The American Film Institute premieres this annual event by honoring Mr. John Ford. President Richard M. Nixon is among the notables paying tribute along with Charlton Heston, Jack Lemmon, Maureen O'Hara, Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart and John Wayne. Danny Kaye is host.   

President Nixon expected to be one of the notables paying tribute to director John Ford, veteran of a 58-year movie career. Other press time guests: Charleton Heston, Jack Lemmon, Maureen O'Hara, 
Gregory Peck, Frank Sinatra, James Stewart and John Wayne. Danny Kaye is host for this testimonial dinner, highlighted by clips from Ford's famous films. The six-time Oscar winner is the first recipient of AFI's Award for life achievement in filmmaking. 

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A journey through 16 centuries of Papal splendor-St.Peter's Basilica in Rome.

Narrator: Sir Ralph Richardson.                           

President Nixon addresses the nation on Watergate affair and the firing of White House Council John Dean, and the resignations of Chief Of Staff H.R. Haldeman, domestic affairs advisor John Ehrlichman and US Attorney General Richard Kleindienst 

Nixon and Agnew meet. President may cancel trips to Europe and Japan.            

After spending a record 59 days in space, Skylab 3 astronauts Jack Lousma, Alan Bean, and Owen Garriott splash down in the Pacific Ocean and picked up by the aircraft carrier USS New Orleans.             

The Friars Club "roasts" Milton Berle, who celebrates his 60th anniversary in show business. Guests include Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Red Foxx, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Carroll O'Connor, Jan Murray, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Senator Ted Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton J.
Sheen and Henny Youngman.             

The Friars Club "roasts" Milton Berle, who celebrates his 60th anniversary in show business. Some of the world's greatest talent pay a riotous tribute to "Mr. Television." Guests include Sammy Davis Jr., Alan King, George Burns, Lucille Ball, Jackie Gleason, Red Foxx, Jack Benny, Bob Hope, Carroll O'Connor, Jan Murray, Walter Matthau, Kirk Douglas, Jack Lemmon, Senator Ted Kennedy, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen and Henny Youngman.

Host: Sammy Davis Jr. 

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WHN radio in New York City presents a tribute to Tex Ritter.              

The second annual AFI life achievement salute goes to 30 year veteran film actor James Cagney. Celebrity honors come from Doris Day, Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine, California Governor Ronald Reagan, George C. Scott, John Wayne, Mae Clarke, Frank Gorshin, Bob Hope, George Segal, and Cicely Tyson. Frank Sinatra is the host. There are some commercials. 

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      SPECIAL Primetime Nationally televised baseball game, Opening Night between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles at Atlanta Stadium where 53,000 fans have come to see Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth's record for most home runs by a player in a career.  
Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola are in the booth. 
Special pre-game ceremonies.   
Gowdy calls home run number 715. He exclaims, "He did it! Aaron now the all time home run leader." 

The game is stopped for almost 10 minutes as Hank Aaron is given a diamond ring on the field commemorating what he had just accomplished.  Aaron at the microphone thanks all of his fans. Monte Irvin presents Hank with a gold watch with the engraving on it, "Greatest Home Run Hitter Of All Time." 

Included in this air check is the News recapping this momentous day in sports. We hear Hank Aaron talking with reporters after the 7 to 4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He states that he is relieved that it is over.                             

Ralph Edwards reviews the life of Don Rickles.

Host: Ralph Edwards.            

House Judiciary Committee hearings on Nelson Rockefeller's vice-presidential nomination.         

Celebrities honoring Orson Welles are Charlton Heston, Ingrid Bergman, Edgar Bergen, (with Charlie McCarthy), Joseph Cotten, Janet Leigh, Dennis Weaver, Peter Bogdonovich, Johnny Carson and Natalie Wood. Host for this Life Achievement Award is Frank Sinatra.   

