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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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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)