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...duty to make a convention more interesting than it really is, Eric Sevareid philosophized on the air one dull evening last week. His boss, Dick Salant, president of CBS News, had already said precisely that in his instructions to CBS's sizable army of anchor men, cameramen, and floor reporters wearing pointy-headed antennas. Good professional counsel by both men, but hardly how the networks, in their commercial heart of hearts, felt about...
Some of the week's most unusual convention action may come when the dozen network floor reporters-accompanied by cameramen, relief correspondents and producers-slug it out with 3,000 other journalists and 5,000 delegates and alternates for breathing space on the claustrophobic Madison Square Garden floor (30,000 sq. ft., or about half the size of a football field). "There might be a few ripped trousers and coats. There might be a few bumps and bruises," says NBC'S Pettit. Of course, some kind of action like that may be necessary to keep the nomination...
...conductor is only as good as his orchestra, and Arledge has given himself an Olympian team of about 30 commentators-not too many woodwinds, please-complemented by a crew of 470, including directors, cameramen, technicians. Anchor man is Jim McKay, the Walter Cronkite of TV sports, who, in a tempo as neatly clipped as his hair, will provide an overview and summaries of events...
...such potboiler adventures as Nihon Chimbotsu (Submersion of Japan) and with action comedies centering on everyday life like Turaku Yam (Truck Rascals). Another new trend is toward the realistic documentation of World War II. Advance into the Pacific made use of combat footage shot by both American and Japanese cameramen. Hero in the Sky, a film about one of Japan's greatest wartime aces, may end up violating the postwar taboo on celebrating Japanese feats...
...plate Democratic congressional dinner at the Washington Hilton paid him much attention. They also ignored Presidential Campaign Dropouts Lloyd Bentsen and Henry Jackson, who sat glumly on the sidelines. But Hubert Humphrey and Jimmy Carter were another matter. Followed by comet-like tails of photographers and TV cameramen, watched by everyone, they roamed the ballroom, shaking hands and chatting with party leaders...