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1960-11-09, NBC, 00 min.
September 12, 1955-June 12, 1963. In the fall of 1955 Perry Como returned to NBC where he hosted a weekly hour show. From 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturday evenings and was titled "The Perry Como Show." From 1959 to 1963 it was seen Wednesday evenings and was titled "The Kraft Music Hall." Regulars included Frank Gallop and the Ray Charles Singers. After his final weekly June 12, 1963 broadcast Perry Como appeared in scores of specials, beginning October 3, 1963, airing on NBC, CBS & ABC, and concluding on December 6, 1986.
1960-11-09, NBC, 00 min.
President-Elect John F. Kennedy gives his acceptance speech at the Hyannis Armory in Hyannis, Massachusetts.
1960-11-09, , min.
Election returns, other news.
1960-11-09, WRCA, min.
Taped in Hawaii. First of three shows from Hawaii. Guest: Comedian Buddy Hackett does his "Chinese Waiter" routine and more.
1960-11-09, CBS, 30 min.
Post-election news on presidential race between Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard M. Nixon.
1960-11-09, CBS, 41 min.
Presidential victory speech by Senator John F. Kennedy at the Hyannis Armory in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Host: Charles Kuralt.
1960-11-09, WRCA, min.
Taped in Hawaii. First of three shows from Hawaii. Guest: Comedian Buddy Hackett does his "Chinese Waiter" routine and more.
#7253: LAWRENCE WELK SHOW, THE
Order1960-11-12, WABC, ?? min.
July 2, 1955-September 4, 1971; 1971-1982 (Syndicated). "The Lawrence Welk Show" presented middle-of-the-road music for almost three decades. Numbers were performed by the members of Welk's television family. That large group included the Lennon Sisters (Dianne, Peggy, Kathy and Janet), Alice Lon, Norma Zimmer, Tanya Falan, Arthur Duncan, Joe Feeney, Guy Hovis, Jim Roberts, Ralna English, Larry Hooper, Jerry Burke and former Mouseketeer Bobby Burgess.
1960-11-14, WABC, 54 min.
- Richard Boone
- John Wayne
- Richard Widmark
- Linda Cristal
- Frankie Avalon
- Ken Curtis
- Joan O'Brian
- Laurence Harvey
- Chill Wills
- Carlos Aruza
- Patrick Wayne
- John Nance Gardner
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Lon Tinkle
- J. Frank Dobie
John Wayne taped this wrap party following the completion of filming the movie "The Alamo." Joining Wayne are Richard Widmark, Richard Boone, Linda Cristal, Frankie Avalon, Ken Curtis, Joan O'Brian, Laurence Harvey, Chill Wills, Carlos Aruza, Patrick Wayne, John Nance Gardner, J. Frank Dobie and Lon Tinkle. Dimitri Tiomkin composed and conducted the original score.1960-11-17, WNTA, 165 min.
Theater is the subject. Joining host David Susskind are his guests, Jack Lemmon, Anthony Quinn, Brendan Beahan, Celeste Holme, George Devine, and Tennessee Williams.
1960-11-17, , min.
Presidential press secretary James Hagerty may replace John Daly at ABC news. Clark Gable dead.
1960-11-20, CBS, 48 min.
This video taped SPECIAL presentation centers around Manhattan's theater district. Hosted by Harry Belafonte, the program features jazz singer Gloria Lynne, John Lewis and the Modern Jazz quartet; the Contemporary String Quartet, and Herb Levy and his penny whistle.
1960-11-20, WNTA, 117 min.
Topic of tonight's round table discussion with host David Susskind relate to the challenges faced by The United Nations. Guests include Sir David Ormsby-Gore, British diplomat and conservative politician, Walt W. Rostow, American economist, professor and political theorist, Adolf A. Berle Jr., lawyer, educator, and former US Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs, Dr. Louis Nevel, member on many UN councils, and Chandra Jau, advocate on the Human Rights Commission.
#7066: DINAH SHORE CHEVY SHOW
Order1960-11-20, NBC, 00 min.
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show was an American Variety Series, hosted by Dinah Shore and broadcast on NBC from October 5th 1956 - May 12th,1963. 10 minute excerpt.
#7099: ED SULLIVAN SHOW
Order1960-11-20, WCBS, 00 min.
Jerry Lewis makes his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show since 1948.
