General Douglas MacArthur's speech before Congress,  which concludes with his famous words that became the trademark of his address; "Old Soldiers Never Die."    

Opening and conclusion of address only.                  

General Douglas MacArthur addresses Congress on the Korean war.  
NBC news commentary on MacArthur's speech from NBC newsmen Morgan Beatty and Earl Godwin. Also includes comments on the speech.                      

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Jack Lescoulie brings in the New Year at Times Square.   

The best-known New Year's Eve shows on radio and then television was hosted by bandleader Guy Lombardo, who hosted 21 consecutive New Year's Eve shows from 1956 to 1976 on CBS, and for a time in syndication. Lombardo's first radio broadcast on New Year's Eve was heard on December 31, 1928 over CBS Radio, and for a time he even split hosting duties by broadcasting on CBS Radio before 12 Midnight EST and on NBC Radio after Midnight. Lombardo would host 48 straight New Year's Eve broadcasts until his death in 1977, and famously performed "Auld Lang Syne" by his Royal Canadians as the clock struck 12 Midnight, ushering in the start of a New Year. 

Once the Lombardo orchestra began their annual television shows, there would be a live segment from Times Square, which was (and still is) the focal point of the nation's largest New Year's celebration. In the early years of Lombardo's television specials, Robert Trout reported on and counted down to Midnight in New York's Times Square; but for most of Lombardo's years on television, another legendary newsman, Ben Grauer, had the honor. (Grauer, by the way, also reported from Times Square for NBC Radio on celebrations following the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945.

The first New Year's Eve special on television was broadcast on December 31, 1941 on WNBT New York, and consisted of entertainment broadcast from the Rainbow Room, atop the RCA Building in New York's Rockefeller Center.[3]

Due to World War II, there would be no more New Year's Eve specials on television until December 31, 1945. WNBT produced a remote broadcast of festivities in Times Square. While NBC had begun to feed programs to WRGB is the Albany area and WPTZ in Philadelphia, information is unavailable as to whether either or both of these stations broadcast the program, or if it was seen just locally in New York.[4]

Unless New Year's Eve fell on a weekend, NBC would carry a special New Year's version of "The Tonight Show" each year beginning in 1954, including coverage of the arrival of the New Year in Times Square.

Dick Clark himself had actually emceed one New Year's Eve TV special prior to 1972; on December 31, 1959, he emceed a 90-minute New Year's special on ABC. One of the guests was Frankie Avalon. But it would be the last time Clark would do a New Year's Eve television special for the next thirteen years.

By the 1970s, Lombardo's big band music skewed to an older generation, so Dick Clark started his telecast in 1972 to compete.  

New Year's Eve celebration, ushering in 1957 with bandleader Guy Lombardo. Robert Trout reports from Times Square.                                

 A one-hour musical version adapted from the classic  O'Henry Christmas story, set in New York in1905, about an impoverished young couple who sacrifice their most precious personal treasures to buy Christmas gifts for the other. This early video taped musical contains seven original songs by Richard Adler.      

Narrated by Eli Wallach.   

SONGS:
"The Name's the Same"...............Howes, MacRae
"He's a Company Man".................Office Staff
"Christmas in Your Heart"..............Howes
"My Sugar is the Salt of the Earth"............Quartet
"A Better Worde Than Love"......................MacRae
"What to Do?".....................................Howes
"It's Much Too Nice to Cut"...................Howes, Osterwald   

NOTE:
This CBS TV musical broadcast was the very first to be presented on VIDEO TAPE. It remains a "lost" broadcast. 

A Sheaffer Pen Company Special Presentation.                        

Presented on "THE PONTIAC STAR PARADE." Gene Kelly performs with his guests, Donald O'Connor and
Carol Lawrence.             

The third of six General Electric specials- a review of life in the 1920's and '30s, against a background of George Gershwin's music presented by top name stars: Maurice Chevalier, Florence Henderson, Ron Hussman, Julie London, Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra. Richard Rodgers is host.             

This CBS special pays tribute to composer George Gershwin. Maurice Chevalier, Florence Henderson, Frank Sinatra, Julie London, Ethel Merman, and Ron Husmann are all on hand to salute the great composer. One in a series of variety programs sponsored by General Electric. 

