David Brinkley
David McClure Brinkley was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997. From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top rated nightly news program, The Huntley–Brinkley Report, with Chet Huntley and thereafter appeared as co-anchor or commentator on its successor, NBC Nightly News, through the 1970s. In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday This Week with David Brinkley program and a top commentator on election night coverage for ABC News. Over the course of his career, Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Powaqqatsi
as (archive footage)An exploration of technologically developing nations and the effect the transition to...
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Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic
as Self (archive footage)Mike Epps, Richard Pryor Jr. and others recount the culture-defining influence of Richard Pryor...
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4 Little Girls
as Self - Reports on Chambliss Trial (archive footage) (uncredited)On September 15, 1963, a bomb destroyed a black church in Birmingham, Alabama, killing four...
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House....
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The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...
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Agnelli
as Self (voice)Documentary about the life of Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli, an influential Italian industrialist...
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All Power to the People!
as Self (archive footage)Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former...
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NBC Nightly News With Lester Holt
as uncreditedNBC Nightly News is the flagship daily evening television news program for NBC News, the news...
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The Sixties
as SelfThe space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped...
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The Seventies
as SelfA documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music...
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Whose Vote Counts, Explained
as Self (archive footage)The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. But not every vote is created...
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The Emmy Awards
as SelfAn annual awards ceremony honoring the best in U.S. prime time television programming as chosen...
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