Highlights of the General's career; including WW1,WW11, and the Korean conflict. Emphasis on his handling of the Korean war and comments concerning his firing from the Far East Command. Voices include that of President Truman, Senator Taft, General Wainwright, Franklin Roosevelt, Madame Chiang Kai-Shek, Edvard Benes. Representative Joseph Martin reads the MacArthur letter complaining about restrictions in Korea. Also, Major General Courtney Whitney, General MacArthur, Representative Maury Maverick, and UN Secretary General Trygvie Lie.
Samples of American humor from the beginnings till now are examined. A host of stars participate including Phil Silvers, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen, Buster Keaton, Fred Allen, Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, Groucho Marx and Jack Benney. This premiere show for the series was produced by Donald B. Hyatt and his Project 20 staff. Written by Richard Hanser and Rod Reed. Original musical score by Robert Russell Bennett.
Duplicate of #131.
Samples of American humor from the beginnings till now are examined. A host of stars participate including Phil Silvers, Bob Hope, Jimmy Durante, Eddie Cantor, Burns and Allen, Buster Keaton, Fred Allen, Laurel and Hardy, W.C. Fields, Groucho Marx and Jack Benney. This premiere show for the series was produced by Donald B. Hyatt and his Project 20 staff. Written by Richard Hanser and Rod Reed. Original musical score by Robert Russell Bennett.
Ken Murray narrates a collection of film clips which he lensed himself in the 20's, 30's, and 40's on 16mm film. We get a glimpse of Hollywood celebrities at work and at play. Musical score by George Stoll.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
A man charges his wife with habitual drunkenness.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
On today's show, a wife accuses her unemployed husband of being lazy and shiftless. In another case, a wife accuses her husband of bringing home unexpected guests.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
Today's case; a wife accuses her husband of drinking and violence.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
In today's case, a husband accuses his wife of habitual drinking.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
In this case, a wife charges her husband with flirting with other women.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
The wife accuses husband of gambling and selfishness, wife accuses husband of drunkenness.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
A wife accuses her husband of extreme jealousy and watching TV.
1958 (Syndicated)
A half-hour documentary series produced in Los Angeles. It was an "actuality" show. Couples would discuss marital problems with Los Angeles marriage counselor Dr. Paul Popenoe as he would listen in closed quarters to pretrial complaints offered by real-life divorce bound couples.
A wife charges her husband with excessive absence and drinking.
October 11th, 1961-August 26th, 1963 (NBC)
NBC newsman David Brinkley covered a wide variety of topics during its two-season run. Brinkley appeared live and filmed segments were also featured.
"Haiti." A report on the dictator government of Francois Duvalier.
David Brinkley interviews Dr. Duvalier. Coverage includes the presidential palace, the plush hotel Oloffson, the market place and slums of the capital city of Port-au-Prince. Brinkley reviews the political unrest in the state and talks with former place public relations man Herbert Morrison.
Part 1 of 2 parts.
Host: David Brinkley.
October 11th, 1961-August 26th, 1963 (NBC)
This program was the winner of both an Emmy and Peabody award in 1962. NBC newsman David Brinkley covered a wide variety of topics during its two-season run. Brinkley appeared live and filmed segments were also featured.
Topic: "Haiti" part 11.
NOTE: See ATA#14080 Part 1 for more details.
October 11th, 1961-August 26th, 1963 (NBC)
This program was the winner of both an Emmy and Peabody award in 1962. NBC newsman David Brinkley covered a wide variety of topics during its two-season run. Brinkley appeared live and filmed segments were also featured.
Topic: Vignette On Las Vegas.
Host: David Brinkley.
An increasing number of young men have refused to serve or support a war that they consider immoral. Tonight's documentary examines this resistance movement. An hour of the program will be devoted to a profile of Chic Marston, Jr. who burned his draft card on the steps of the Boston Court House last year. Photo-Journalist Lee Lockwood probes Marston's reasons for his act, and the reactions of his family and neighbors in Rockport, Mass. Films show all-night college anti-draft teach-ins and Boston's Arlington Street Church draft-card burning and turn-in. A report on Americans who have gone to Canada to avoid the draft is telecast live from Toronto. Members of the "Boston Five" debate with VFW commander Robert Scherra before an audience of university students. The final segment features participants in Boston, New York and Washington in live-interconnect debate on the moral justification for breaking the law, and its effects on the government. Moderator is Harvard Law School professor Jerome Cohen.
TV writers and producers criticize the medium in "You Should See What You're Missing!" What's missing on the air, according to those interviewed, are thought-provoking, hard-hitting programs. "What you wind up with" says "Barney Miller" producer Danny Arnold, "is a kind of innocuous pablum." Similar criticisms are offered by former "MASH" producer Larry Gelbart, "Police Story" creator Joseph Wambaugh, Abby Mann ("Kojak") and Susan Harris, whose series "Fay" (cancelled last season) is among those excerpted in a look at network censorship. Also: how new shows are tested.
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