As it Happened: The Archive Edition - Memorable 50th Anniversaries
A meta-look back at stories we've covered marking 50-year milestones
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As It Happens is gearing up for its 50th birthday party this November, and so we're closing out this season of As it Happened: The Archive Edition by revisiting some of the other historic 50th anniversaries we've covered over the decades.
Click on 'Listen' above to hear the broadcast version of the episode. Full-length versions of each of the interviews as they originally aired, as well as archival images, appear below.
When I got to the police station that night and saw Oswald in the flesh, the face didn't register with me.- Journalist Robert MacNeil, on possibly bumping into Lee Harvey Oswald shortly after President Kennedy was shot.
Chapter 1: Distant replay
50 years on, veteran Canadian reporter Robert MacNeil recalls a possible encounter with Lee Harvey Oswald on the steps of the Texas Book Depository, minutes after President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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Chapter 2: The curious fable of the TARDIS in the air
The time machine-slash-spacecraft of Doctor Who, and the mysterious two-hearted Time Lord behind it, were the brainchild of pioneering Canadian broadcaster Sydney Newman.
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Chapter 3: New spin, on the record
He panned it when it was released in 1963 — but having re-listened to The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's album a few times since, a famous music reviewer has to admit it's getting better all the time.
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Chapter 4: The Man of Tomorrow at 50
As it Happens host Michael Enright cold calls Clark Kent at his Daily Planet office, and ends up scooping an interview with Superman himself.
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Chapter 5: Howe Five-0
As it Happens hosts Alan Maitland and Barbara Frum catch up with hockey superstar Gordie Howe following his 50th birthday roast.
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Chapter 6: The Kids Are All White
When cartoonist Charles M. Schulz introduced Franklin into Charlie Brown's neighbourhood on July 31st, 1968, it was a first for the Peanuts strip — Franklin was the first non-white kid on the block.
Listen to the full episode audio at the top of this post.
Written and produced by Kevin Ball.