1960-11-21, CBS, min.
Congolese on a rampage, eat their enemies, Congo crisis debated in the UN,
1960-11-22, WNBC, 50 min.
- Robert Russell Bennett
- Donald B. Hyatt
- Hoagy Carmichael
- Dorothy Loudon
- Mae Barnes
- Robin Roberts
- The Billy B. Quartet
- Eubie Blake
- Ralph Sutton
- Dick Wellstood
- The Wilbur De Paris Band
- William Nichols
- William Graham
- Clara Ward
- The Clara Ward Singers
A one hour video taped tuneful tour of the ragtime era reliving the excitement of the horse-and-buggy days when ragtime was born. Hoagy Carmichael introduces us to the ragtime era (1900-1917) with over fourteen songs and instrumentals being performed by performers Dorothy Loudon, Mae Barnes, Robin Roberts, Billy B. Quartet, Eubie Blake, Ralph Sutton, Dick Wellstood, the Wilbur de Paris Band and the Clara Ward Singers. Musical score by Robert Russell Bennett. Executive producer Donald B. Hyatt. Produced and written by William Nichols. Directed by William Graham. Broadcast live, tape and film.
1960-11-23, WABC, 30 min.
Joe Franklin interviews Jim Backus who reminisces about his television career, including his co-starring with Joan Davis in the TV Series, "I Married Joan," and his association as the voice of the animated character, Mr. Magoo.
1960-11-23, NBC, 58 min.
- Lennon Sisters
- Don Adams
- Kaye Ballard
- Frank Gorshin
- Paul Lynde
- Perry Como
- Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
- Tommy Sands
- Frank Gallop
- Jack Duffy
- Sandy Stewart
- Crosby Brothers
December 24th, 1948- June 4th, 1950 (NBC) October 2nd, 1950-June 24th 1955 (CBS) September 17th 1955- June 12th, 1963 (NBC) In 1944, the year his first record was released, Perry Como appeared on radio in The Chesterfield Supper Club; when that show came to television late in 1948, Como came with it, and has remained on television for more than four decades. The Chesterfield Supper Club, which also featured The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Fontane Sisters, was originally seen on Friday nights but soon shifted to a half-hour slot on Sundays, opposite Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town." In the fall of 1950, Como shifted to CBS where he hosted his own show for the next five seasons; the fifteen-minute program was seen Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, following the network news. Also featured were the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters, together with announcer Frank Gallop. In the fall of 1955 Como returned to NBC, where he hosted a weekly hour show for the next eight years; from 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturdays and was titled The Perry Como Show. From 1959 to 1963 it was seen on Wednesdays and was titled The Kraft Music Hall. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Frank Gallop were again featured, along with The Ray Charles Singers and The Louis DaPron Dancers (later, The Peter Gennaro Dancers). The Como Music Hall Players included Don Adams, Paul Lynde, Kaye Ballard, Jack Duffy, and Sandy Stewart. Show of 11-23-60. Guests: The Lennon Sisters, Frank Gorshin, Tommy Sands, Crosby Brothers. Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
#51: WAGON TRAIN
Order1960-11-23, WNBC, 50 min.
Starring Ward Bond, John Ford directs the "Colton Craven Story" featuring a cameo appearance by John Wayne.#13508: NBC NEWS, THE
Order1960-11-25, NBC, min.
President Eisenhower congratulates President-elect John F. Kennedy on the birth of his son, John F. Kennedy, Jr. Nixon confers with Eisenhower, Mercury test capsule fails in flight.
1960-11-27, WNTA, 116 min.
Three United States Senators and two House of Representatives discuss the future of their Republican Party. Joining host David Susskind are Senator Leverett Saltonstall of Massachusetts, Senator George D. Akin of Vermont, Representative Clair Hoffman of Michigan, Senator Clifford Case of New Jersey, and Representative Melvin Laird of Wisconsin.
1960-11-27, WNBC, 54 min.
December 8, 1957-June 18, 1961. Programs not hosted by Dinah Shore (every 4th week during the season of 1957-58 and 1958-59, more often thereafter until June 1961) were known as "The Chevy Show." Presented on "THE CHEVY SHOW." The story of two brothers, Kasim & Ali and Marjiana the slave girl, in this musical comedy highlighting Aladdin's lamp, a 15 foot genie and Ali Baba.
