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#9323: RICHARD NIXON'S RETURN TO THE USA
1969-08-03, NBC, min.
Garrick Utley , Richard M. Nixon

Live coverage of President Richard M. Nixon's return trip to the United States from his tour of Romania.            
#9324: RICHARD NIXON'S DINNER WITH THE ASTRONAUTS
1969-08-13, NBC, min.
Ronald Reagan , Hubert Humphrey , Neil Armstrong , Michael Collins , Richard M. Nixon , Buzz Aldrin , Warren Burger

President Richard M. Nixon hosts a dinner in Los Angeles, California for Apollo 11 astronauts Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin, and Neil Armstrong.             
#9325: RICHARD M. NIXON'S SPEECH ON VIET NAM
1969-11-03, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon's speech to the nation about the war in Viet Nam.           
#7741: ROBERTA
1969-11-06, NBC, min.
Bob Hope , Janis Paige , John Davidson , Michele Lee , Laura Miller , Ann Shoemaker , Irene Harvey , Eve McVeagh , Clifford David

Presented on "BOB HOPE SPECIAL." Television adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach
musical. John Davidson, Janis Paige and Michele Lee join Bob Hope in a new version of the 1933 musical-comedy hit that made Hope a Broadway star.

An American fullback, John Kent, inherits an exclusive Paris dress shop from  his Aunt Minnie. He and his friend, Huckleberry Haines, travel to Paris to run the shop.

 This was the second "Roberta" TV adaptation for Hope whose character Huckleberry Haines was first seen on television, broadcast on September 19, 1958, and currently archived in the collection of Archival Television Audi, Inc.       

Duplicate original recording of audio tape ATA #5935 and #7015.                                                            
#7015: ROBERTA
1969-11-06, NBC, 00 min.
Bob Hope , Janis Paige , John Davidson , Michele Lee , Laura Miller , Ann Shoemaker , Irene Harvey , Eve McVeagh , Clifford David

Presented on "BOB HOPE SPECIAL." Television adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach
musical. John Davidson, Janis Paige and Michele Lee join Bob Hope in a new version of the 1933 musical-comedy hit that made Hope a Broadway star. This was the second "Roberta" TV adaptation for Hope whose character Huckleberry Haines was first seen on television, broadcast on September 19, 1958.       

Dupe Of 5935.                    
#5935: ROBERTA
1969-11-06, WNBC, 60 min.
Bob Hope , Janis Paige , John Davidson , Michele Lee , Laura Miller , Ann Shoemaker , Irene Harvey , Eve McVeagh

Presented on "BOB HOPE SPECIAL." Television adaptation of the Jerome Kern-Otto Harbach musical. John Davidson, Janis Paige and Michele Lee join Bob Hope in a new version of the 1933 musical-comedy hit that made Hope a Broadway star. This was the second "Roberta" TV adaptation for Hope whose character Huckleberry Haines was first seen on television, broadcast on September 19, 1958.
#5425: ROCKWELL'S AMERICA
1969-11-12, WNBC, 52 min.
Jonathan Winters , Dick Smothers , Michele Lee , Norman Rockwell

Jonathan Winters is the host for this special of Americana laced with music and comedy, based on the paintings by Norman Rockwell.
#9326: RICHARD M. NIXON PRESS CONFERENCE, THE
1969-12-08, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard Nixon holds a press conference to discuss United States troop withdrawals in Viet Nam.             
#9327: RICHARD NIXON: SPEECH ON VIET NAM
1969-12-08, WGY, min.
Richard M. Nixon

Live radio coverage of President Richard M. Nixon's press conference discussing United States troop withdrawal from Viet Nam.            
#9328: RICHARD M. NIXON'S SPEECH ON VIET NAM
1969-12-15, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation about the progress toward peace in Viet Nam.           
#9329: RICHARD NIXON CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING, THE
1969-12-16, NBC, 30 min.
Pat Nixon , Tricia Nixon , Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon lights the Christmas tree at the White House and addresses the audience about world peace.            
#5428: ROWAN & MARTIN: BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM
1970-01-14, WNBC, 52 min.
Carol Burnett , Sammy Davis Jr. , Dan Rowan , Dick Martin , Tom Smothers , Dick Smothers

Dan Rowan & Dick Martin take a swipe at TV with a host of many guest stars.
#9287: ROWAN & MARTIN: BITING THE HAND THAT FEEDS THEM
1970-01-14, WNBC, 52 min.
Carol Burnett , Sammy Davis Jr. , Dan Rowan , Dick Martin , Tom Smothers , Dick Smothers

Dan Rowan & Dick Martin take a swipe at TV with a host of many guest stars. 

