International News Presentation: Past and Present

Here's an example of really over-the-top, tabloid-style news presentation -- the TV equivalent of The Sun (Chicago's WBBM from the early 1990s):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1dUFUR_WQI

Here's how Los Angeles TV anchors reacted when a minor earthquake aftershock struck in the middle of their broadcast, as seen on The Late Show with David Letterman in the 1980s:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7sYB1uxt6o

From a different Los Angeles station, here's another earthquake special report:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIGvrVckv7E

And here's what a tsunami warning looks like on Japanese television:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCgFjjDWJ3w

BBC World, The World Report opener, 1996:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHSq0oTCS5s

BBC World, World News opener, 1996:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4z-Xqz6tIQ

BBC World, The World Today promo, 1997:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dywOG0c4C_0

BBC World, The World Today opener, 1999:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dg6w4HpZcgg

BBC World, promos and filler, 1996:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5aoGjp8YdI

BBC World, Asia promo, 1996:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIQFShQWK_Y

ITN Falkland Islands Newsflash, 1982:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wUqC01Ljcec

Enjoying the newsflashes. If anyone has any more please upload them to YouTube or somewhere please.

Dramatic breaking news coverage of a hurricane-spawned tornado passing right by a Florida TV station:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkNajhyOypM

Oklahoma tornado coverage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5avICT_z3Y

BBC Kegworth plane crash newsflash:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bLh7bMnlNyU

CBS News Special Report (President Bush Sr. ill):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnoIr_OuUhE

ITN Newsflash on Heysel disaster
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty9EHKIexMc

BBC Report on Heysel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9yCKf5_WUuY

A second opening featuring Gordon Graham of CNN Headline News, this time in 1994.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCm751eWo0Y

Headline News opening in 1993 with anchor Valerie Hoff. Just the first couple of minutes as the rest is a clip of someones Wedding!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwNHsuSlKvQ

Some clips of Headline News anchor Toria Tolley in the early & mid1990's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwNHsuSlKvQ

Short clip of Headline News anchor Lyn Vaughn in 1993.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwNHsuSlKvQ

Sky News (New Zealand) Evening News:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTLdeFtPB8c

One Network News (New Zealand), 1990s:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M053hv57hFg

One Network News (New Zealand), 1999:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq3WMigeQXw

TVNZ News (New Zealand), 1985:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nElfc2SFRI

TVNZ Eyewitness News (New Zealand), 1989:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcvDcoiFmiE

One News (New Zealand), 2006:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wq3LL8Xdcw

And finally, if you'd like to get a feel for American local TV news of the 1970s, this three-minute clip of a Memphis newscast is really interesting:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YidgqrBHpn8

WW Update - ignore those two losers - I mean users!

It's interesting to see how things have been done in different countries over the years. It's also good of you to do all the research and offer-up the links.

Please keep up the good work.

I absolutely love this opening - and the backdrop for the presenter looks like it would be suited to Breakfast in the summer... who was it who wrote the BBC World music package from 97-99?

IIRC, George Fenton composed the vast majority of BBC music prior to David Lowe. I suspect it was probably Fenton.

By the way, that particular music package was used until April 2000, when BBC World re-launched with the Lowe music. It was only BBC ONE News and News 24 that re-launched in 1999.