1960-11-30, WCBS, 35 min.
Red Skelton plays host to guests George Raft, Frank Sinatra, Dinah Shore, Bobby Rydell and William Demarest.1960-12-03, WABC, 15 min.
Gene Fullmer defends his NBA middleweight title against Sugar Ray Robinson. This controversial 15 round draw was the third match for these two great middleweights. Don Dunphy calls the blows for rounds 11 and 15 including his pre-fight commentary. Jimmy Lennon is ring announcer.#10275NN: PLAY OF THE WEEK: "NEW FACES"
Order1960-12-03, PBS, min.
- David Susskind
- Alice Ghostley
- Truman Capote
- Ronny Graham
- Robert Clary
- Leonard Sillman
- Virginia DeLuce
- June Carroll
1959-1961 PBS THE PLAY OF THE WEEK was a New York - based dramatic anthology series that relied heavily on talent from Broadway. Executive Producer, David Susskind. Broadcast this evening is the best of "New Faces" a production which made its theatrical performance on Broadway in the 1950's. It is a sprightly, five-act musical romp which features the same performers and the best of th sketches and musical numbers for Leonard Sillman in 1952 and '56. "Oedipus Goes South" is a take-off on Truman Capote by Ronny Graham, "Love is a Simple Thing" features Ina Swenson and Robert Clary, Virginia DeLuce, and June Carroll. In "Time For Ten" Alice Ghostley and June Carroll portray old maids. Duplicate of #10,230.
1960-12-03, PBS, min.
- David Susskind
- Alice Ghostley
- Truman Capote
- Ronny Graham
- Robert Clary
- Leonard Sillman
- Virginia DeLuce
- June Carroll
1959-1961 PBS THE PLAY OF THE WEEK was a New York - based dramatic anthology series that relied heavily on talent from Broadway. Executive Producer, David Susskind. Broadcast this evening is the best of "New Faces" a production which made its theatrical performance on Broadway in the 1950's. It is a sprightly, five-act musical romp which features the same performers and the best of th sketches and musical numbers for Leonard Sillman in 1952 and '56. "Oedipus Goes South" is a take-off on Truman Capote by Ronny Graham, "Love is a Simple Thing" features Ina Swenson and Robert Clary, Virginia DeLuce, and June Carroll. In "Time For Ten" Alice Ghostley and June Carroll portray old maids.
1960-12-04, WNTA, 165 min.
- David Susskind
- Dr. Frederick Hacker
- Dr. Edward Stainbrook
- Dr. Judd Marmor
- Dr. Ralph Greenson
- Dr. Milton Wexler
- Dr. Eugene Pumpian-Mindlin
October 14, 1958 - August 13, 1961 OPEN END with David Susskind: (WNTA Channel 13 Television) September 10, 1961-May 5, 1963 OPEN END with David Susskind (WNEW Channel 5 Television) June 9, 1963 last show of the season broadcast on WPIX TV. October 13, 1963-September 18, 1966 OPEN END with David Susskind (WPIX Channel 11 Television) October 2, 1966-September, 1986 DAVID SUSSKIND SHOW (SYNDICATED, PBS, and COMMERCIAL STATIONS, including WNEW, New York). OPEN END with David Susskind: (WNTA Channel 13 Television) "PSYCHE, PSYCHOSIS & PSYCHOLOGY" Open End with David Susskind was a break through talk show which literally had no time limit. The show ended when host, moderator David Susskind felt all conversation points were discussed. Some of these marathon telecasts lasted over four hours!. The series premiered on WNTA Channel 13 in New York for three years, an independent broadcast station, before it would become a Public Broadcast Station in 1962. A myriad of talk show guests, famous, infamous and unknown, found a forum on OPEN END. Subjects varied focusing on usually one topic...show business, politics, the economy, sex, education, crime, etc. Typically, many guests would discuss a subject sitting around a large table with David Susskind moderating, leading his guests with baited questions. For the first three years, of its 26 year existence as a regular series, WNTA TV was home to OPEN END which originally began its broadcasts on Tuesday nights, switching on January 18, 1959 to Sunday nights...a future Sunday evening time slot of the week where it would remain until 1986, for the rest of its run. The OPEN END with David Susskind Show also found syndication across the country and each market would run the program at different time at their own discretion. Most all of the telecasts were recorded on video tape, 2" quadruplex. Most shows were kept for a year or two like THE MOVIE MAKERS broadcast which was re-run on August 6, 1961 almost a year after it was first telecast on October 2, 1960. By this time the show ran for a finite three hours long. Thus the re-run of the MOVIE MAKERS had some footage deleted from its original run which aired for over three and half hours, including commercials. This rare example of a very early OPEN END with David Susskind broadcast is an historic and important television audio air check, now archived and preserved in digital form, reprocessed with continuity by Phil Gries (all extraneous audio eliminated), for the first time in six decades. It is considered one of the oldest surviving OPEN END complete broadcasts, or almost complete broadcasts extant.
