In Hollywood, Perry Como hosts the second annual awards. Perry's aide is swimmer Debbie Meyer, winner of four Olympic Gold Medals. Winners in eight categories are chosen by their fellow athletes; sportswriters choose the Pro Athlete of the Year. Nominees and celebrity presenters...Baseball, AL: Ken Harrelson, Red Sox; Frank Howard, Senators; Denny McLain, Tigers.
NL: Bob Gibson,Cardinals; Wille McCovey, Giants; Pete Rose, Reds.
Presenters: Danny Kaye, Roy Campanella, Joe Cronin. Basketball: Elgin Baylor,Lakers; Bill Russell, Celtics; Wes Unseld, Bullets. Presenters: Bill Cosby, Red Auerbach.
Football: AFL: Lance Alworth, John Hadl, Chargers; Joe Namath, Jets; Paul Robinson, Bengals. NFL: Deacon Jones, Rams; Leroy Kelly, Browns; Earl Morrall, Colts. Presenters: Charlton Heston, Vince Lombardi, Sammy Baugh. Golf: Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino. Presenters: Jack Benny, Sam Snead. Hockey: Jean Beliveau, Canadiens; Gordie Howe, Red Wings; Bobby Hull, Black Hawks. Presenters: Art Linkletter, NHL President Clarence Campbell. Horse Racing: Braulio Baeza, Angel Cordero, Lafitt Pincay. Presenters: Kim Novak, Willie Shomaker.
Pro Athlete of the Year nominees: Denny McLain, Earl Morrall, Joe Namath.
Sportscaster Vin Scully narrates films of the stars in action.
In Hollywood, Perry Como hosts the second annual awards. Perry's aide is swimmer Debbie Meyer, winner of four Olympic Gold Medals. Winners in eight categories are chosen by their fellow athletes; sportswriters choose the Pro Athlete of the Year. Nominees and celebrity presenters...Baseball, AL: Ken Harrelson, Red Sox; Frank Howard, Senators; Denny McLain, Tigers.
NL: Bob Gibson,Cardinals; Wille McCovey, Giants; Pete Rose, Reds.
Presenters: Danny Kaye, Roy Campanella, Joe Cronin. Basketball: Elgin Baylor,Lakers; Bill Russell, Celtics; Wes Unseld, Bullets. Presenters: Bill Cosby, Red Auerbach.
Football: AFL: Lance Alworth, John Hadl, Chargers; Joe Namath, Jets; Paul Robinson, Bengals. NFL: Deacon Jones, Rams; Leroy Kelly, Browns; Earl Morrall, Colts. Presenters: Charlton Heston, Vince Lombardi, Sammy Baugh. Golf: Billy Casper, Jack Nicklaus, Lee Trevino. Presenters: Jack Benny, Sam Snead. Hockey: Jean Beliveau, Canadiens; Gordie Howe, Red Wings; Bobby Hull, Black Hawks. Presenters: Art Linkletter, NHL President Clarence Campbell. Horse Racing: Braulio Baeza, Angel Cordero, Lafitt Pincay. Presenters: Kim Novak, Willie Shomaker.
Pro Athlete of the Year nominees: Denny McLain, Earl Morrall, Joe Namath.
Sportscaster Vin Scully narrates films of the stars in action.
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In this special, David Frost hosts this showcase for English comic Frankie Howard who interviews Beatle Paul McCartney. Howard also appears in different sketches. Also appearing are comic Ronnie Corbet, actress Judy Cornwell, and singers Mary Hopkins and Deena Webster.
A report on President Richard M. Nixon's Western European tour and his visit to Rome to meet Pope Paul VI.
Coverage of February 24th-27th and March 2nd, 1969.
Live coverage of liftoff and landing of the Apollo 9 spaceflight with astronauts Russell L. Schweickart, David R. Scott and James McDivitt. This was the third manned mission of the Apollo space program. Live coverage from 3-3-69 thru 3-13-69. Multiple hours of audio air checks recorded. Please specify specific days / events related to audio requests.
In this news conference of March 14th, President Nixon announces a new "Safeguard Program," guarding against any attack by the Chinese Communists that can be forseen over the next ten years. It is also a safeguard against less than a massive attack by the Soviet Union.
