This one hour documentary special  follows Cuba's political history from the take-over of the government by Fulgencio Batista in 1952, through its overthrow by Fidel Castro's forces in 1959. i
Introduced by John Tillman. Narrated by Westbrook Van Voorhis.                       

CBS newsman Walter Cronkite narrates this special on illegal bookmaking in a Boston Store. 

Narrator: Walter Cronkite.  
NOTE:
The original broadcast was telecast on November 30, 1961. It was banned in Boston Massachusetts until this rebroadcast, shown for the first time.                                  

Orson Bean narrates this nostalgic trip back to the exciting escapist world of movie serials. Inspired by the recent prime-time airing of "Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe" (Wednesday's at 8PM) producer Ken Johnson screened over 60 hours of serial chapters before selecting the following excerpts: 
"The Phantom Empire" (1935) with Gene Autry and Frankie Darro.
"Tailspin Tommy In The Great Air Mystery" (1935) with Noah Beery Jr., Jean Rogers, and Maurice Murphy. 
"Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars" (1936 ) with Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, and Frank Shannon. 
"Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) with Frankie Thomas and Jack Mulhall. 
"Perils of Nyoka" (1942) with Kay Aldrige and Clayton Moore. 
Still photos show theaters packing kids during Saturday matinees when the main attraction was usually the weekly serial chapter. Additional footage shows the serial as it existed during pre-soundtrack days.                     

Walter Cronkite reports on the validity of Flying Saucers.        

October 27, 1959 - November 4, 1979. 
1980 - Irregular broadcasts thru the 1990's.

An in-depth exploration of Homosexuality. It is a subject that explores the questions, is it a physical or mental illness as understood at that time. Is it a moral crime, or just another product of biological and/or psychological circumstance, such as eye color or a fear of heights?

In 1967 there are millions of homosexuals in the United States and today many are demanding the right to fulfill their needs within the law. 

In interviews, correspondent Mike Wallace talks with homosexual men, who remain anonymous, and members of the Mattachine Society whose chief aim is the reform of laws against homosexuals. 

Those analyzing aspects of homosexuality include sociologists, psychologists, a federal judge, social critic Albert Goldman, and playwright Gore Vidal, who discusses homosexuality in the arts. 

Secretary of State Dean Rusk defends the State Department's policy against hiring homosexuals' which is US policy. Others to give their personal agenda and experiences living as a homosexual include a 19-year-old offender in a public park: homosexual members of clubs and bars, and a metropolitan area frequented by homosexual prostitutes. 

Also reported is a Boise, Idaho incident where a homosexual "scare" sparked a near witch-hunt in the mid 1950's. 

NOTE:
CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, which aired in 1967, was the first time homosexuality was presented on a national network broadcast. "The Homosexuals" was praised for debunking negative stereotypes, but also condemned for generalizations and promoting other stereotypes. LGBT activist Wayne Beset called "The Homosexuals" "the single most destructive hour of antigay propaganda in our nation's history.

NOTE: 
This CBS REPORTS:THE HOMOSEXUALS was the fourth and final broadcast Mike Wallace would report during the entire run of this iconic CBS Television probing and investigating series.

Contains some commercials.  

BROADCAST HISTORY OF CBS REPORTS:

On October 27, 1959, fifteen months after the demise of Edward R. Murrow's SEEIT NOW, the CBS News Department premiered a new incisive, in-depth documentary program entitled CBS REPORTS. It was patterned after Murrow's precedent setting program and employed many of the same production staff, including Murrow's former partner, Fred Friendly. During the first two years of broadcasts which included 27 one hour documentaries, all but five telecasts had either Edward R. Murrow or Harry K. Smith as writer/correspondent.

Murrow reported on eleven programs form October 27, 1959, to March 1, 1961, and Howard K. Smith reported on eighteen programs form November 11, 1959, to February 8, 1962.  

In January 1961 CBS began airing CBS REPORTS as a regular alternate-week series. For most of a full decade CBS REPORTS remained a regular series on various nights, and then shifted to irregular Specials beginning in the 1980's. 


                                

October 27, 1959 - November 4, 1979. 
1980 - Irregular broadcasts thru the 1990's.

