ABC News Nightline: Kurt Waldheim Interview - 02/15/88 YorkVid 2022-11-29 | On this episode of ABC News Nightline originally aired February 15, 1988, anchor Ted Koppel and correspondent Pierre Salinger interview Kurt Waldheim, then-president of Austria and former Secretary-General of the United Nations, after Waldheim's appointed commission found he knew about World War II-era atrocities.#nightline #1980s #kurtwaldheim #austria #tedkoppel #1988 #vintage #unitednations #history
Questar Home Video YorkVid 2022-09-30 | Taken from the VHS tape "The Story of Washington, D.C." from 1992.
The Story of Washington, D.C. (1992) YorkVid 2022-09-27 | Produced by NBC News in 1992, this documentary provides a video tour of Washington, D.C., focusing especially on the District's history.#washingtondc #documentaries #documentary #americanhistory #1990s
Hidden Places: Where History Lives — Ancient Places (1980) YorkVid 2022-09-23 | Produced for Nebraska's ETV Network in 1980, Philip Abbott visits Canyon, Utah, Hueco Tanks, Texas, and Indian Rock, New Mexico.#documentaries #1980s #americanhistory #history #utah #texas #newmexico
Hidden Places: Where History Lives — Two Routes West (1980) YorkVid 2022-09-20 | Produced for Nebraska's ETV Network in 1980, Philip Abbott explores sections of two pioneer routes across the Great American Desert, the Platt River Valley, and the Missouri River.#documentaries #1980s #americanhistory #history
More Than Shelter: The Public Life of Buildings (1988) YorkVid 2022-09-09 | Produced by Rutgers University in the late 1980s, this program explores the then-controversial postmodern movement in architecture. Examples of buildings in the United States are provided with commentary by critics, historians, and architects.#architecture #1980s #design #cities
The Vanishing Civil War — WPSX (1992) YorkVid 2022-09-06 | A program produced by PBS affiliate WPSX in State College, Pennsylvania in 1992 on the preservation of the Bull Run Battlefield in Northern Virginia, how urbanization spurred development on historical sites, and the efforts of preservationists.#thecivilwar #urbanization #1990s #northernvirginia #virginia #civilwar #documentary
Burning Questions: Losing the Future — ABC News (1988) YorkVid 2022-09-02 | Originally broadcast on December 15, 1988, ABC News correspondent Sander Vanocur examines factors that cause the United States to lose economic ground to innovative Japanese and West German competitors.#1980s #abcnews #oldnews #documentaries
1992 Chicago Flood — WBBM-TV Coverage YorkVid 2022-07-15 | A compilation of WBBM-TV's coverage of the April 1992 Chicago Flood.Clips from broadcasts include WBBM anchors and reporters Bill Kurtis, Lester Holt, Elizabeth Vargas, Jay Levine, Linda MacLennan, Dawn Stensland, Jon Duncanson, Mike Parker, Larry Mendte, and Mike Flannery among others unidentified. Feel free to name them in the comments if missed.Source: Private videotape.From Wikipedia: "The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities, and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 m3) of water."#chicago #chicagohistory #1990s #localnews #1992 #1990s #tvnews #chicagonews #chicagotv
1992 Chicago Flood — WLS-TV Coverage YorkVid 2022-07-14 | An hourlong compilation of WLS-TV ABC 7's coverage of the April 1992 Chicago Flood.Clips from Eyewitness News broadcasts include anchors and reporters Floyd Kalber, John Drury, Mary Ann Childers, Chuck Goudie, Paul Meincke, Charles Thomas, Jim Rosenfield, Jim Gibbons, Sylvia Perez, Hugh Hill and Andy Shaw among others unidentified. Feel free to name them in the comments if missed.Source: Private videotape.From Wikipedia: "The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities, and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 m3) of water."#chicago #chicagohistory #chicagoflood #localnews #1992 #1990s #tvnews #chicagonews #chicagotv
Weathering and Erosion — 1985 YorkVid 2022-07-13 | Educational video from the mid-1980s covering the geological topics of weathering and erosion.From the VHS box: "This program explores how the surface of the earth is in constant struggle with the elements. Wind, running water, gravity, and temperature changes break down rock formations and carry away material to build up deltas, beaches, geosynclines, and dunes."#geology #vhs #educationalvideo #1980s
Volcanoes of the U.S. — 1985 YorkVid 2022-07-13 | An educational video from the mid-1980s that provides an overview of volcanoes located within the United States — focusing specifically on those active in recent historical times.#geology #vhs #educationalvideo #1980s
