Thanksgiving Newscast
WRTV 6 News at 5:00pm
5pm 11/24/1988 Thanksgiving newscast. Features stories on Feeding the Hungry volunteers, house explosion, Cholesterol, etc. Caldwell has an in-depth report on the materialistic trend of our society.
Video (45:31)
Notes by Nathan Previs, J450 History of Journalism, Fall 2021
00:18 Hoosiers volunteering on Thanksgiving to help neighbors in need. Howard introduces.
00:42 Gerry Dick reports Indianapolis tradition volunteering on Thanksgiving Feeding the Hungry.
02:42 Howard reports on explosion in a south side home. Family was not harmed, away visiting relatives.
*32:41 Howard on Black Friday shopping
33:23 Howards in depth report narration IC: “We live in a time of heavy competition…”
*35:39 Howard asks a group of teenagers “If you were to define happiness, where would you rank the opportunity to buy anything you wanted?”