1960-12-07, NBC, 58 min.
- Don Adams
- Kaye Ballard
- Juliet Prowse
- Steve Lawrence
- Paul Lynde
- Perry Como
- Mitchell Ayres Orchestra
- Frank Gallop
- Jack Duffy
- Sandy Stewart
- Kingston Trio
December 24th, 1948- June 4th, 1950 (NBC) October 2nd, 1950-June 24th 1955 (CBS) September 17th 1955- June 12th, 1963 (NBC) In 1944, the year his first record was released, Perry Como appeared on radio in The Chesterfield Supper Club; when that show came to television late in 1948, Como came with it, and has remained on television for more than four decades. The Chesterfield Supper Club, which also featured The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and the Fontane Sisters, was originally seen on Friday nights but soon shifted to a half-hour slot on Sundays, opposite Ed Sullivan's "Toast Of The Town." In the fall of 1950, Como shifted to CBS where he hosted his own show for the next five seasons; the fifteen-minute program was seen Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, following the network news. Also featured were the Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and The Fontane Sisters, together with announcer Frank Gallop. In the fall of 1955 Como returned to NBC, where he hosted a weekly hour show for the next eight years; from 1955 to 1959 it was seen Saturdays and was titled The Perry Como Show. From 1959 to 1963 it was seen on Wednesdays and was titled The Kraft Music Hall. The Mitchell Ayres Orchestra and Frank Gallop were again featured, along with The Ray Charles Singers and The Louis DaPron Dancers (later, The Peter Gennaro Dancers). The Como Music Hall Players included Don Adams, Paul Lynde, Kaye Ballard, Jack Duffy, and Sandy Stewart. Show of 12-7-60. Guests: Juliet Prowse, Steve Lawrence, The Kingston Trio. Commercials included. Announcer Frank Gallop.
1960-12-08, WNBC, 97 min.
Mary Martin and Cyril Ritchard star in this classic James M. Barrie fantasy.1960-12-11, WNTA, 104 min.
- David Susskind
- Bill Davidson
- Faye Emerson
- Dr. Herbert Kupper
- Gilbert Milstein
- Eleanor Harris
- Mauice Zoltan
Because of a New York City snowstorm, host David Susskind is not able to arrive for this broadcast. Fay Emerson replaces him as hostess. The first hour of the broadcast is not archived. Joined in progress. Guests include Pete Martin, Dr. Herbert Kupper, Bill Davidson, Gilbert Milstein, Eleanor Harris, and Maurice Zoltan
#19288: DINAH SHORE CHEVY SHOW
Order1960-12-11, NBC, 20 min.
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show was an American Variety Series, hosted by Dinah Shore and broadcast on NBC from October 5th 1956 - May 12th,1963. 20 minute excerpt. Joined in progress. Guests: Ella Fitzgerald, Al Hirt jazz sextet, Andy Williams.
1960-12-12, NBC, min.
- David Brinkley
- Chet Huntley
- Dean Rusk
- Adlai Stevenson
- John F. Kennedy
- Charles De Gaulle
- Chester Bowles
- Ike Williams
John Kennedy names some cabinet members, (Dean Rusk, Chester Bowles, Adlai Stevenson), Adlai Stevenson named ambassador to the UN, seventeen-inch snowfall in New York City, Algerian riots against De Gaulle policies, boxer Ike Williams appears before the Senate committee investigating boxing, anti-integration laws are unconstitutional according to the Supreme Court, David Brinkley describes Christmas in Japan.
#13510: BOB HOPE SHOW, THE
Order1960-12-12, WNBC, min.
Host: Bob Hope.
