not WWII. Get ready, it will happen again. But todays Americans are spoiled and spending time on Tik Tok instead of learning new skills and becoming stronger. End rant.
@juliebrown83314 ай бұрын
You're definitely not wrong....
@LindaMerchant-bq2hp9 ай бұрын
He was older
@reneauvray3440 Жыл бұрын
This is news by real people
@kascnef Жыл бұрын
Stall is still alive
@craigkidd47605 ай бұрын
Has to be one of the first national profiles of George Bush.
@GMAN1964100 Жыл бұрын
Biggest mistake Carter did was allowing the Shah into the US
@Nighthawk1968 Жыл бұрын
Why not allow the Shah, atleast he came legally. Every Democratic president has been soft and even sympathetic toward people who come illegally. Even to the point embracing them with open arms.
@TowGunner Жыл бұрын
Carter ignited the Iranian revolution. In 2016, a declassified report stated that the Carter administration had extensive contact with Khomeini and his entourage in the prelude to the Iranian Revolution. According to the report, Khomeini "went to great lengths to ensure the Americans would not jeopardize his plans to return to Iran - and even personally wrote to US officials" and assured them not to worry about their interests in Iran, particularly oil. According to the report, in turn, Carter and his administration helped Khomeini and made sure that the Imperial Iranian army would not launch a military coup. Regardless, instead of immediately bombing Iranian oil fields, he allowed the hostages to languish for 444 days. Allowed the hostages to suffer mock trials and mock executions. He gave his authorization for a rescue mission that was destined to fail. Eight Americans were killed in the botched rescue attempt. That’s the dolts legacy.
@GMAN1964100 Жыл бұрын
@@Nighthawk1968 illegal border crossings are lower under Biden than Trump
@GMAN1964100 Жыл бұрын
@@TowGunner I wasn’t aware of the extent of the Carter admins communications with the Khomeini forces pre-revolution, wrong-headed and naive at best, another big mistake Carter made was going to the State Dept in December 1979 and basically ruling out military action publicly to obtain the release of the hostages; Ted Kopoel said this gave all the leverage to the Iranians; IMHO we should’ve given the Iranians an ultimatum at the beginning of the crisis; seizing the embassy was an act of war
@MrOneHotDog Жыл бұрын
The biggest mistake America made was to elect the Carter idiot. It's stupid to blame the Shah for the hostage crisis because Iran used that as an excuse. Carter will die as the 3rd worst president thanks to the election of Obama and Biden.
@chrissystewart626811 ай бұрын
So why Iran 🇮🇷 hated 🇺🇸 & why the 🇮🇷 people 🔥 the flag of 🇮🇷🇮🇷?
@immortalhour38883 жыл бұрын
I was 5 months old
@nordythenorthman10 ай бұрын
7 months old
@emmgeevideo9 ай бұрын
So sorry that Leslie Stahl had such terrible plastic surgery later in life.
@fluxfaze11 ай бұрын
This stirs vivid memories of Carter’s obscene imbecility.
@tense9910 ай бұрын
Compare this to todays news
@TowGunner Жыл бұрын
Marine Kevin Hermening cracked in just 9 days. Pathetic and embarrassing. Executive Order 10631-Code of Conduct for Members of the Armed Forces of the United States: “If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.”
@kenfrievalt7826 Жыл бұрын
He was from Milwaukee area
@Polostar79 Жыл бұрын
Like you would’ve done any better.
@FirsteMann1929 Жыл бұрын
The beginning of the end of the U.S
@bobbrauer4853 Жыл бұрын
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@bobbrauer4853 Жыл бұрын
Carter and Biden the worst Presidents?? You can’t ignore the twice impeached, twice indicated, sexually convicted Donny T-rump. Now THAT’S the WORST President!
@mikemathews92773 жыл бұрын
I was a about 10 years old when this broadcast was made and I definitely remember President Ronald Reagan in the debates against Failed President Jimmy Carter in 1980 because my parents made me and my siblings watch it and Reagan owned him.
@jeffblanks5292 жыл бұрын
Carter did the right thing and Reagan set the country on the wrong path.
@TexasMan772 жыл бұрын
@@jeffblanks529 Hardly. Carters presidency was a flop.
@jlbaker20002 жыл бұрын
@@TexasMan77 I agree. People don't understand what a good president Carter really was. He brought Menachim Begin and Anwar Sadat together in peace.
@jlbaker20002 жыл бұрын
@@TexasMan77 That's ignorant. Look at the position he was put in. Nobody could do anything more.
@mesince73442 жыл бұрын
@@TexasMan77 carter tried to get Americans to slow down on consumerism, materialism and credit debt. Reagan preached greed and over-abundance. Then the yuppies happened. Now look at the middle class, shrinking and the elite are even more wealthy. So, only fools call him a flop. He did what he knew was right, but Reaganomics got us here
@joetamburello62923 жыл бұрын
Jimmy Carter used to be the worst President ever until Biden
@brentgarrison726 Жыл бұрын
Klansman says what?
@joetamburello6292 Жыл бұрын
@@brentgarrison726 yup
@fenian123 Жыл бұрын
Trump isn't worst because he's not qualified to even be called a president
@barryandreev8333 Жыл бұрын
tRump was the worst ever ... and forever.
@deBASHmode Жыл бұрын
Carter’s reputation rook a big upswing once the world saw the disaster Reagan/Bush made…
@HockeyVictory66 Жыл бұрын
Ronald Reaganscrewed up this country and Trump just continued the madness. Hopefully, he will be convicted.
@bobbyg433 Жыл бұрын
So you're ok with 40 year high inflation? Out of control southern border? Crime ravaged cities?
@brentambrose7036 Жыл бұрын
Another TRUMP HATER.... just full of hate... I feel sorry for you carrying that around with you all day ,life is about forgiveness. All the best to you
@eddiekulp1241 Жыл бұрын
Bidens next then
@charlesphilhower1452 Жыл бұрын
Welcome to the twilight zone. Carter was just incompetent the current clown is incompetent and evil.
@Manta_GTJ Жыл бұрын
@billyoc49275 ай бұрын
Pinko Cronkite should have been charged with treason during Vietnam.
@Manta_GTJ Жыл бұрын
2023 the news is the same with different Players.........
@DoomKitteh Жыл бұрын
No it's not. Today is blatant propaganda and partisanship instead of fair and balanced reporting.