Continuation of President Harry S. Truman Inauguration.          

Live coverage of the 1949 Presidential Inauguration of President Harry S. Truman.          

President Harry S. Truman speaks before the nation concerning the Korean war conflict. He states the United States committment to halt ongoing Communist aggression in the free world.                   

Presented on MUSICAL COMEDY TIME. Adaptation of the 1927 Broadway musical. Musical numbers only.   

Very good sound recording for its vintage.

          

President Truman speaks about proposal to United Nations
on disarmament. Radio and television report to the American people on international arms reduction.       

President Harry S. Truman comments on the 1952 Presidential election in which General Dwight D. Eisenhower will run against Democrat Adlai Stevenson.                 

President Harry S. Truman gives a Labor Day speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He speaks of the progressive measures that the State has taken, it's liberal traditions, and honors the working men and women of America. He praises Adlai Stevenson and his running mate John Sparkman as the right Presidential and Vice-  Presidential candidates respectively to run for office in 1952.             

President Harry S. Truman gives a political talk in support of the Democratic candidate for President, Adlai Stevenson.      

The second Rocky Marciano vs. Jersey Joe Walcott heavyweight  championship fight in Chicago. Marciano, who knocked out then heavyweight champion Walcott in their first 1952 bout in the 13th round, knocked down Walcott in the first round of their second fight and the bout was declared a knockout. The result was disputed by Walcott's corner, arguing a fast count by referee Frank Sikora. But it appeared that Walcott rose a split-second too late, to end the uneventful bout. This proved to be the 39-year old Walcott's final bout and was Marciano's first defense of the heavyweight title he won from Walcott a year earlier.                                     

Harry S. Truman Philadelphia address following retirement.      

Presented on "FORD STAR JUBILEE." September 24, 1955-November 3, 1956. Broadcast entirely in color and sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, this series was a lavish presentation of  monthly specials. The Judy Garland variety special  launched the series to a rousing start on September 24, 1955.    Based on a 1937 Broadway drama by Maxwell Anderson about the ghost of a 16th century Dutch girl, who aids a man struggling to keep his mountain from a group of people who are seeking to purchase it. At the end of the broadcast, the announcer states to viewers that the music from this production is available in stores on Decca Records.    

Duplicate of 5987.                      

"Born Yesterday" starring Mary Martin and Paul Douglas. A ten-minute excerpt.            

Presented on "SATURDAY COLOR CARNIVAL" Nanette Fabray recreates her starring role in the 1947 musical about a charming con-man and his attempt to convince a young couple that they will profit from the sale of their family property. 

This television Special opens with announcer, Don Pardo, exclaiming:

"Ladies and gentlemen. The following program is being brought to you live, from New York, in COMPATIBLE COLOR, pioneered and developed by RCA."   

Two songs, "I Still Get Jealous" and "Papa, Won't You Dance with Me?" have served to keep in mind "High Button Shoes," the 1947 Broadway show they come from. The style of shoe suggests the period - 1913. the place is New Brunswick, New Jersey, home of Rutgers University. And the central figure of the plot is one Harrison Floy, a charming con man who has returned to New Brunswick, his home town, where live some of the few people left who don't know him for what he is.

As Sara, Nanette Fabray re-creates her 1947 role; Joey Faye is also back as Pondue, Floy's partner in crime. 

Book by Stephen Longstreet. 
Music and Lyrics by Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn.

HIGHLIGHTS:

"I Still Get Jealous" ---------------------------Nanette Fabray

"Lulu Fadoo"--------------------------Nanette Fabray, Hal March

"The Birdwatcher's Song"----------------Nanette Fabray & Chorus

"Get Away for a Day"---------------------------------Don Ameche

"Papa, Won't You Dance with Me?"--------Nanette Fabray & Chorus
"Can't You Just See Yourself?"--------------------------------- 
                          Hal March, Nanette Fabray, Don Ameche

"On a Sunday by the Sea" -- Hal March, Nanette Fabray & Dancers

"Cops and Robbers Ballet"-----Dancers with Hal March, Joey Faye

"Your My Girl"---------------------------------------Don Ameche

"Nobody Ever Died for Dear Old Rutgers"------Hal March & Chorus

NOTE: This "Saturday Spectacular" presentation was broadcast only six days prior to the usage/ application, for the FIRST time, of 2" QUAD video tape which would be used to reproduce a Live quality replay time delayed television program ("Douglas Edwards with the CBS Evening News" - November 30, 1956). 