Musical-comedy star Jack Cassidy hosts this song-and-dance salute to St. Patrick's Day.
Other title used for this special broadcast is
JACK CASSIDY'S St. PATRICK'S DAY SPECIAL.
Note: Occasional static heard during the song
"Sweet Molly Malone" sung by The Back Porch Majority singers.
Henry Fonda narrates the legacy of movie titan David O. Selznick. Anecdotes recalled by Ingrid Bergman, Russell Birdwell, Joseph Cotten, George Cukor, Joan Fontaine, Janet Gaynor, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Rock Hudson, Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck, and King Vidor.
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Henry Fonda narrates the legacy of movie titan David O. Selznick. Anecdotes recalled by Ingrid Bergman, Russell Birdwell, Joseph Cotten, George Cukor, Joan Fontaine, Janet Gaynor, Katharine Hepburn, Alfred Hitchcock, Rock Hudson, Dorothy McGuire, Gregory Peck and King Vidor.
Live television and radio coverage of the motorcade to the Washington National Cathedral, carrying the body of former President Dwight D. Eisenhower on the day of his funeral.
Radio coverage provided by WGY, Schenectady.
The carrying of the casket for former United States President Dwight David Eisenhower from the chapel of The Washington National Cathedral to 16th and Constitution Ave, where the casket was placed on a caisson.
Hit by Japanese aircraft on March 19, 1945, the aircraft carrier USS Franklin limped home from Japan- the most badly crippled ship ever to do so (724 crew members out of 3,400 died). Gene Kelly
narrates this Special Projects documentary. Executive producer is Project XX's Donald B Hyatt; composer is Robert Russell Bennett.
Petula Clark's second TV special is an international hour, taped & filmed. Guests are Andy Williams, Oscar nominee Ron Moody, and French singer-guitarist Sacha Distel. With commercials.
The best performances & achievements from 1968 are honored as the 41st Academy Awards are telecast from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillion. Gregory Peck introduces the "Friends of Oscar," presenters who serve as hosts. They include Ingrid Bergman, Sidney Poitier, Jane Fonda, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Wood, Walter Matthau, Diahann Carroll, Tony Curtis, Rosalind Russell, and Burt Lancaster. Frank Sinatra sings an opening number from the motion picture "Star!" Jack Albertson accepts a best supporting actor award, the first of many awards given this evening. Other
award winners and performers include Boris Levin, Abbey Lincoln, Jose Feliciano, Ruth Gordon, Marni Nixon, Henri Mancini, Don Rickles, Mel Brooks, Onna White, Aretha Franklin, Carol Reed, Bob Hope, Martha Raye (the first woman recipient of the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award), Anthony Harvey, Barbra Streisand, and John Woolf. Hank Sims introduces and closes the program.
Danny Thomas and Carol Burnett join Carol Channing for a lighthearted look at the seven deadly sins...Miss Channing opens with "Sing, You Sinners," and joins Miss Burnett for a sketch on gluttony. They sing "Food, Glorious Food." In a Biblical sketch, Elijah (Danny Thomas) finds his wife (Miss Channing ) green with envy wanting to keep up with the Noahs. Miss Burnett laments her lust to "The Shape Of Things." Danny expounds on wifely wrath. A bejeweled and avaricious Miss Channing sings "I'm Old-fashioned."
Danny and the ladies chat about the pride of being a good entertainer, then close with "happiness."
The 23rd Annual Tony Awards is telecast live from the Mark Hellinger Theatre in New York City.
Hosts: Diahann Carroll and Alan King.
1969 marked the first year scenes from the nominated plays were presented.
Melvin Douglas narrates a stirring portrait of our first President, George Washington. Robert Russell Bennett provides the musical score. Produced and directed by Donald B. Hyatt and written by Richard Hanser.
Musical hour starring guitarist-singer Jose Feliciano and guest stars.
Duplicate Of #5240.
Note: In 2015, Jose Feliciano was given TV audio representing his first TV appearance in 1965 ("FanFare" with Al Hirt.) His appreciation and reaction seen and heard on the ATA website.
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