Turner Doomsday Video

"Turner Doomsday Video" is the internal title of a video intended to be broadcast by CNN at the end of the world. The video, created at the direction of CNN founder Ted Turner before the network's 1980 launch,[1] is a performance of the Christian hymn "Nearer My God To Thee" performed by multiple members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine bands.[2][3]

  1. ^ "This Is The Video CNN Will Play When The World Ends". Jalopnik. 5 January 2015. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  2. ^ Yuhas, Alan (6 January 2015). "The apocalypse will be live: CNN's mythical end of the world video is real". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 23 February 2020.
  3. ^ O'Neal, Sam (5 January 2015). "CNN's doomsday video leaks to the Internet". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 23 February 2020.