October 27,1959-
Documentaries produced by CBS Television usually telecast as Specials.
Fred Friendly produced the series for the first several years. Most notable broadcast that put this iconic documentary series of specials on the map was Edward R. Murrow reporting HARVEST OF SHAME (NOVEMBER 25, 1960) about the plight of the American farm worker and the shocking conditions in which farm laborers live, travel and labor in American fields and orchids.
This report shows the flight of Venus space-pro Mariner 11, scheduled to navigate our planet a distance of 21,000 miles in two days (12/12/62). Also, an overview of humankind's efforts to explore deep space and a look at the possibilities of life on other planets.
Interviewed arr project director Robert Parks and scientists Edward Teller, Sir Bernard Lovell, and Robert Bracewell.
A news special on the US Venus probe.
Walter Cronkite Reports.
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