Today (November 29th) marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of legendary ABC News anchor Frank Reynolds. Although this man has not been with us for the last 40 years he left a great legacy of journalism on TV that lives on today with World News Tonight as one of the program's three founding co-anchors. We will showcase some of his great moments on this special episode of It Was a Thing on TV.
Sargent Shriver Interview (1965) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGVMfce5bJk
ABC 1968 Race to the White House - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJeozETBpYU
Issues and Answers Opening (1968) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkSI07FQniM
Remembering JFK (11/22/68): - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRFEIHSOg9Q
Apollo Program (1968-69) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL3SMbWGtWc&t=1941s
Neil Armstrong Profile - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pceDTbCNlQ
Frank Reynolds’ farewell to the ABC Evening News (1970) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGT-Bolt7N8
World News Tonight Premiere (7/20/78) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5OrVbxAL4g
Frank reporting on the Solar Eclipse (1979) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrz-_4CFOuE
Frank at work on ABC Network line (1980) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qdmrvL4DyI
Anchoring World News Tonight during Mount St. Helens Eruption (1980) - https://youtu.be/5izisUIqO2s?si=qZkRivtS6eUYAEiB&t=636
KTVK-TV 3 Arizona World News Tonight Promo (1981) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5df74Xw4QSo
ABC Reagan Attempted Assassination Snippets from the Oddity Archive’s Breaking News video - https://youtu.be/1hQSxVsdY78?si=eSWQLuWA5l8Uopy7&t=1424
Special Report within World News Tonight (1981) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YJFGncyMPI
Frank Reynolds Remembered - ABC News Nightline (7/20/83) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d259RtOMBnk
Frank Reynolds: A Man Who Cared (7/24/83) - https://archive.org/details/ABC_News_Frank_Reynolds_A_Man_Who_Cared_1983
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