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Entertainment critic David Sheehan handicaps this year's Oscar nominees, and interviews contenders Dustin Hoffman, Francis Ford Coppola, Roman Polanski, Faye Dunaway, Valerie Perrine, Ellen Burstyn, and Diahann Carroll.             

    Memorable musical moments from 20 years of Academy Awards programs.
Jack Lemmon is host.  

Judy Garland sings a medley of Cole Porter songs (1965); Eddie Fisher sings Love is a Many Splendid Thing ((1956); Rock Hudson and Mae West team up to do Baby its Cold Outside (1958); Maurice Chevalier re-creates Thank Heaven For Little Girls (1959); Louis Armstrong performs The Bare Necessities (1958); Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas do comic number It's Great Not To Be Nominated; Frank Sinatra sings Star ((1969; Liza Minnelli performs in a tribute number to Oscar (1974); Sammy Davis Jr. sings a number of nominated Oscar songs from the past (1968),. Isaac Hayes plays The Theme From Shaft (1972); and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers do an impromptu dance on their way to present an Oscar award (1967).                                             

    Memorable musical moments from 20 years of Academy Awards programs.
Jack Lemmon is host.  

Judy Garland sings a medley of Cole Porter songs (1965); Eddie Fisher sings Love is a Many Splendid Thing ((1956); Rock Hudson and Mae West team up to do Baby its Cold Outside (1958); Maurice Chevalier re-creates Thank Heaven For Little Girls (1959); Louis Armstrong performs The Bare Necessities (1958); Burt Lancaster & Kirk Douglas do comic number It's Great Not To Be Nominated; Frank Sinatra sings Star ((1969; Liza Minnelli performs in a tribute number to Oscar (1974); Sammy Davis Jr. sings a number of nominated Oscar songs from the past (1968),. Isaac Hayes plays The Theme From Shaft (1972), and Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers do an impromptu dance on their way to present an Oscar award (1967). 

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A tribute to radio's first fifty years. Host Steve Allen presents old radio clips from radio's "Golden Age."                        

News events of the day with newscaster Dick Wood. 
Howard Hughes passes away at the age of 70.               

       SPECIAL BROADCAST. 
Marian Anderson and Helen Hayes are honored for their humanitarian endeavors at an April 1976 banquet . Bob Hope and James Doolittle present the awards.
Over 1000 dignitaries attended the event.    

"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder is NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982.

This broadcast featured a discussion on "blindness." An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980.

"The Tomorrow Show" with Tom Snyder is NOT AVAILABLE FOR SALE.

October 15, 1973-January 28, 1982.

An hour-long talk show hosted by Tom Snyder. Network television's first entry into late-late-night programming on weeknights Monday thru Thursday, usually broadcasting on tape 1 AM to 2 AM. "Tomorrow" was expanded to 90 minutes on September 16, 1980.

First television appearance of Barbara Walters one month after leaving her position as co-host of The Today Show. She discusses with Tom Snyder (old friends) her career, why she left The Today Show, her new challenges approaching as co-anchor with Harry Reasoner on ABC NEWS and numerous anecdotes related to her professional career and personal life.

Tom Snyder then interviews Heywood Hale Broun, American author, sportswriter, commentator and actor.

NOTE: This broadcasts is complete except for the sign off by Tom Snyder. It includes commercials among them Bob Hope for Multiple Sclerosis, and Ela Fitzgerald for Memorex audio tape.

 A four and a half hour  PBS Special Television Broadcast.

Coverage of the White House dinner honoring Queen Elizabeth 2 of Great Britain and her husband Prince Philip.

Ceremonies begin with the royal couple's arrival at the North Portico where they are to be welcomed by President Gerald Ford and first lady Betty Ford. Then to a receiving line at the South Lawn (East Room) to meet 200 VIP guests.

Robert MacNeil and Jean Marsh tour the upper floors of the executive mansion. French chef, Julia Child interviews White House chef Henry Haller in his kitchen. 

