UPITN
UPITN – September 1973:
A Month in the Life of a Global News Agency
Watch the rough cut of world news from September 1973 through 362 items from the major global news agency UPITN
UPITN was a major global television news agency. It had an extensive network of foreign bureaux, with crews filming events and people to supply broadcast news companies with material. In the 1970s, along with Visnews, it was the key player in international newsgathering, providing content that has informed our collective visual memory of that era.
Browse all UPITN – September 1973 stories
An initial rough cut of world news for September 1973
These 362 stories from September 1973 represent UPITN’s entire output for the month. The material itself is fragmentary by nature, mainly consisting of
The news as it was filmed not as broadcast.
raw uncut colour footage, either mute or with ambient sound. Mixed in with this are odd black and white items, some commentary and the occasional edited background item.
This snapshot encompasses the full spectrum of content with international diplomacy, conflict and its resolution occupying the same space as sport, technology and fashion.
A unique insight into the process of television news production
Every one of these events was deemed newsworthy enough for the agency to send cameramen to document it. Most of this footage was then syndicated, with broadcast news companies selecting items and editing the material to their own requirements before transmission.
Conflict
Chile Allende Backgrounder
11 Sep 1973
Cambodia Highway 4
4 Sep 1973
UK Bomb Blast (Victoria Station)
8 Sep 1973
Protest
Europe and USA Demonstrations (Chile)
13 Sep 1973
Northern Ireland Rally
8 Sep 1973
West Germany Anti-Abortion Demo
30 Sep 1973
Reconciliation
France Peace Talks
3 Sep 1973
Laos Peace Agreement
16 Sep 1973
Jordan Prisoners Released
19 Sep 1973