Andrew McGill

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: December 10, 1993 ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 12-10-93):WOMAN: It was bodies all over. Guys were shot in the head. NARRATION: In the early 1990s, TV news bombarded viewers with scenes of murder, mayhem, blood and guts. The war on crime, by then 20 […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: August 2, 1978 ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 8-2-78): NEWS ANCHOR: From 1947 until 1952, the Hooker Chemical Company used the Love Canal section of Niagara Falls as a dumping site for toxic waste. ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 5-21-80):NEWS ANCHOR: NEWS ANCHOR: President Carter declared […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: September 17, 2001 ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 8-28-02):NEWS ANCHOR: Four Arabs are accused of providing support for attacks against American targets. ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 5-20-03): NEWS REPORT: The Justice Department says the four were part of a sleeper operational combat cell. NARRATION: It […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: December 23, 1971 ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 1-22-71): PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON: The same kind of concentrated effort that split the atom and took man to the moon should be turned toward conquering this dread disease. ARCHIVAL (CBS NEWS, 12-23-71):WALTER CRONKITE: President Nixon signed […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: August 14, 2003 ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 8-14-03): BRIAN WILLIAMS: We are in the midst of what appears to be a colossal and history-making blackout. ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 8-14-03):DAN HARRIS: …people trapped in elevators in buildings. They have activated the emergency command center. […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: August 29, 2005 ARCHIVAL (FOX NEWS, 8-29-05):REPORTER: Early Sunday morning, Katrina had built into a dangerous Category 5 hurricane, barreling towards New Orleans. NARRATION: On August 29th, Hurricane Katrina slammed into the Gulf Coast. The world watched as the levees surrounding New […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: February 24, 1997 ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 2-24-97): PETER JENNINGS: The headline on the other major news story today to which we intended to devote some time is very simple: Hello, Dolly. NARRATION: In February of 1997 a Finn-Dorset sheep named Dolly sent […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: July 27, 1996 ARCHIVAL (CNN, 7-27-96):ANDREA ZINGA: We have had word now of an explosion. NARRATION: A bombing at Atlanta’s Summer Olympics… ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 7-27-96):JIM GRAY: Total chaos. Mass pandemonium going on down here. NARRATION: …led to a massive law enforcement […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: February 17, 2007 ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 2-20-07):NEWS REPORT: Wounded veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have been living in appalling conditions. ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 2-17-07): NEWS REPORT: Peeling wallpaper, shower rot. ARCHIVAL (NBC NEWS, 3-5-07): NEWS REPORT: Mice and mold on the […]

Click here for the full video page and educator materials. TEXT ON SCREEN: July 16, 1993 ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 20/20, 1-24-03):NEWS ANCHOR: He’s the sweetest killer whale known to man. His name is Keiko, but millions know him as the star of the hit movie “Free Willy.” ARCHIVAL (ABC NEWS, 1-24-03):NEW REPORT: “Free Willy,” a […]