After dinner events will include an exchange of toasts between the President and the Queen. Entertainment is furnished by Bob Hope and Captain and Tennille ensemble in the East Room. 

Included in this broadcast, Robert MacNeil discusses the role of the Royal Family and the changes in the role of the Monarchy since the time of George the 3rd.         

Frank Sinatra hosts this all-star tribute to actor John Wayne.                         

Frank Sinatra hosts this all-star tribute to actor John Wayne.

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Frank Sinatra hosts this all-star tribute to actor John Wayne.  
Testimonials are featured to the 69-yead-old Wayne by Bob Hope, Charles Bronson, Angie Dickinson, Claire Trevor, Monty Hall, Ron Howard, Henry Winkler, Rowan and Martin.
Highlights...a western spoof with Lee Marvin and John Byner, who impersonates the Duke, "The Code Of The Cow Country," a poetic tribute read by James Stewart and Sammy Davis, Jr, and songs by Glen Campbell (True Grit), Maureen O'Hara, ("I've Grown Accustomed To His Face"), and Sinatra ("You Are The Sunshine Of My Life"). Film clips include scenes from "True Grit," "The Quiet Man" and the 1970 Oscar telecast, showing Wayne winning best actor. 


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Jackie Gleason is host for the seventh annual Agva (American Guild of Variety Artists) Entertainment Awards ceremony honoring outstanding entertainers in 13 categories, highlighted by Bob Hope's presentation of the Entertainer of the Year Award to Johnny Carson. Comedy performances include a routine featuring Charlie McCarthy, Mortimer Snerd and Edgar Bergen, who receives the Golden Award for "a lifetime of entertaining the public."
Also, a monologue by David Brenner and a magic act by Carson, and a Special Attraction of the Year award to Jim Henson. Kermit the Frog sings "Lydia the Tattooed Lady," dedicated to Groucho Marx.                                               

       Host Bill Reed profiles  the November 6, 1961 Bel-Air fire which destroyed nearly 500 homes, including those of Hollywood celebrities belonging to Burt Lancaster, Joe E. Brown, and Zsa Zsa Gabor.                  

Taped in Green Bay Wisconsin CBS affiliate station. The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award is presented to Bette Davis. Paying tribute to Davis are hostess Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, William Wyler, Liza Minnelli, Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Paul Henreid, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lee Grant, Celeste Holm, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Martin Manulis, George Stevens Jr. and Cicely Tyson.             

Audio Air Check recorded on WBAY Green Bay Wisconsin CBS affiliate station. The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award is presented to Bette Davis. Paying tribute to Davis are hostess Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, William Wyler, Liza Minnelli, Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Paul Henreid, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lee Grant, Celeste Holm, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Martin Manulis, George Stevens Jr. and Cicely Tyson.  

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Taped in Green Bay Wisconsin CBS affiliate station. The American Film Institute Life Achievement Award is presented to Bette Davis. Paying tribute to Davis are hostess Jane Fonda, Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, William Wyler, Liza Minnelli, Robert Wagner, Natalie Wood, Peter Falk, Paul Henreid, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Lee Grant, Celeste Holm, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Martin Manulis, George Stevens Jr. and Cicely Tyson.   


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A retrospective on the career of actor Gregory Peck by his friends and colleagues. Interviews with Celeste Holm, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Vincent Price, Lee Remick, Joan Collins, and Sheilah Graham.

Host: Peter Lawford.           

The 31st annual Tony Awards are telecast live from The Shubert Theatre in New York City.Hosted by Jonathan Winters. 

Host: Jonathan Winters. 
                       

President Carter announces the resignation of Bert Lance, the Director of the Office Of Management And Budget due to a scandal during his first year in office.         

A salute to Las Vegas.

Hosts: Cindy Williams and Don Meredith                                     

Bob Hope is host for the 25 year salute to the reign of Queen Elizabeth 11 from the London Palladium.