A duplicate of #5428.             
#9330: RICHARD M. NIXON: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, THE
1970-01-22, NBC, 60 min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon addresses both houses of Congress in his annual State Of The Union Address from Washington, DC.            
#5963: RED, WHITE AND MADDOX
1970-02-12, WNEW, 54 min.
Jay Garner , Clarence Felder

Jay Garner gives an outstanding performance as Governor Lester Maddox in the TV adaptation of the satirical musical, which played on Broadway in 1969. The presentation hits hard at segregation, politics, the Military and the establishment.
#16330: RED,WHITE AND MADDOX
1970-02-12, WNEW, min.
Lester Maddox , Clarence Felder 111 , Jay Garner , Brooks Atkinson

Jay Garner gives an outstanding performance as Gov.Lester Maddox in this TV adaptation of the satirical musical, which played Broadway last year. 
The musical is performed by the original Broadway cast, with Clarence Felder 111 as narrator. The show was called a "comic, devastating cartoon of a significant political figure," by Brooks Atkinson, former New York Times drama critic. 
Maddox is followed through his recent career as he talks to his deity about closing his Pickrick restaurant rather than serve blacks, as he campaigns and is elected Governor of Georgia, and as he makes his unsuccessful bid for the presidential nomination at the 1968 Democratic convention. 
Musical numbers include "What America Means To Me," "Jubilee Joe," "Hip Hooray For Washington," and "God is American."    
#9243: RETURN OF THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS, THE
1970-02-16, NBC, 60 min.
Peter Fonda , Tom Smothers , Dick Smothers , Glen Campbell , Pat Paulsen , David Steinberg , David Frye , Fredd Wayne , Alex Dreier , Robert Einstein

The Smothers Brothers "lost" NBC special about censorship and freedom of speech.          
#16336: RETURN OF THE SMOTHERS BROTHERS, THE
1970-02-16, NBC, min.
Peter Fonda , Tom Smothers , Dick Smothers , Glen Campbell , Pat Paulsen , David Steinberg , David Frye , Fredd Wayne , Alex Dreier , Robert Einstein

The Smothers Brothers "lost" NBC special about censorship and freedom of speech. Tom and Dick present an hour of satire and music. Guests include Peter Fonda, Glen Campbell, David Frye, and comics Bob Einstein and David Steinberg. 
The high-point of the hour is a sketch blending comedy and patriotism. Tom and Dick greet Abraham Lincoln (Pat Paulsen) Thomas Jefferson (Peter Fonda), Benjamin Franklin (Fredd Wayne) and President Johnson (David Frye).
Also: Songs by the brothers ("Time," "A Song For The Asking.") and Campbell ("Pave Your Way Into Tomorrow.") Steinberg as a way-out existential psychiatrist; Einstein as officer Judy (with an a comic apologia for the police) and "instant analysis" of the show by David Frye (as William F. Buckley, Jr and David Susskind) and newsman Alex Dreier. 

