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video capture of intro to "NBC Nightly News," August 9, 1974; copyright NBC universal. From "NBC News Time Capsule: Time and Again" program, download from iTunes.

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This image is used only in the article NBC Nightly News in accordance with the licensing statement. The article discusses the television programming of which a screenshot is shown in the image.
Other qualities of the image that meet the suggested guidelines include the following:
The image is of low resolution and completely unsuitable for any sort of commercial use.
There is no actual video footage, only a still photograph of the opening animation.
The image is used chiefly for illustrating the programming under discussion, and does not violate any rights of the NBC television network or its employees, or those of the network's affiliates.
No comparable free use image of this television programming is likely to ever become available to the general public.Mike 00:54, 19 October 2007 (UTC)