Musical Highlights:

"Lady Be Good"- Maurice Chevalier 
"The Man I Love"- Julie London, Florence Henderson 
"Strike Up The Band"- Ethel Merman     
"I've Got A Crush On You"- Frank Sinatra
"Someone To Watch Over Me"- Florence Henderson 
"I Got Rhythm"- Ethel Merman 
Porgy and Bess Dance Medley- Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade

Host: Richard Rodgers
Ronald Reagan: Series Host 

                                       

Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians usher in 1962.  
From the Hotel Grill at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. 

As described in TV Guide:
"RING IN '62 ON CHANNEL 2 WITH GUY LOMBARDO AND HIS ROYAL CANADIANS, THE SWEETEST MUSIC THIS SIDE OF HEAVEN PLAYS RIGHT INTO THE NEW YEAR BEGINNING AT 11:15PM SUNDAY, ON WCBS-TV."

This rare TV audio air check begins with Guy Lombardo introducing Robert Trout at Times Square who describes the moment minutes away from bringing in the New Year, 1962. Trout mentions that it began snowing at 11:30pm. There are 500 special policeman on duty with megaphones addressing a turnout crowd of 300,000 revelers during this 55th New Years Times Square celebration edition.
 Trout describes the ball sliding down the 68 foot pole. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Back at the hotel Grill with Guy Lombardo, his Royal Canadians play "Hail, Hail, The Gangs All Here," followed by a recording by Jimmy Durante, "When Your Smiling."

We hear Guy Lombardo sign off, wishing all a Happy 1962 New Year as the station announcer voices: 
"WCBS TV 2 NEW YORK."   

                                     

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Jack Lescoulie brings in the New Year at Times Square.   

The best-known New Year's Eve shows on radio and then television was hosted by bandleader Guy Lombardo, who hosted 21 consecutive New Year's Eve shows from 1956 to 1976 on CBS, and for a time in syndication. Lombardo's first radio broadcast on New Year's Eve was heard on December 31, 1928 over CBS Radio, and for a time he even split hosting duties by broadcasting on CBS Radio before 12 Midnight EST and on NBC Radio after Midnight. Lombardo would host 48 straight New Year's Eve broadcasts until his death in 1977, and famously performed "Auld Lang Syne" by his Royal Canadians as the clock struck 12 Midnight, ushering in the start of a New Year. 

Once the Lombardo orchestra began their annual television shows, there would be a live segment from Times Square, which was (and still is) the focal point of the nation's largest New Year's celebration. In the early years of Lombardo's television specials, Robert Trout reported on and counted down to Midnight in New York's Times Square; but for most of Lombardo's years on television, another legendary newsman, Ben Grauer, had the honor. (Grauer, by the way, also reported from Times Square for NBC Radio on celebrations following the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945.

The first New Year's Eve special on television was broadcast on December 31, 1941 on WNBT New York, and consisted of entertainment broadcast from the Rainbow Room, atop the RCA Building in New York's Rockefeller Center.[3]

Due to World War II, there would be no more New Year's Eve specials on television until December 31, 1945. WNBT produced a remote broadcast of festivities in Times Square. While NBC had begun to feed programs to WRGB is the Albany area and WPTZ in Philadelphia, information is unavailable as to whether either or both of these stations broadcast the program, or if it was seen just locally in New York.[4]

Unless New Year's Eve fell on a weekend, NBC would carry a special New Year's version of "The Tonight Show" each year beginning in 1954, including coverage of the arrival of the New Year in Times Square.

Dick Clark himself had actually emceed one New Year's Eve TV special prior to 1972; on December 31, 1959, he emceed a 90-minute New Year's special on ABC. One of the guests was Frankie Avalon. But it would be the last time Clark would do a New Year's Eve television special for the next thirteen years.

By the 1970s, Lombardo's big band music skewed to an older generation, so Dick Clark started his telecast in 1972 to compete.  

New Year's Eve celebration, ushering in the year 1963. pickup from Times Square with Robert Trout and Guy Lombardo's orchestra (The Royal Canadians) from the Americana Hotel in New York City.                                                          

A WABC TV SPECIAL REPORT.
The 114 day New York City newspaper strike has finally come to an end. Comments by New York City Mayor Robert Wagner.  
The New York Daily News writes on their front page, "Hello There, We Have News For You."    

Narrator: Robert Trout                                  

A WABC TV SPECIAL REPORT.
The 114 day New York City newspaper strike has finally come to an end. Comments by New York City Mayor Robert Wagner.  
The New York Daily News writes on their front page, "Hello There, We Have News For You."    