Dupe of #9243.                             
#4341: RED SKELTON HOUR, THE
1970-02-24, WCBS, 52 min.
Red Skelton , Audrey Meadows , Jackie Coogan , Mickey Rooney , Tiny Tim

September 25, 1962-June 23, 1970. One of television's most inventive and popular comedians, Red Skelton hosted his own series for twenty years, seven of them in a one-hour format, "The Red Skelton Hour" on CBS. Skelton began his television career on NBC September 30, 1951 with a half-hour filmed variety series lasting until June 21, 1953. He then began his CBS affiliation, and began hosting "The Red Skelton Show," a half-hour variety show broadcast live until October 18, 1960, and subsequently on videotape. This series aired from October 13, 1953, continuing until June 26, 1962. From July 21, 1954 through September 8, 1954, "The Red Skelton Revue" was broadcast live on CBS in a one-hour format. Red Skelton returned to NBC in a half-hour taped format for his final series. "Red" as the show was known, premiered September 14, 1970. The first four broadcasts included introductions by Vice President Spiro T. Agnew (September 14, 1970), Dean Martin (September 21, 1970), Jack Benny (September 28, 1970), and Johnny Carson (October 5, 1970) who got his big break writing for Skelton in the early 1950's. Red Skelton's last first-run regularly scheduled television program aired on March 15, 1971.
#10890: RICHARD NIXON SPEECH ON CAMBODIA
1970-04-30, , min.
Richard Nixon

President Richard Nixon speaks to the nation on Cambodia, and North Vietnam's increasing aggression against it.        
#9331: RICHARD NIXON'S EUROPEAN TRIP
1970-10-04, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

Live coverage of President Richard M. Nixon's European tour in the fall of 1970.            
#16503: RICHARD NIXON PRESS CONFERENCE
1971-01-04, NBC, min.
Richard Nixon , John Chancellor

President Nixon holds a press conference.

Host: John Chancellor  
#9333: RICHARD M. NIXON: STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, THE
1971-01-22, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon addresses the 92nd Congress in his annual State Of The Union Address.               
#10166: RICHARD NIXON NEWS CONFERENCE
1971-03-04, NBC, 40 min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon discusses foreign policy at his news conference.           
#5423: ROBERT YOUNG AND THE FAMILY
1971-03-10, WCBS, 52 min.
Robert Young , Lee Grant , Dick Van Dyke , Beau Bridges , William Windom , Julie Sommers , Jack Warden , Lorene Tuttle

A gentle poke at family life as host Robert Young introduces a series of typical family dilemmas. Produced & directed by Bud Yorkin, who co-produces & directs "All In The Family."             
#10976: RICHARD NIXON VIETNAM SPEECH
1971-04-07, , min.
Richard Nixon

President Richard Nixon addresses the nation on the situation in Southeast Asia. He explains the reasons for the speeding up of US troop withdrawals in Vietnam.        
#4386: ROLLIN' ON THE RIVER
1971-09-05, WCBS, 27 min.
Al Hirt , The First Edition , Pat Paulsen , Kenny Rogers

1971-1973 (Syndicated). This broadcast was a Special. This half-hour variety series was hosted by singer Kenny Rogers and his group, the First Edition. In the fall of 1972 the show's title was changed to "Rollin' with Kenny Rogers and the First Edition."
#9334: RICHARD M. NIXON SPEECH ON WAGE-PRICE FREEZE, THE
1971-10-07, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon's speech regarding phase two of the wage-price freeze.            
#9335: RICHARD M. NIXON: TRIP TO CHINA, THE
1972-02-27, NBC, 30 min.
Richard M. Nixon , Chou Enlai , Mao Zedong

President Richard M. Nixon's historic trip to China, meeting with Chinese leaders Chou Enlai, and Mao Zedong about the war in Viet Nam, Taiwan, and the Shanghai communique.            
#9337: RICHARD M. NIXON: TRIP TO CHINA, THE
1972-02-27, NBC, min.
John Chancellor , John Rich , Herb Kaplow , Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon's 1972 visit to the People's Republic Of China.            
#9338: RICHARD M. NIXON'S RETURN TO THE UNITED STATES
1972-02-28, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon's return home following his visit to The People's Republic Of China at Andrews Air Force Base in Washington, DC.             
#9336: RICHARD M. NIXON: RETURN FROM POLAND AND THE USSR, THE
1972-06-01, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

Live coverage of President Richard M. Nixon's return from Poland and the Soviet Union.             
#17039: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 1972
1972-08-21, , min.
Richard Nixon , Spiro Agnew

Continuing live coverage of the 1972 Republican National Convention.      
#19952: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION FOR 1972
1972-08-22, , min.
Richard Nixon , Spiro Agnew