1992 Chicago Flood — WGN-TV Coverage YorkVid 2022-07-13 | An hourlong compilation of WGN-TV's coverage of the April 1992 Chicago Flood. Clips from Nine O'Clock News and Chicago's Midday News broadcasts include WGN News personalities Steve Sanders, Jim Williams, Carol Davis-Dillard, Robert Jordan, Joel Weisman, and Jim Ramsey among others unidentified. Feel free to name them in the comments if missed.Source: Private videotapeFrom Wikipedia: "The Chicago flood occurred on April 13, 1992, when repair work on a bridge spanning the Chicago River damaged the wall of an abandoned and disused utility tunnel beneath the river. The resulting breach flooded basements, facilities, and the underground Chicago Pedway throughout the Chicago Loop with an estimated 250 million US gallons (1,000,000 m3) of water."#chicago #chicagohistory #chicagoflood #localnews #1992 #1990s #tvnews #chicagonews #chicagotv
No Victory without a Battle: A Retrospective of Civil Disobedience at CMU (1989) YorkVid 2022-06-22 | Produced by Peace TV, this documentary chronicles the adventures and philosophy of Pittsburgh peace activist Vincent Eirene from 1987 to 1989, focusing on his work protesting against weapons research at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute.Peace TV was a late 1970s-early 1990s Pittsburgh-based alternative media initiative focusing on social justice and peace activism.#pittsburgh #pittsburghhistory #1980s #activism #documentary
Disaster: The Will to Survive — Discovery Channel (1993) YorkVid 2022-06-17 | Discovery Channel documentary from 1993 about the 1989 San Francisco earthquake, the 1964 Alaska Earthquake, and a mine disaster in northeastern Pennsylvania in the mid-20th century.
Mt. St. Helens: Logging the Blast — U.S. Logger (1983) YorkVid 2022-06-14 | A two-part edition of U.S. Logger originally produced in the early 1980s — and later updated in the 1990s for sale on VHS — on the salvage and cleanup of timber blown down by the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Both episodes have been combined into one video.#mountsthelens #logging #mtsthelens #1980s #pacificnorthwest #history
Butler County Is My Home — 1985 YorkVid 2022-06-06 | A promotional video produced in 1985 by the Butler County, Pennsylvania Chamber of Commerce to promote the communities, businesses, educational, and recreational offerings the county provides.#butlercountypa #pennsylvania #1980s #vhs #butlerpa
University of California EMC Title Card YorkVid 2022-06-06 | Title card for the University of California's Extension Media Center.
The Restless Earth: Understanding Plate Tectonics — 1981 YorkVid 2022-06-04 | Video adaption of a two-part slideshow presentation from the early 1980s covering the theory of plate tectonics. Part one discusses Pangaea and the evidence supporting it, through rock analysis, fossil remains, and vertical and horizontal movement of surface drift. Part two explains the formation of the ocean floors, development of the lithosphere (the tectonic plates), the relative youth of the ocean floors versus the age of the continents, tectonic boundaries, and volcanic activity.#geology #volcanology #platetectonics #1980s #slideshow #vhs #earthscience #educationalvideo
Footsteps of Giants — 1986 YorkVid 2022-06-04 | Documentary from 1986 chronicling NASA’s space exploration efforts from Alan Shepard's flight in May 1961 to the Space Shuttle Challenger's explosion in January 1986. Includes interviews with former astronauts Sen. Harrison Schmitt and Rusty Schweickart, astrophysicist Carl Sagan, and author Norman Mailer, along with a special appearance from President Ronald Reagan.#spaceexploration #space #nasa #documentary #vhs #1980s #solarsystem #outerspace
Cities for People — 1974 YorkVid 2022-06-04 | This documentary produced by the University of California system in the mid-1970s uses historic and contemporary examples of urban public spaces in Italy and the United States to show how cities can be made to be humanly appealing.#cities #urbanplanning #documentary #california #1970s
To What End? — WNET/PBS (1988) YorkVid 2022-06-03 | A program produced by WNET/New York for PBS that discusses the history of nuclear warfare and weapons and the nuclear arms build-up.Examines 4 different policy options currently under consideration by leading U.S. and Soviet experts, policymakers, government officials, and scientists. Archival footage, graphics, and animation provide background information and historical context on the following viewpoints: weapons buildup, arms control, strategic defense capabilities, and disarmament.#nuclearweapons #sovietunion #usmilitary #nuclearweapon #nukes #1980s #documentary #documentary #publictelevision
