UCLA Irv and Xiaoyan Drasnin Communication Archive
We are grateful to UCLA alumnus Irv Drasnin--a broadcast journalist and documentarian--and his wife Xiaoyan Zhao Drasnin--a communication researcher and writer--for their gift establishing the UCLA Irv and Xiaoyan Zhao Drasnin Communication Archive.
UCLA has been preserving and protecting historic media content for more than a half-century. Our collections include recordings of campus speakers at UCLA and historic news content. Beginning with the Watergate Hearings, our Department has worked to preserve our collective memory of vital events in our history. Through this YouTube channel, we are sharing this work with the public. See https://comm.ucla.edu/drasnin-communication-archive/ for more information about the Drasnins and our collection.
If you are interested in licensing any of this material, contact [email protected]. If you would like to contribute to our ongoing digitization efforts, please give at https://giving.ucla.edu/campaign/donate.aspx?Fund=64264O
Dick Cheney and Joe Lieberman VP Debate, Oct. 5, 2000. Includes analysis from ABC News.
"A Television Meeting: The People Talk with President Carter" KNXT LA town hall (UCLA) May 17, 1977
How public television "almost worked" in 1976. CBS News: Inside Public Television. April 20, 1976
The Chip vs the Chess Master. PBS Nova, May 26, 1991. Written and directed by Irv Drasnin.
"Frankenstein emerging from the swamp." June 1978 CA election coverage, Connie Chung & Pat O'Brien
Bill Moyers: They look like "repentant sinners waiting to be baptized" CBS News DNC coverage 7/12/76
The Shah of Iran visits the the earthquake-stricken town of Tabas (CBS Evening News, 9/19/78)
How CBS News once handled conflicts of interest (Interview with Irv Drasnin)
Tiny Irish step dancers wish you a happy St. Patrick's Day, The Early Show (March 17, 2000)
“Out of the Shadows”–Vladimir Putin Named Prime Minister of Russia NBC Nightly News Aug. 9, 1999
In 1999 LAFD called some Palisades homes too risky to defend against wildfires. Fox 11 News 09/15/99
Jimmy Carter's Energetic Campaign for the White House. ABC's Sam Donaldson reports, Sept. 12, 1976
30 years ago today: Kissinger on Russia & NATO expansion Dec. 5, 1994 PBS Newshour, w/ Jack Matlock
1979 "Black Friday" shoppers worried about inflation across the country. NBC Nightly News, 11/23/79
Thanksgiving 1979: "Boat People" celebrate their first Thanksgiving, NBC Nightly News, 11/22/1979
No longer "Beethoven on LSD?" Getting too old? Elton John concert story, 1989 LA news 8/15/1989
"Roll call of honor": Reagan's Pointe Du Hoc D-Day 50th Anniversary Speech ABC This Morning 6/6/1984
What happened to the "Dust Bowl Mona Lisa?" Florence Thompson Interview, NBC Nightly News 10/30/79
The police were wrong about the Menendez Brothers murders: Mob ties and a pro hit KCBS-2 8/22/1989
Put that lazy 3-year-old to work! Parenting in the 80s (1983 CNN story)
Computers (and robots) will run the supermarkets of the future! KNBC's David Horowitz July 1984
The Supermarket of the Future Won't Take Checks! 1984 story on how debit cards will change shopping.
80s Trendy Stuff from Sarah Connor's Roommate in the Terminator (Bess Motta). KABC 8/1/84
70s kids got the best stuff! (Ads for Star Trek toys, Top Ramen, and Kermit) July 12, 1976 KNXT
Life in the United Steelworkers Union 45 years ago. Irv Drasnin reports for CBS News. March 6, 1979
Where's our gusher of money? Colleges disappointed in lower TV revenue after SC ruling. NBC 8/1/84
Joe Biden Interviewed at 1976 Democratic National Convention, with Walter Cronkite and Bob Schieffer
RIP Talk Show Legend Phil Donahue, king of audience participation and detailed questions. May 1981.
Support your local secret police! Soviet-produced drama glamorizes KGB; attacks CIA. CBS 8/13/1984