1960-12-12, NBC, min.
September 19th, 1960-March 13th,1961 (NBC) Half-hour sports series starring Milton Berle. Bowlers would compete in two nine-frame matches and would earn a cash bonus for bowling six straight strikes. Sportscaster Chick Hearn would call the matches with Berle doing comedy between frames. The show lasted for twenty-six weeks before being canceled by NBC.
1960-12-16, , 8 min.
Highlights: Air collision, TWO PLANES, KILLING ALL ABOARD continuing reports, John Kennedy appoints his brother Robert as attorney general, Laos crisis, may bring aid to the Philippines.
#11118A: PLANE CRASH IN NEW YORK CITY
Order1960-12-16, CBS, min.
On December 16th, 1960, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 collided in mid-air with a TWA-Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation descending toward La Guardia Airport. The Constellation crashes on Miller Field in Staten Island while DC-8 goes down in Park Slope, Brooklyn. All 128 people aboard the two aircraft were killed, including six people on the ground. Additional CBS-TV coverage of mid-air plane crash begins twelve hours after accident with Walter Cronkite and Harry Reasoner.
1960-12-16, WINS, 23 min.
WINS newsman Brad Phillips reports of a collision between two airliners (TWA and United) over Staten Island. News of plane disaster that killed 136 people. On-the-spot accounts given by eyewitnesses. Fires commissioner Edward Cavanagh Jr. states that today's air disaster is the greatest tragedy in American Aviation History. Comments from New York City Mayor Robert Wagner. On Friday, December 16, 1960 at 10:36 am a plane collided with another plane a mile high in the New York sky. It was the first commercial air disaster o the jet age, killing all 127 passengers, and crew members and five more people on the ground, when one of the airliners crashed in Brooklyn, setting off a seven-alarm fire. It was the worst aviation disaster in American history. The TWA constellation out of Dayton, Ohio, and bound for La Guardia Airport, broke apart in midair and plummeted into an open field in Staten Island. A United Airlines DC-8 jet out of Chicago, bound for Idlewild Airport, now Kennedy Airport, caught fire and hurtled into Brooklyn at an initial rate of 733 feet per second. The plane sliced through a church, an funeral home and 10 brownstones before sliding to a stop on Seventh Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn. Investigators ultimately determined United 826 had gone too late into its holding pattern and neither its crew or air traffic control knew exactly where it was. The only survivor was an 11-year old boy on the United jet who was thrown clear of the wreck and landed in a snowbank. The TWA jet crashed 11 miles to the southeast, on Staten Island. It missed several houses by a few hundred feet. A brief summary of today's crash follows with a report from radio station WMGM. Aircraft and crews1960 New York mid-air collision: United Airlines Flight 826 · Trans World Airlines Flight 266 Date December 16, 1960 Summary Mid-air collision Site About a mile west of Miller Field 40°34′07″N 74°07′19″W Total fatalities 134 Total injuries 0 Total survivors 0 First aircraft A jetliner on the apron The tail assembly of N8013U, the Douglas DC-8-11 involved in the collision Type Douglas DC-8-11 Name Mainliner Will Rogers Operator United Airlines IATA flight No. UA826 ICAO flight No. UAL826 Call sign UNITED 826 Registration N8013U Flight origin Chicago-O'Hare International Airport (ORD/KORD), IL Destination Idlewild Airport (IDL/KIDL)(Now John F. Kennedy International Airport), New York City Occupants 84 Passengers 77 Crew 7 Fatalities 84 (83 initially) Injuries 0 (1 initially) Survivors 0 (1 initially) Second aircraft A large piston engined airliner taxiing past some large bomber aircraft N6907C, the Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation involved. Type Lockheed L-1049A Super Constellation Name Star of Sicily Operator Trans World Airlines IATA flight No. TW266 ICAO flight No. TWA266 Call sign TWA 266 Registration N6907C Flight origin Dayton International Airport (DAY/KDAY), Dayton, Ohio Stopover Port Columbus International Airport (CMH/KCMH), Ohio Destination LaGuardia Airport KLGA New York Occupants 44 Passengers 39 Crew 5 Fatalities 44 Survivors 0 Ground casualties Ground fatalities 6 On December 16, 1960, a United Airlines Douglas DC-8 bound for Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in New York City collided in midair with a TWA Lockheed L-1049 Super Constellation descending toward LaGuardia Airport.