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How TV News Covered the Arrival of The Beatles, Part 2
TVC 636.2: From January 2014: Phil Gries of Archival Television Audio plays rarely heard audio highlights of how network TV news covered the arrival of The Beatles in the music scene, both in London and in America, in the months prior to The Fab Four's historic first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on Feb. 9, 1964. This segment includes a clip from Mike Wallace's report on the Feb. 7, 1964 edition of The CBS Morning News that covered the group's arrival at JFK International Airport; Eric Severeid's commentary on the Feb. 9, 1964 edition of The CBS Sunday Night Late News with Harry…
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