Such reproduction usage would soon change the way television would be broadcast in the future. By 1960 such usage of Video Tape greatly relegated most of television' prime time broadcasting from LIVE to VIDEO TAPE.
                     

The 1956 heavyweight boxing championship fight between Floyd Patterson and Archie Moore. Don Dunphy gives the blow-by-blow report of rounds 1 and 5 with commentary by Jimmy Powers. Patterson knocks out Moore in round 5. Patterson and Moore are interviewed after the fight with commentary by Winn Elliott.                                                   

Tab Hunter stars in the title role of this story directed by Sidney Lumet. In Holland, poor but industrious and honorable, 15-year-old Hans Brinker and his younger sister yearn to participate in December's great ice skating race on the canal.                         

Presented on "ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATER." Television adaptation of Cole Porter's 1948 Broadway musical comedy about the backstage and onstage conflict between a formerly married theatrical couple who are starring together in a production of "The Taming Of The Shrew."



Originally produced on Broadway in 1948 with songs by Cole Porter. A classic American
musical comedy.     

Duplicate of # 5952.         

Duplicate of program # 6.          

This version of Hedda Hopper's Hollywood is a complete audio air check which includes the original opening and contains all Rexall commercials. It's drawback is that this air check was recorded by open mike and not by direct line like Archival Television Audio #6: Hedda Hopper's Hollywood.  

NOTE:
If requested, for a small additional fee, a special edited version can be processed using the best elements available, combining the original opening and all Rexall commercials with the more pristine direct line audio represented in ATA#6, creating the best audible complete version of this broadcast available.                          

The second Ingemar Johansson vs. Floyd Patterson fight from the Polo Grounds is broadcast by WABC radio in New York City. Patterson regains the heavyweight championship from Johansson with a 5th round knockout. Pre-fight commentary by Howard Cosell,  and an interview with former heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano. An interview with Patterson following the fight. Les Keiter and Howard Cosell report the action.                                                              

Five men, lost in the Himalayas after their plane crashes, discover a paradise on earth. Produced and directed by George Schaefer. Music by Harry Warren.                                     

The second of three Video Taped  special programs presenting musical journeys throughout regions of the U.S. with Gordon MacRae and his wife Sheila MacRae hosting.  

Highlights:

"Louisiana".....................................................Gordon MacRae     
"The Rythum of the Dixieland Band".............Jack Jones    
"Yes Indeed"....................................................George Chakiris
"Moon River"...................................................Gordon MacRae
"Y' All Come"...................................................Buddy Ebsen
"Life Upon the Wicked Stage"......................Sheila MacRae
"Kisses Sweeter than Wine"........................Jane Morgan
"Goin' to Chicago".........................................Rita Moreno
"Chicago"............................................Gordon & Sheila MacRae
"Ma, She's Makin' Eyes at Me"....................Buddy Ebsen
"Bye, Bye, Blackbird.....................................Jack Jones
"After the Ball"................................................Kathryn Grayson
"Chicago Style" Twist..................Rita Moreno & George Chakiris
"Auld Lang Syne".................................Gordon & Sheila MacRae

  NOTE: An early COLOR VIDEO TAPED broadcast that unfortunately was wiped and not extant in any broadcast form.               

FCC Chairman Newton Minow and others discuss "the vast wasteland of television" Robert Sarnoff, the president of NBC, testifies, president Kennedy, comments on FCC controls.          

Host Donald O'Connor is joined by half a dozen other stars for this one hour tribute to the movie musical-past, present and future.
Arthur Freed, executive producer of tonight's show, has also produced a score of movie musicals himself. We see clips from several,including "Meet Me In St.Louis," "An American In Paris"
and "Gigi."                            

The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 

The broadcasts continued the following season, becoming a bi-weekly series on Sept 26th, 1963, alternating with the Sid Caesar Show.

