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1960-04-30, WNBC, 52 min.
- Ford Frick
- Frank McGee
- Lindsey Nelson
- Robert McCormick
- Ty Cobb
- Branch Rickey
- George Trautman
- Hank Greenberg
- Fred Haney
- Emmanuel Celler
- DeWolfe Hopper
- Bob Feller
Host Frank McGee reviews the national pastime and looks at its future. Additional commentary from Lindsey Nelson and Robert McCormick. There are interviews with Ty Cobb, Branch Rickey, Ford Frick, George Trautman, Bob Feller, Hank Greenberg, Fred Haney and Rep. Emmanuel Celler. Actor DeWolfe Hopper reads "Casey At The Bat."1963-04-14, ABC, min.
- Branch Rickey
- Winston Churchill
- Dean Rusk
- John F. Kennedy
- Martin Luther King
- Fred Foy
- U-Thant
- Pope John 23
- Lester Pearson
- Hubert Hunphrey
Voices in The Headlines was an American news program broadcast on ABC radio featuring the top news stories of the day. It was hosted by long-time radio and television announcer Fred Foy. A review of the week's news: Pope John 23rd marks Easter week, U-Thant comments on the world situation, Laos fighting breaks out in Plain Des Jars-comment by Dean Rusk, Canadians elect Lester Pearson as Prime Minister, scientists working on neutron bomb, negro demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama, Dr. Martin Luther King is jailed, a gasoline bomb is thrown at a negro home, steel prices are raised, the Senate finally passes a Kennedy bill, Senator Hubert Humphrey attacks critics of foreign aid, the US submarine "Thresher" is lost at sea with 129 aboard, Sir Winston Churchill is made an honorary citizen of the US, President Kennedy confers the honor, the baseball season opens, Branch Rickey comments on the New York Mets. Narrator: Fred Foy. NOTE: Fred Foy, best known for his voicing the opening of THE LONE RANGER on radio joined the ABC TV announcing staff in New York in 1961. For ABC RADIO he narrated the award winning news documentary, VOICES IN THE HEADLINES a 25 minute weekly wrap up of salient news events of the week with sound bites representing the news as it was recorded.
1965-12-06, CBS, min.
Vietnam report, an interview with North Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh, he demands the US withdraw from Vietnam, Dr. Linus Pauling comments on Minh's letter to him with a possible cease-fire, former POW's are interviewed, they comment on treatment, Branch Rickey dead at age 83, he broke the color barrier in baseball, Jackie Robinson comments.
1972-10-24, WCBS, 30 min.
- Roy Campanella
- Branch Rickey
- Jackie Robinson
- Joe Black
- Heywood Hale Broun
- Ralph Branca
- David Robinson
- Carl Erskine
- Roger Kahn
- Jim Jensen
Jim Jensen anchors and Heywood Hale Broun reports this special tribute. Reflections from Roy Campanella, Jackie Robinson's son David Robinson, Red Barber, Carl Erskine, Ralph Branca, Joe Black, Roger Kahn and Branch Rickey.1972-10-27, ABC, 21 min.
- Bill Veeck
- Branch Rickey
- Jackie Robinson
- Jackie Robinson Jr.
- Howard Cosell
- Hank Aaron
- Ralph Branca
- Gil Hodges
- David Robinson
- Don Newcombe
- Bill Russell
- Jesse Jackson
- Bobby Bragan
- Buzzi Bavasi
- Martin Stone
- Marian Logan
A Special Report about Jackie Robinson by Howard Cosell on the day of Robinson's funeral (October 27, 1972). Admiration of Brooklyn Dodger baseball player (1947-1956), on and off the field, by the people who knew him and admired him. This ABC TV Special is joined in progress. There are reminiscences by Ralph Branca, and Bobby Bragan, teammates of Robinson in 1947...challenges for Jackie during his rookie year when he first played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Other reflections are espoused by Buzzie Bavasi, Bill Veeck, Hank Aaron, Martin Stone, who was Jackie Robinson's attorney, Marian Logan, who worked with Jackie Robinson, basketball great Bill Russell, and eldest son of Jackie Robinson, David Robinson. At the funeral of Robinson, Jesse Jackson talks to Howard Cosell about the eulogy he just delivered. Another segment included is an interview Howard Cosell had with Jackie Robinson as both were leaving the funeral of Gil Hodges (April 1972). Jackie looks back at his past and reflects on his life and career, including the tragic recent loss of his son Jackie Robinson Jr. NOTE: This SPECIAL Jackie Robinson tribute report produced by Howard Cosell is not only lost to history as a television broadcast, in any form, it is little known/remembered to even archivists that it ever was broadcast.
#18825: TRIBUTE TO JACKIE ROBINSON
Order1972-10-29, WGN, 29 min.
Jack Brickhouse hosts a tribute to former Brooklyn Dodger player Jackie Robinson who was buried yesterday following his death on October 24th. His in-studio guests are former teammate Andy Pafko who played against Robinson in his rookie year of 1947. Pafko relates many anecdotes as well as Glenda Smith who, as a Pittsburgh sports writer in the 1940s, befriended Jackie and remained friends for life. Also broadcast on this program is a rerun of a 1963 "Biography" of Jackie Robinson narrated by Mike Wallace.