Narrator: Robert Trout                                               

The last American astronaut to fly alone to date on May 15th and 16th, 1963. Cooper piloted "Faith 7" solo across twenty two orbits. The mission lasted nearly 34.5 hours and focused on making sure that astronauts could work stably in the spacecraft when it was in different modes of operation. 

CBS special presentation. A look at the American funeral. Based on the book "The American Way Of Death" by Jessica Mitford. 

Host: Robert Trout.                         

Garment Center rally for Democrats. Robert Kennedy, Hubert Humphrey, and President Johnson speak. Also present is Liberal Party leader Alex Rose.                           

    Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Ben Grauer brings in the New Year from Times Square.




Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians usher in the year 1965 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. Ben Grauer is in Times Square for the ball dropping to usher in the new year. 


                     

Gemini 3 astronauts Virgil (Gus) Grissom and John Young are launched into space from Cape Kennedy atop a Titan 11 launch vehicle.

Live coverage of Gemini 111, the first manned Gemini mission carrying astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom and John W. Young from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Coverage of three orbits.            

The seventh annual Grammy awards are presented from the Beverly Hilton Hotel, in Beverly Hills, California.

Dean Martin originally scheduled to hosts is replaced by Steve Allen who hosts this musical hour featuring many winners of the recording industry's 1964 Grammy Awards.
 
Special guest Sammy Davis Jr. offers a musical tribute to the late Nat King Cole; Frank Sinatra receives the Grammy Golden Achievement Award; and in a segment taped in London, Peter Sellers interviews the Beatles. 

Introducing the Grammy-winning performers are Woody Allen, Eddy Arnold, Tony Bennett, Godfrey Cambridge, Carol Channing, Arthur Fiedler, Jack Jones and Steve Lawrence. 

HIGHLIGHTS:

"Hello Dolly!".........................Jimmy Durante
"Downtown"................................Petula Clark
"King of the Road..............................Roger Miller
"Pink Panther".............................Henry Mancini
Comedy Monologue.....................Bill Cosby
"Girl from Ipanema"..........Astrud Gilberto,  Stan Getz
"A Hard Day's Night...............................Beatles
" We'll Sing in the Sunshine................Gale Garnett
"Bedinerie" (from Bach's Suite in B Minor).......Swingle Singers


           

Live coverage by both CBS and NBC of the Gemini IV spaceflight with astronauts Edward White, and James McDivitt aboard.                   

Astronaut Edward White performs the first American spacewalk outside the Gemini 4 spacecraft. White is the pilot of the Gemini 4 four-day earth orbital mission and is accompanied on the mission by astronaut James McDivitt.

Live CBS progress coverage of the Gemini spacecraft with Edward White and James McDivitt aboard. Includes NBC recap.             

Live coverage of the Gemini V Spaceflight, with astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad aboard. From Cape Canaveral, Florida. This was the eleventh manned American spaceflight and the nineteenth American spaceflight of all time.           

The Gemini 5 spacecraft is launched with astronauts Pete Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard. On this eight-day mission, the crew would circle the earth 120 times. The mission was important for its medical experiments. 

Continuing live coverage of the Gemini V Spaceflight, take off and landing. Coverage of both August 21st and August 29th, 1965.            

Astronauts Frank Borman and James Lovell are launched into space aboard the Gemini 7 spacecraft. Their primary mission was to show that humans could live in weightlessness for a period of fourteen days, a record that would stand until 1970.

Live coverage of the return of the Gemini 6 spacecraft with Thomas Stafford and Walter Schirra aboard.

Senator Everett Dirksen and GOP Congressman Gerald Ford comment on President Johnson's recent State Of The Union Address.              

The launching of the Gemini VIII spacecraft, the sixth manned American spaceflight in Nasa's Gemini program. From Cape Canaveral, Florida. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and David Scott are aboard.        

Live NBC coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight. 

Russ Ward reports.                     

The docking of the Gemini 8 space flight with Neil Armstrong aboard, six hours into the flight.  The docking of the two spacecraft together.             

Live CBS coverage of the Gemini 8 spaceflight.

Walter Cronkite reports.                        

The 1966 Grammy Awards, televised May 16th, 1966 from Chicago, New York, Nashville, and Los Angeles. 
"A Taste Of Honey" by Herb Alpert and The Tijuana Brass won for song of the year.
"September Of My Years" by Frank Sinatra won for album of the year. Roger Miller won five awards. 