Two Decades And A Wake Up: A Journey Back to Vietnam — KCTS/PBS (1990) YorkVid 2022-06-03 | After two decades, war veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder return to Vietnam with their therapists to finally put the war behind them.#vietnamwar #vietnam #ptsd #documentary #1990s
Out of the Ashes — KATU (1981) YorkVid 2021-06-06 | A retrospective produced by Portland's KATU-TV Channel 2 originally aired in May 1981 around the first anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.#MountStHelens #MtStHelens #volcanoes #1980s #portland #pacificnorthwest
Mt. St. Helens: One Year Later — KCPQ (5/18/1981) YorkVid 2021-04-15 | A special edition of "Q13 Reports" from Seattle's KCPQ Channel 13 originally aired on May 18, 1981 — the first anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Segments include the recovery of the land around the volcano, the influx of tourists to the area, and more.#MountStHelens #MtStHelens #Volcano #Eruption #1980 #WashingtonState #VHS #Geology #SeattleTelevision #Seattle #SeattleTV #WashingtonHistory
Mount St. Helens Anniversary — KSTW (5/18/1981) YorkVid 2021-04-15 | Excerpt from the May 18, 1981 edition of The Ten O'Clock News on Seattle's KSTW Channel 11 (now known as CW Seattle) focusing on the first anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Includes a rare view of the beginning of the eruption as seen from a private plane facing the north side of the mountain.#MountStHelens #MtStHelens #Volcano #Eruption #1980 #WashingtonState #VHS #Geology #SeattleTelevision #Seattle #SeattleTV #WashingtonHistory
KCPQ Commercials — 5/18/1981 YorkVid 2021-04-15 | Commercials broadcast on Seattle's KCPQ Channel 13, now known as Q13 Fox, during the "Mt. St. Helens: One Year Later" special aired on May 18, 1981.
Mt. St. Helens: One Year Later — KIRO (5/18/1981) YorkVid 2021-04-15 | A special aired on Seattle's KIRO-TV Channel 7 on May 18, 1981, the first anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. Contains interviews with those impacted by the eruption, updates from the blast zone, and more.#MountStHelens #MtStHelens #Volcano #Eruption #1980 #WashingtonState #VHS #Geology #SeattleTelevision #Seattle #SeattleTV #WashingtonHistory
Mt. St. Helens: Life Goes On — KOMO (5/18/1981) YorkVid 2021-04-15 | A special aired on Seattle's KOMO-TV Channel 4 on May 18, 1981, the first anniversary of the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens. The program has interviews with people impacted by the eruption and updates from the blast zone. The program's theme song is "Voyager" by The Alan Parsons Project. Solid track.#MountStHelens #MtStHelens #Volcano #Eruption #1980 #WashingtonState #VHS #Geology #SeattleTelevision #Seattle #SeattleTV #WashingtonHistory
KIRO Commercials — 5/18/1981 YorkVid 2021-04-15 | Commercials on Seattle's KIRO channel 7 broadcast during the "Mt. St. Helens: One Year Later" special on May 18, 1981.
KOMO Commercials — 5/18/1981 YorkVid 2021-04-15 | Commercials on Seattle's KOMO-TV broadcast during the special "Mt. St. Helens: Life Goes On" aired on May 18, 1981.
Making of My Fair Lady — AMC (1990s) YorkVid 2021-02-04 | A documentary on the making of My Fair Lady aired on AMC sometime in the 1990s. Interviews with cast members, celebrities, and more included.
AMC Behind the Screen/Commercials (1990s) YorkVid 2021-02-04 | Collection of commercials + a "Behind the Screen" segment hosted by Nick Clooney that aired on AMC sometime in the late 1990s.
WQEX 16 Commercials and Segments (1996) YorkVid 2021-02-04 | A collection of advertisements, station IDs, and special segments aired on Pittsburgh's WQEX 16 in 1996. On-air personalities Ricki Wertz and Pip Theodor are featured.
WQEX 16 Pittsburgh Sign Off (1996) YorkVid 2021-02-01 | Those who remember when WQEX 16 in Pittsburgh might remember how its broadcast days ended with a weird sketch involving a WQEX engineer. This was followed by credits listing donors, sports scores, and other random references set to Monty Python's "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life."
Your Creatures — WQEX 16 (1996) YorkVid 2021-02-01 | An episode of the WQEX 16 Pittsburgh pet advice show "Your Creatures" with host Ricki Wertz from 1996. Wertz was famous for hosting the WTAE children's show "Ricki and Copper" during the 1960s.