On this special composer-pianist Andre Previn and comic Dick Shawn are guests. Edie sings "Bilbao song," "My Ship," "When My Sugar Walks Down the Street" and a vocalise (singing without words) of a medley of well-known numbers. she also does comedy impressions of Shirley Temple, Marilyn Monroe, Ruby Keeler and Jeanette MacDonald, and joins Dick Shawn in a comedy sketch. Andre Previn in performs a selection of Gershwin tunes. Peer Metz conducts.
                                                                

The third of three special programs presenting musical journeys throughout regions of the U.S. with Gordon MacRae Sheila MacRae hosting. Writers Tom and Frank Waldman.             

Radio broadcast of the first Sonny Liston-Floyd Patterson championship fight from Comiskey Park in Chicago. Liston knocks out Patterson in the first round and becomes the new heavyweight champion. Pre-fight interviews with James Braddock, Barney Ross, Joe Louis, Gene Fullmer, Sonny Liston, Floyd Patterson, and commentator Howard Cosell.                                       

  The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, telecast April 9, 1962, was a TAPED pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly TAPED SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie."  

On this premiere broadcast, Peter Falk and Duke Ellington join Edie Adams who opens the show with a vocalise (singing without words) featuring members of the Ellington orchestra: "I've Got It Bad," "I'm Beginning to See the Light," and "Sophisticated Lady." In other segments, Edie sings "Lonely Town." Peter Falk, playin a sagacious cab driver, offers Edie his wide-ranging opinions: and, backed by Ellington's rendition of David Ros's "The Stripper," Edie does a burlesque of a reluctant burlesque queen. 
                  

A United States Army captain is sent to teach the fundamentals of democracy and industry to the resident of a small village in occupied Japan.              

Walter Kiernan moderates this examination of the art of politics past and present. Modern campaigning techniques are discussed by pollster John Kraft. James Farley looks back on campaigns in which he participated.  

Broadcast on WOR-TV Channel 9 in New York City.                                    

February 14, 1962-June 16, 1963

In his first regular television assignment for ABC, after serving as a news correspondent for CBS for 20 years, Howard K. Smith presented this weekly news and commentary program. It featured a summary of the week's major news events, commentary and analysis by Mr. Smith and interviews with prominent people in the news.

Politics, domestic problems, space, integration, and personalities are discussed. 

Howard K. Smith Reports.                          

      The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 

Third SPECIAL or the season has a Latin-American flavor. Guests include two exponents of the Bossa Nova-saxophonist Stan Getz and Brazilian jazz guitarist, Laurindo Almeida, and the Roger Wagner Chorale.
Edie sings, "Something's Coming," in a duet with Almeida "Habanera" and solo by Laurindo Ameida, "One-Note Samba."

     

Eliza Doolittle dreams of changing from a coarse street vendor to a sophisticated socialite by the arrogant professor Henry Higgins.            

February 14, 1962-June 16, 1963.
Half-hour weekly Sunday night news analysis show hosted by Howard K. Smith, former CBS correspondent who joined ABC News in 1961.

Topic: Crime in the United States today. Howard K. Smith reports.                         

The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 
    
DUPLICATE OF ATA#3024                                                                         

     The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 

4TH SPECIAL of the season.        

What's wrong with Hollywood? 

Comments on this two part series related to the star system and its pressures, the impact of television, the influx of foreign films and  independent producers vs. the big studios. 
Comments from Jack Lemmon, Gloria Swanson, Lee Remick, Stanley Kramer, Sheilah Graham and Joseph E. Levine.

Host: Howard K. Smith.                                       

The crisis in Hollywood (Part 2)

Howard K. Smith reports.             

      The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 

7TH SPECIAL of the season.      

      The Edie Adams Show, an Emmy Award winning SPECIAL, was a pilot for future Edie Adam's monthly SPECIALS...a total of eight half hour broadcasts were televised on ABC television, premiering October 23, 1962, followed by broadcasts on December 13, 1962, January 20, 1963, February 26, 1963, March 17, 1963, April 19, 1963, May 28, 1963, June 18, 1963 and called "Here's Edie." 

8th and final "HERE'S EDIE" SPECIAL of the 1962-1963 television season.     

The Las Vegas Convention Center is the host for the second Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson world heavyweight championship fight. Pre-fight comments by Howard Cosell, predictions by newspapermen and former fighters Lou Nova, Joe Louis, and Billy Conn, comments by Sonny Liston and Floyd Patterson. As in their first fight, Liston knocks out Patterson in the first round to retain his world heavyweight crown.