Evening star., 1960-10-16
By GEORGE w. OAKES
Contributing Writer

Contributing writer
sTelevision viewers In foreign
countries are receiving unprece-
dented coverage Of our presiden-
ttal election campaign.
Never before have countries with
large TV audiences allocated so
much viewing time to q United
States election so early in the
campaign. AS election day draws
closer, coverage will increase with
maximum attention focused on
the returns.
The Inauguration Of TV debates
between Senator Kennedy and
Vice President Nixon has provided
the foreign TV networks with the
moSt dramatic material just aSit
has in this country. Interest
abroad is so great that USIA is
distributing films Of the complete
debates to almost 100 countries.
Here is the way nations with ex-
tensive TV facilities are covering
the campaign:
" CANADA
The Canadian Broadcasting
Corp. carried live the first debate
in full and will do the same for
the one on foreign policy. Ex-
cerpts from last Fridays debate
were shown in the news program.
There Is some brief coverage
almost every day on the regular
newscasts and about twice a week
q special election report is shown.
Later this month three camera
crews will be roaming the country
preparing TV features on the re-
ligiouS question, civil rights and
on foreign and defense issues.
These programs, to be presented
twice q week, will include local
reaction such as interviews with
voters and political figures.
Two 15-minute election reports
will be run this month and Sunday
evening before polling day. On
election night the results will be
interpreted by special corre-
spondents every Is minutes.
BRITAIN
TV viewers in Britain saw the
first debate in full on the BIC
the night after it appeared on
United States screens. The BIC
will also run the last debate in
its entirety and is using excerpts
from the others in its regular
newscastS.
To provide detailed coverage,
the BIC has sent over special TV
reporting teams. Each group,
after spending a week travelling
with Vice President Nixon and
Senator Kennedy, will then report
on civil rights from Tennessee, the
religious issue, and labor'S role in
the campaign as seen from De-
troit. Much Of this material will
be presented for 40 minutes in
the popular news feature, "Pano-
rama" which will also have an
other full hour on election eve.
Two half-hour programs a week
before the election will be devoted
TO- documentary profiles of each
candidate, including special inter-
views, biographical data, as well as
talks with people who have known
intimately both Kennedy and
Nixon in order to explain to Brit
ish viewers what sort of men
they are.
During the three weeks before
election. day the BIC will present
three 45-minute programs on the
background of American life dur
ing this election year, the factors
that are influencing the voters
and how a national political cam
paign is run.
The Independent Television in
Britain also sent a special team
to cover the election and is giving
extensive coverage of the debates
and other aspects Of the cam
paign.
JAPAN
The first debate was given is
minutes with translation over
Japanese TV-the same amount
Of time to be allocated for the one
on foreign policy. The Japanese
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just before election day a special
15-minute feature program made
from news films of the campaign
with a Japanese commentary.
Election results will be covered
BY frequent announcements from
New York and Washington.
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