TNT Commercials — 1997 YorkVid 2021-01-31 | 10+ minutes of commercials from a 1997 airing of Godzilla's Revenge on TNT.#1990s #90sCable #CableTV #VintageCable #90sCommercials #Commercials #VintageTV #VintageCommercials
KDKA Commercials — 1999 Daytona 500 (02/14/99) YorkVid 2021-01-31 | Commercials airing on KDKA Pittsburgh during the 1999 Daytona 500 on February 14, 1999.A commercial with a Jimi Hendrix song has been muted to prevent blocking.
WPXI Commercials — September 4/5, 2001 YorkVid 2021-01-31 | Commercials that aired on WPXI Pittsburgh between September 4 and 5, 2001. The ads aired during WPXI-TV News at 11, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night with Conan O'Brien, Later/SCTV, and NBC overnight reruns of The Tonight Show.A portion of one commercial's audio featuring a Jimi Hendrix song was removed to prevent the video from being blocked.
WPXI 11 PM News (partial) — 09/04/2001 YorkVid 2021-01-31 | A short portion of WPXI's 11 PM newscast — anchored by David Johnson and Gina Redmond — with most of John Fedko's sports report and a quick weather update with Steve Teeling.
Giving Up the Canal — PBS (1990) YorkVid 2019-12-17 | A 1990 PBS documentary produced by the University of West Florida on the process of transferring ownership of the Panama Canal from the United States to Panama itself and the challenges facing both countries as a result.#panama #panamacanal #1970s #1980s #documentary #jimmycarter #ushistory
The Week That Shook The World: The Soviet Coup — ABC News (1991) YorkVid 2019-12-11 | An ABC News documentary covering the military coup attempt in the Soviet Union from August 19 to August 25, 1991.
Hiroshima: Why The Bomb Was Dropped - ABC News YorkVid 2019-12-05 | A 1995 ABC News program hosted by Peter Jennings addressing the decision by the United States to use atomic weaponry against Japan near the end of World War II.
ABC News Nightline: Death of Laurence Olivier - 07/11/89 YorkVid 2019-12-05 | An episode of ABC News Nightline from July 11, 1989, focusing on the death of famed actor Laurence Olivier. Reactions from Charlton Heston, Rosemary Harris, and Michael Blakemore are included.
NBC News White Paper: The Death of Stalin - 1963 YorkVid 2017-04-10 | Originally broadcast in 1963, this NBC News program examines the historical events surrounding the death of Joseph Stalin, and the struggle for succession to the leadership of the Soviet Union that pitted Nikita Khrushchev and Georgiĭ Malenkov against Lavrentiy Beria. Various journalists and former European Communist officials are interviewed for their knowledge of details about the deaths of Stalin and Beria.
60 Minutes: The Money Shuttle - 1982 YorkVid 2017-04-10 | Originally aired on an episode of CBS News' 60 Minutes program in 1982, this segment hosted by correspondent Morley Safer discusses the costs involved in the building of the Space Shuttle Columbia by Rockwell International.
Space Shuttle: The Recovery - 1988 YorkVid 2017-04-10 | Produced by Aviation Week Video, this documentary provides an inside account of the Challenger accident and its causes, and details management and equipment changes made to ensure the safety of upcoming shuttle missions. Also covers the recent launch, mission, and landing of STS-26 and Discovery, the first shuttle mission since Challenger.
ABC News Nightline: Anwar Sadat Assassination - 10/6/81 YorkVid 2017-04-05 | An expanded one-hour edition of ABC News Nightline originally aired on October 6, 1981, after the assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat. Reactions from former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger are included, among others.
ABC News Nightline: Chernobyl Accident - 04/28/86 YorkVid 2017-03-30 | An episode of ABC News Nightline with Ted Koppel on April 28, 1986, covering the Chernobyl nuclear accident in the Soviet Union. Discussions regarding its impact on the Soviet people and the future of nuclear energy. Interviewed in the program include Soviet experts Marshall Goldman and Dimitri Simes, along with scientist Dr. Marvin Dickerson and Nuclear Physicist Dr. James McKenzie.
ABC News Nightline: Indira Gandhi Assassination — 10/30/84 YorkVid 2017-03-30 | A special edition of ABC News Nightline with Ted Koppel in the aftermath of the assassination of Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi on October 30, 1984. Interviewed are Dr. David Taylor from the University of London, former US Ambassador to India Ainslie Embree, and India expert Richard Sisson.
