Pug wrote:Hi guys,
I'm really liking the varied posts of late, despite the 'photo-sim' detractor on the Cregan thread. Anyway, moving swiftly on.
I don't have anything weighty to add, unfortunately, however George WH Bush, was of course CIA Director during this time and Henry Kissinger was the US Secretary of State, I believe. Is that right? That certainly has to account for something and although I was six at the time, I do very much remember it and it's certainly a worthy one to revisit and discuss.
Working in film, the footage reminds me of one of the classic US TV shows of that particular decade. The A-Team, The Fall Guy, Knight Rider, even the last days of The Rockford Files. The characters with their suits and guns, especially the 'uzi / Mac-10' / machine pistol packing guy marching across screen. It really is bad.
Reagan of course was an actor, through and through. He was President of the Screen Actors Guild as well! Access to countless acting 'talents' An FBI informant. Governor of California - more Hollywood..
Yes, I believe this was 100% staged.
Cheers,
Pug
Pug,
George H. W. Bush was the vice prez at the time and Alexander Haig was the Secretary of State. You were probably too young to remember, but Haig added to the drama of the day by claiming to be the one 'in charge of the Whitehouse' at the time after Deputy Press Secretary Larry Speakes told the media that he did not know who was running the government at the moment. (2:00-5:00)
More fun with National Geographic
full link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfxfPiunTlw
When I first started this topic, I was attempting to gather the full free-flowing videos from each of the various networks that were shooting that day for comparison purposes, and I gave up after a while after trying to find them. I tried again recently with the same results. It sort of struck me that I'm not certain if any of the CBS or NBC full videos were even really shown at the time or if they even exist. Perhaps ABC was the only one allowed to have the golden copy and the the other networks contributed complimentary information only?