[1] The Constellation crashed on Miller Field in Staten Island and the DC-8 in Park Slope, Brooklyn, killing all 128 aboard the two aircraft and six people on the ground. The accident was the world's deadliest aviation disaster at the time, and remains the deadliest accident in the history of United Airlines. The accident became known as the Park Slope plane crash or the Miller Field crash after the two crash sites. The accident was also the first hull loss and first fatal accident involving a Douglas DC-8. United Airlines Flight 826, Mainliner Will Rogers, registration N8013U, was a DC-8-11 carrying 77 passengers and seven crewmembers from O'Hare International Airport in Chicago to Idlewild Airport (now John F. Kennedy International Airport) in Queens. The crew consisted of Captain Robert Sawyer (age 46), First Officer Robert Fiebing (40), Flight Engineer Richard Pruitt (30) and four stewardesses: Mary Mahoney, Augustine Ferrar, Anne Bouthen, and Patricia Keller. Captain Sawyer was a highly experienced pilot, having accumulated 19,100 flight hours, of which 344 were in the DC-8. First Officer Fiebing had accumulated 8,400 flight hours, of which 416 were in the DC-8. Flight Engineer Pruitt had accumulated 8,500 flight hours, of which 379 were in the DC-8. Trans World Airlines Flight 266, Star of Sicily, registration N6907C,[7] was a Super Constellation carrying 39 passengers and five crew members from Dayton and Columbus, Ohio, to LaGuardia Airport in Queens. The crew consisted of Captain David Wollam (age 39), First Officer Dean Bowen (32), Flight Engineer LeRoy "Lee" Rosenthal (30) and two stewardesses, Margaret Gernat and Patricia Post. Captain Wollam had accumulated 14,583 flight hours, 267 of which were in the Constellation. First Officer Bowen had accumulated 6,411 flight hours, of which 268 were on the Constellation. Flight Engineer Rosenthal had accumulated 3,561 flight hours, of which 204 were in the Constellation. Star of Sicily's sister ship N6902C, Star of the Seine, was destroyed in another mid-air collision with a United Airlines flight in 1956. Background Flight paths of the two aircraft At 10:21 a.m. Eastern Time, United 826 advised ARINC radio that one of its VOR receivers was inoperative, and the message was relayed to United Airlines maintenance. However, air-traffic control (ATC) was not informed that the aircraft had only one operational receiver, which presented difficulty for the pilots of flight 826 to identify the Preston intersection, beyond which it had not received clearance. At 10:25 a.m., ATC issued a revised clearance for the flight to shorten its route to the Preston holding point (near Laurence Harbor, New Jersey) by 12 miles (19 km). That clearance included holding instructions (a standard "racetrack" holding pattern) for Flight 826 when it arrived at the Preston intersection. Flight 826 was expected to reduce its speed before reaching Preston to a standard holding speed of 210 knots (240 mph; 390 km/h) or lower. However, the aircraft was estimated to be traveling at 301 knots (346 mph; 557 km/h) when it collided with the TWA plane, several miles beyond the Preston clearance limit. During the investigation, United Airlines claimed that the Colts Neck VOR was unreliable. Preston was the point where airway V123—the 050-radial off the Robbinsville VOR—crossed the Solberg 120-degree radial and the Colts Neck 346-degree radial. However, the Civil Aeronautics Board's final report found no problem with the Colts Neck VOR. The prevailing conditions were light rain and fog, which had been preceded by snowfall. The crash site of the United Airlines DC-8, United 826, in Park Slope, Brooklyn. The crash site of the TWA Super Constellation, TWA 266, in Miller Field, Staten Island. According to the DC-8's flight data recorder, the aircraft was 12 miles (19 km) off course, and for 81 seconds it descended at 3,600 feet per minute (18 m/s) while slowing from more than 400 knots (460 mph; 740 km/h) to 301 knots (346 mph; 557 km/h) at the time of the collision. One of the DC-8's starboard engines struck the Constellation just ahead of its wings, tearing apart a portion of the fuselage. The Constellation entered a dive, with debris continuing to fall as it disintegrated during its spiral to the ground. The initial impact tore the DC-8's engine from its pylon. Having lost one engine and a large part of the right wing, the DC-8 remained airborne for another 90 seconds. The DC-8 crashed into the Park Slope section of Brooklyn at the intersection of Seventh Avenue and Sterling Place (40°40′38″N 73°58′25″W), scattering wreckage and setting fire to ten brownstone apartment buildings, the Pillar of Fire Church, the McCaddin Funeral Home, a Chinese laundry and a delicatessen. Six people on the ground were killed.