{"id":24956,"date":"2014-08-25T07:00:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-25T11:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eyesofageneration.com\/?p=24956"},"modified":"2021-03-19T14:54:40","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T18:54:40","slug":"august-26-august-29-1968-chicago-convention-riots-3-video-clipsto-go-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/?p=24956","title":{"rendered":"August 26 \u2013 August 29, 1968&#8230;Chicago Convention Riots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.eyesofageneration.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/August-26-\u2013-August-29-1968...Chicago-Convention-Riots-3-Video-Clips-To-go-a.jpg\" \/><br \/>\nAugust 26 \u2013 August 29, 1968&#8230;Chicago Convention Riots<\/p>\n<p>To go a bit deeper into a story I posted here earlier today on the NBC color mini cameras&#8230;here are some of the unforgettable images from that gathering 46 years ago this week. I watched this all live as a 17 year old. Where were you?<\/p>\n<p>At the clip liked below, you can see Dan Rather&#8217;s manhandling as it was broadcast on CBS, but first let me comment on the embedded clip from NBC.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Dan Rather Convention Floor Fight 1968 ElectionWallDotOrg.flv\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wItUjFU1i4M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We start with John Chancellor on the floor reporting on the ejection of a delegate and at times, you can see Dan Rather on the right side of the screen trying to get to the action. At 3:30, things get more intense at uniformed police are brought in. At 4:30 we can see a CBS Norelco PCP 70 on the scene. At 5:00, Chancellor is joined by Edwin Newman and at 6:40 we can see the NBC color camera shooting them. At 7:00 we go outside the hall to the riots in the streets. All three networks were using Norelco PC 60s and 70s as stationary cameras.<\/p>\n<p>By the way, this was not the first time television newsmen were in peril at the political conventions. John Chancellor was arrested in 1964 at the Republican conventions for blocking the aisle with an interview. At the 1:55 mark on this NBC tribute to him, you can see that footage. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6TI1RW_9G7Q\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6TI1RW_9G7Q<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Enjoy and share! &#8211; Bobby Ellerbee<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Riots at &amp;apos;68 Democratic Convention\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9aeNJljuZcI?start=52&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Coverage from inside and outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/189359747768249\/posts\/720266891344196\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 26 \u2013 August 29, 1968&#8230;Chicago Convention Riots To go a bit deeper into a story I posted here earlier today on the NBC color mini cameras&#8230;here are some of the unforgettable images from that gathering 46 years ago this week. I watched this all live as a 17 year old. Where were you? 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