Episode 432–The Frank Reynolds Centennial

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