Live coverage of the 1972 Republican National Convention held at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Both President Richard Nixon and Vice President Spiro Agnew were nominated for reelection.     
#17033: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 1972
1972-08-24, , min.
Richard Nixon

A review of the Republican National Convention in Miami Beach.  
#16881: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION, THE
1972-08-24, , min.
Richard Nixon , Spiro Agnew

Coverage of the Republican National Convention from the Miami Beach, Convention Center.      
#18804: ROGER MILLER SPECIAL, THE
1973-01-01, 90, ABC min.
Statler Brothers , Roger Miller , Chet Atkins , Donna Fargo , Tom T. Hall

An all-country show, with host Roger Miller singing a medley of his hits: "King Of The Road ," "You Can't Rollerskate in a Buffalo Herd," "Chug-a-Lug", and "Walking in The Sunshine." 
Guests and selections: Chet Atkins, ("Autumn Leaves"), Tom T. Hall (Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine"), Donna Fargo, (The Happiest Girl in The Whole USA"), ("Funny Face"), The Statler Brothers ("The Class of '57 Had its Dreams"). 
#9339: RICHARD NIXON: SPEECH ABOUT VIET NAM AND DOMESTIC PROBLEMS
1973-03-29, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation about Viet Nam and domestic problems.              
#9341: RICHARD M. NIXON WATERGATE ADDRESS, THE
1973-05-01, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon delivers a speech to the nation about Watergate, taking full responsibility for the scandal. He pledged to purge such abuses from the American Political System.              
#5424: ROBERT YOUNG WITH THE YOUNG
1973-05-06, WABC, 52 min.
Robert Young , Sandy Duncan , Arte Johnson , The Carpenters

The Carpenters, Sandy Duncan and Arte Johnson join Robert Young to explore the imaginative world of children.
#10084: ROBERTA FLACK: "THE FIRST TIME EVER."
1973-07-07, ABC, 30 min.
Roberta Flack , Seals and Crofts

Roberta Flack in her first television special. Seals and Crofts are guests.  

This program is a 30-minute excerpt.                        
#9342: RICHARD NIXON: WATERGATE SPEECH, THE
1973-08-15, WGY, min.
Richard M. Nixon

Live radio coverage of President Richard M. Nixon's speech to the nation about the Watergate investigation.            
#5415: REAL GEORGE CARLIN, THE
1973-08-26, WABC, 52 min.
George Carlin , Rita Coolidge , Kris Kristofferson , B.B. King

B.B. King, Kris Kristofferson and folk-rock singer Rita Coolidge join George Carlin for an hour of comedy and music. Taped in New York & Montreal. Carlin returns to scenes of his comedy routines, including Greenwich Village & Columbia University.
#9340: RICHARD M. NIXON SPEECH: THE ENERGY CRISES, THE
1973-11-07, NBC, 30 min.
Riichard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation about the energy crises.            
#9343: RICHARD M. NIXON TELEVISION SPEECH, THE
1973-11-17, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon gives his infamous "I Am Not A Crook" speech before the Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Florida.             
#9344: RICHARD M. NIXON ENERGY SPEECH, THE
1973-11-26, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation on the gasoline and energy crisis.            
#9345: RICHARD M. NIXON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, THE
1974-01-30, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M.Nixon delivers his annual State Of The Union Address to the joint members of Congress. This was to be his final State Of The Union Address before his resignation on August 9th, 1974.           
#9269: RICHARD NIXON PRESS CONFERENCE
1974-02-25, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon holds a press conference to discuss the energy situation and the Watergate investigation.            
#9270: RICHARD M. NIXON PRESS CONFERENCE
1974-03-06, NBC, 30 min.
Richard M. Nixon , Helen Thomas , Frank Cormier

President Richard M. Nixon holds a press conference on energy and Watergate.        
#9271: RICHARD M. NIXON PRESS CONFERENCE
1974-03-19, NBC, min.
Richard M. Nixon

President Richard M. Nixon holds a press conference before the annual convention of the National Association of Broadcasters in Houston, Texas.           
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