[12][1] The crash left the remains of the DC-8 pointing southeast toward a large open field at Prospect Park, blocks from its crash site. An occupant in one of the affected apartment buildings said that his family survived because they were in the only room of their apartment that was not destroyed. The crash left a trench covering most of the length of the middle of Sterling Place. Witnesses thought that a bomb had detonated or that a building's boiler had exploded. The TWA plane crashed onto the northwest corner of Miller Field at 40.57°N 74.103°W, with some sections of the aircraft landing in New York Harbor. At least one passenger fell into a tree before the wreckage hit the ground. There was no radio contact with traffic controllers from either plane after the collision, although LaGuardia had begun tracking an incoming, fast-moving, unidentified plane from Preston toward the LaGuardia "Flatbush" outer marker. Investigation Front page of Syracuse Post-Standard on 17 December 1960. The likely cause of the accident was identified in a report by the US Civil Aeronautics Board: United Flight 826 proceeded beyond its clearance limit and the confines of the airspace allocated to the flight by Air Traffic Control. A contributing factor was the high speed of the United DC-8 as it approached the Preston intersection, coupled with the change of clearance which reduced the en-route distance along Victor 123 by approximately 11 miles (9.6 nmi; 18 km) Initial survivor The only person to initially survive the crash was Stephen Baltz, an 11-year-old boy from Wilmette, Illinois. He was traveling unaccompanied on Flight 826 to spend Christmas in Yonkers with relatives. He was thrown from the plane into a snowbank, where his burning clothing was extinguished. Although alive and conscious, he was severely burned and had inhaled burning fuel. Baltz died of pneumonia the next day. NOTE: A RARE EXTANT 1960 WINS 1010 RADIO AIR CHECK.
1960-12-18, WNTA, 117 min.
A discussion related to school desegregation in the New Orleans school system. NOTE: The New Orleans school desegregation crisis took place on November 14, 1960 when two New Orleans elementary schools were desegregated. Desegregation was a policy that introduced black students into all-white schools, as ordered by the Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954, in which the court ruled racial segregation of public schools to be unconstitutional. There had been significant backlash form white New Orleans residents towards desegregating, and the New Orleans school board tried everything they could to postpone the mandatory desegregation from the federal government.
1960-12-19, , min.
The USS Constellation aircraft carrier catches fire. The fire was started by a forklift truck accident. Over 3200 workmen were on the carrier with 50 people killed. The fire took place at the Brooklyn Navy Yard.
1960-12-19, WINS, 8 min.
Running reports of a spectacular fire on an aircraft carrier, the USS Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard fifty die, eyewitness reports of the disaster from WINS radio and CBS-TV.
#5937: BABES IN TOYLAND
Order1960-12-25, WNBC, 54 min.
- Jonathan Winters
- Jerry Colonna
- Shirley Temple
- Carl Ballantine
- Joe Besser
- Angela Cartwright
- Glen MacDonough
- Anna Alice Chapin
- Sheldon Keller
- Jack Brooks
- Hanley Stafford
- Ray Kellogg
- Bob Jellison
- Michel Petit
- Victor Hubert
Presented on "SHIRLEY TEMPLE THEATRE." Toyland's the scene. Young Michael Petit and Angela Cartwright arrive there after running away from miserly Uncle Barnaby, played by Jonathan Winters, whom with three bumbling cutthroats try to do the babes in. Hosts Shirley Temple and her youngsters, Linda Susan, Charles Jr. and Lori. Songs: "Toyland," "Floretta".......................Shirley Temple "Piper's Song"...................Jonathan Winters, Angela Cartwright, Michel Petit "Gonzales, Rodrigo and Gonzorgo," "Sailor's Life".....Jerry Colona, Joe Besser, Carl Ballentine "Meantown"...............................Chorus "Go to Sleep"..............Angela Cartwright, Michel Petit "Can't Do the Sum"......Hanley Stafford, Angela Cartwright, Michel Petit "Doll Dance," "Wooden Soldiers"...........Dancers NOTE: When Shirley Temple's Storybook children's anthology series originally broadcast as a series 16 specials airing on ABC TV on various nights (Jan. - Dec. 1958). In January of 1959 the program began to run regularly every third Monday night on ABC TV. When it moved to NBC in 1960 it became a weekly series and was renamed "The Shirley Temple Show" or "The Shirley Temple Theatre."
