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Munsinger speaks!
Broadcast Date: March 12, 1966
Gerda Munsinger gives CBC's Norman DePoe her first, exclusive television interview. To secure the exclusive with Munsinger, DePoe describes how he haggled and sleuthed for three days, even taking part in an elaborate car scheme to lose the competing media hot on their trail. In the interview, Munsinger tells DePoe about her life in Canada, her relationship with Pierre Sévigny and about her plans to marry Ernst Wagner, a German businessman.Munsinger speaks!
• Upon meeting the elusive Gerda Munsinger in person, DePoe described her as having "blue eyes, carefully shaded with makeup and heavy false eyelashes. And let it be said a run in her left stocking."• When DePoe brought up her alleged links to the CIA and the KGB, Munsinger flatly denied the charges. "I just have to laugh about it," she told DePoe.
Munsinger speaks!
Medium: Television
Program: CBC Television News
Broadcast Date: March 12, 1966
Guest(s): Tommy Douglas, C.M. Drury, Gordon Fairweather, Gerda Munsinger, Pierre Sévigny
Host: Knowlton Nash
Reporter: Norman DePoe
Duration: 29:20
Last updated:
March 5, 2008
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Last updated: March 5, 2008.
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