An in-depth exploration of Homosexuality. It is a subject that explores the questions, is it a physical or mental illness as understood at that time. Is it a moral crime, or just another product of biological and/or psychological circumstance, such as eye color or a fear of heights?

In 1967 there are millions of homosexuals in the United States and today many are demanding the right to fulfill their needs within the law. 

In interviews, correspondent Mike Wallace talks with homosexual men, who remain anonymous, and members of the Mattachine Society whose chief aim is the reform of laws against homosexuals. 

Those analyzing aspects of homosexuality include sociologists, psychologists, a federal judge, social critic Albert Goldman, and playwright Gore Vidal, who discusses homosexuality in the arts. 

Secretary of State Dean Rusk defends the State Department's policy against hiring homosexuals' which is US policy. Others to give their personal agenda and experiences living as a homosexual include a 19-year-old offender in a public park: homosexual members of clubs and bars, and a metropolitan area frequented by homosexual prostitutes. 

Also reported is a Boise, Idaho incident where a homosexual "scare" sparked a near witch-hunt in the mid 1950's. 

NOTE:
CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, which aired in 1967, was the first time homosexuality was presented on a national network broadcast. "The Homosexuals" was praised for debunking negative stereotypes, but also condemned for generalizations and promoting other stereotypes. LGBT activist Wayne Beset called "The Homosexuals" "the single most destructive hour of antigay propaganda in our nation's history.

NOTE: 
This CBS REPORTS:THE HOMOSEXUALS was the fourth and final broadcast Mike Wallace would report during the entire run of this iconic CBS Television probing and investigating series.

Contains some commercials.  

BROADCAST HISTORY OF CBS REPORTS:

On October 27, 1959, fifteen months after the demise of Edward R. Murrow's SEEIT NOW, the CBS News Department premiered a new incisive, in-depth documentary program entitled CBS REPORTS. It was patterned after Murrow's precedent setting program and employed many of the same production staff, including Murrow's former partner, Fred Friendly. During the first two years of broadcasts which included 27 one hour documentaries, all but five telecasts had either Edward R. Murrow or Harry K. Smith as writer/correspondent.

Murrow reported on eleven programs form October 27, 1959, to March 1, 1961, and Howard K. Smith reported on eighteen programs form November 11, 1959, to February 8, 1962.  

In January 1961 CBS began airing CBS REPORTS as a regular alternate-week series. For most of a full decade CBS REPORTS remained a regular series on various nights, and then shifted to irregular Specials beginning in the 1980's. 

Duplicate of #18,781. 


                                

October 22, 1971  - July 28, 1972

A monthly magazine news program, successor to First Tuesday, it was telecast on the fourth Friday of each month. Garrick Utley hosted the two hour show.  

Bob Rogers reporting on Laos, where a Laotian unit of hill-tribe guerrillas is pitted against invading north Vietnamese troops. Heavy military invasions which threatens the very existence of Laos.                

       October 7, 1974 - April 14, 1975
CHANNEL 2 EYE ON was a local WCBS TV documentary series airing each Monday night after CBS EVENING NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE from 7:30-8:00pm, profiling a different subject of interest. 

In this installment, "Shadows Behind the Golden Door," an examination of former Nazi war criminals living in the United States. 
      
NOTE: With the broadcast on April 21, 1975 title changed to "Channel 2 The People."             

A look at the Supersonic Concorde that went into service in Great Britain on January 15th, 1976. It examines the controversy surrounding the Concorde which was developed at a cost of nearly $3 billion dollars. Among the issues: whether the supersonic transport generates excessive noise and air pollution, and how barring the SST from this country could affect America's relations with Britain and France. The show includes excerpts from hearings on the  Concorde held January 5th by the Department of Transportation.                                    

Series of documentaries about the people who lived in London, Berlin, and Leningrad during World War 11. Seventy five percent of Berlin was reduced to rubble during the Second World War.                                     

An historical documentary that traces the history of Harriet Beecher Stowe's famous novel, " Uncle Tom's Cabin." Its development as a play in 1852 and its degradation of principal character, Uncle Tom. Through plays and movies in the thirties and forties that turned Tom into a baffoon, instead of the black Christ like figure, originally envisioned by Mrs, Stowe. Narrated by Rex Ellis, who also portrays Uncle Tom in dramatic segments