1960-12-25, WNBC, 54 min.
September 18, 1960-September 10, 1961. Shirley Temple served as host, narrator & occasional star of a weekly children's anthology series. The show was first seen as a series of 16 specials which aired on ABC (January through December 1958). SEARCH PROGRAM TITLE FOR COMPLETE DETAILS.1960-12-25, WNTA, 200 min.
"Hollywood's Fourth Estate," is discussed by columnists covering the movieland scene. They include, Joe Hyams, American columnist and author of bestselling biographies of Hollywood stars including Humphrey Bogart, Mike Connolly, American magazine reporter and primarily a Hollywood columnist, Florabel Muir, American reporter, newspaper columnist and author, covering Hollywood celebrities and underworld gangsters from the 1920s through the 1960s, Murray Schumach, Author and Hollywood reporter for the New York Times, Mike Connolly, American magazine reporter and Hollywood columnist, and Jonah Ruddy.
1960-12-25, WABC, 27 min.
The gift of song. Singers June Valli, Susan Reed, Bill Hayes, and Lois Hunt participate in this musical show for the holiday season. Narrator and Announcer is Scott Vincent.
1960-12-26, NBC, 180 min.
Live radio coverage of the 1960 NFL championship game between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles broadcast from Franklin Field in Philadelphia. The Eagles captured the NFL crown with a 17-13 win over the Packers. Eagles middle linebacker Chuck Bednarik tackled Packer fullback Jim Taylor on the Eagles ten-yard line on the final play of the game, saving the victory for Philadelphia. Jack Whittaker and Blaine Walsh call the play-by-play. Please note: 5 1/2 minutes and the Eagles winning 4th quarter touchdown is missing.
1960-12-29, WNBC, 25 min.
Substitute host Hugh Downs chats with guests Lucille Ball and children Lucie Arnaz and Desi Arnaz Jr., Kay Thompson and Chester Morris. NOTE: This peerless broadcast air check, recorded off the air by Phil Gries, was digitized and sent to Hugh Downs upon his request. He said to me that this particular show, substituting for Jack Paar, interviewing Lucille Ball, was one of his most personal inspiring moments of his broadcasting career. He remembered doing the broadcast, but none of the content. “Your interactive decision and ability to record history a half century ago…without hard evidence such as you have provided, what proof could there be that any of this really happened?-that maybe it was all imagined. Malto Grazie.” Hugh Downs Television Co-Host “Jack Paar Tonight Show”…Host “Today Show,” “20/20.”
1960-12-29, WNBC, 79 min.
This special documents World War II navel operations. Originally presented as a classic series of half hour weekly episodes, this show was a newly edited and concise version. Alexander Scourby narrated. Richard Hanser wrote the script and Robert Russell Bennett arranged the score by Richard Rodgers. Produced and directed by Donald B. Hyatt.1960-12-30, WCBS, 26 min.
EYEWITNESS - September 30, 1960 - July 26, 1963 Originally titled "Eyewitness to History" title shortened to "Eyewitness" by the Fall of 1961 ------------------ EYEWITNESS ----------------- 'CBS News' Production US Documentary series 1960-63 30 minute Documentary program Hosted by Charles Kuralt (1960-61) Hosted by Walter Cronkite (1961-1962) Hosted by Charles Collingwood (1962-1963) Eyewitness to History: REMEMBER 1960? 30Dec1960 Synopsis: This roundup is a filmed reminder of the incidents that loomed large and small over the 1960 horizon. Everything from the break-up of the summit conference, Khrushchev's desk-pounding spree at the United Nations, and the election of Casey Stengel, Marilyn Monroe and the Chessman affair will be reviewed in the "album" of the year's pictures.
1960-12-31, CBS, 8 min.
Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians usher in the year 1961 along with Vincent Lopez and his orchestra. Robert Trout reports the festivities from Times Square.