Host: Jerry Lewis. 

Includes Timex Commercials.                                                 

ABC Live coverage of the Gemini 9 spaceflight, 7 minutes before take-off. ABC Science Editor Jules Bergman reports.           

NBC radio coverage of pre-launch preparations & liftoffs of Gemini 10 orbital flight with Astronauts: John Young, Michael Collins, and Robert Karowski. Jay Barbaree, Bill Ryan, and John Blair report. Tape ends at 6 hours, 38 minutes into flight.             

Live, continuing radio coverage of the Gemini X spaceflight.
Jay Barbree reports.            

Live coverage of the Gemini 10 spaceflight and its successful rendezvous with an Agena rocket. The mission, lasting three days, carried astronauts, John W. Young, and Michael Collins on sixteen orbits of the earth.    

Duplicate of #8180.                       

Live coverage of the Gemini 10 spaceflight and its successful rendezvous with an Agena rocket. The mission, lasting three days, carried astronauts, John W. Young, and Michael Collins on sixteen orbits of the earth.                           

Live coverage of the successful launching of the Gemini 11 spacecraft with astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon aboard following two postponements.  

                   

Live coverage of the Gemini 11 spaceflight that was postponed due to a suspected malfunction of the autopilot on the Agena Capsule. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon were due to be aboard.                         

Live coverage of takeoff September 12th through landing September 15th of the Gemini X1 spacecraft. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon are aboard,            

Live coverage of the successful landing of the Gemini 11 spacecraft that launched on September 12th, 1966. Astronauts Charles Conrad Jr and Richard F. Gordon were aboard.                       

Live coverage of the takeoff November 11th through landing November 15th of the Gemini 12 spacecraft. Astronauts Edwin E."Buzz" Aldrin Jr and James A. Lovell Jr were aboard.                         

Live coverage of the flight of the Gemini 12 spacecraft. It was the tenth and final crewed spaceflight launched by NASA. Astronauts aboard were James Lovell Jr. and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin. 

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. Jack Lescoulie brings in the New Year at Times Square.   

The best-known New Year's Eve shows on radio and then television were hosted by bandleader Guy Lombardo, who hosted 21 consecutive New Year's Eve shows from 1956 to 1976 on CBS, and for a time in syndication. Lombardo's first radio broadcast on New Year's Eve was heard on December 31, 1928 over CBS Radio, and for a time he even split hosting duties by broadcasting on CBS Radio before 12 Midnight EST and on NBC Radio after Midnight. Lombardo would host 48 straight New Year's Eve broadcasts until his death in 1977, and famously performed "Auld Lang Syne" by his Royal Canadians as the clock struck 12 Midnight, ushering in the start of a New Year. 

Once the Lombardo orchestra began their annual television shows, there would be a live segment from Times Square, which was (and still is) the focal point of the nation's largest New Year's celebration. In the early years of Lombardo's television specials, Robert Trout reported on and counted down to Midnight in New York's Times Square; but for most of Lombardo's years on television, another legendary newsman, Ben Grauer, had the honor. (Grauer, by the way, also reported from Times Square for NBC Radio on celebrations following the surrender of Japan on August 14, 1945.

The first New Year's Eve special on television was broadcast on December 31, 1941 on WNBT New York, and consisted of entertainment broadcast from the Rainbow Room, atop the RCA Building in New York's Rockefeller Center.[3]

Due to World War II, there would be no more New Year's Eve specials on television until December 31, 1945. WNBT produced a remote broadcast of festivities in Times Square. While NBC had begun to feed programs to WRGB is the Albany area and WPTZ in Philadelphia, information is unavailable as to whether either or both of these stations broadcast the program, or if it was seen just locally in New York.[4]

Unless New Year's Eve fell on a weekend, NBC would carry a special New Year's version of "The Tonight Show" each year beginning in 1954, including coverage of the arrival of the New Year in Times Square.

Dick Clark himself had actually emceed one New Year's Eve TV special prior to 1972; on December 31, 1959, he emceed a 90-minute New Year's special on ABC. One of the guests was Frankie Avalon. But it would be the last time Clark would do a New Year's Eve television special for the next thirteen years.

By the 1970s, Lombardo's big band music skewed to an older generation, so Dick Clark started his telecast in 1972 to compete. 

Duplicate of #5378.