Live coverage of the Apollo 8 moon flight with astronauts Jim Lovell, William Anders, and Frank Borman aboard.              

Live coverage of a million mile space odyssey from Earth, circling just 70 miles above the Moon's surface, by U.S. astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. A mission beginning at Cape Kennedy on December 21st and concluding on December 27th with a splashdown in the Pacific, south of Hawaii. During that time, they will fly Apollo 8 to the Moon and circle ten times in a rehearsal for a manned landing in July 1969. Eighteen hours of coverage by NBC radio and television, including takeoff (Saturday, December 21) and landing (December 27).

Duplicate of #6013

Live coverage of a million mile space odyssey from Earth, circling just 70 miles above the Moon's surface, by U.S. astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. A mission beginning at Cape Kennedy on December 21st and concluding on December 27th with a splashdown in the Pacific, south of Hawaii. During that time, they will fly Apollo 8 to the Moon and circle ten times in a rehearsal for a manned landing in July 1969. Eighteen hours of coverage by NBC radio and television, including takeoff (Saturday, December 21) and landing (December 27).

Duplicate of 6013.

Special live coverage of the Apollo 8 moon flight.            

Release of the 83 man crew and captain Lloyd Bucher of the USS Pueblo by North Korea after nearly a year in captivity. Includes a statement by Secretary of State Dean Rusk.            

CBS television reviews the year 1968.             

A special report on the progress of the Apollo 8 moon flight with astronauts Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders aboard.              

CBS-TV coverage of the year 1968.              

Live coverage of the Apollo 8 moon flight as it circles the moon.              

SPECIAL live coverage of the Apollo 8 spaceflight's tour of the moon with astronauts James Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders aboard.

Frank McGee and David Brinkley anchor this live broadcast as astronauts Frank Borman, William Anders and James Lovell describe the surface of the moon as they orbit the moon for the ninth time during their Apollo 8 mission, prior to preparing for their return to Earth the following morning. 

NASA space information officer, since 1958, Paul Haney, reports. 
All three astronauts give their impressions as they transmit live from the moon back to Earth aboard their space capsule. Described is a lunar vast lonely vista, a forbidding environment not one where people would want to live and work. Clouds of pumice stone are seen, craters and mountains...an environment devoid of color. James Lovell states that he only appreciates all the more what we have on planet Earth. 

Additional descriptions by the astronauts include the Lunar sunrise, and sunsets, the moon's physical features including a horizon revealing a bright moon and a black sky. 

The astronauts  pass over the "Sea of Crisis," amazingly smooth. There is a description of the curvature of the moon..."Sea of Tranquility," is observed, and a stark sunrise just coming up on the moon casting long shadows, as well as a revealing landing site that is smooth for future landings. 

This special broadcast concludes with each of the three astronauts reading from the biblical Book of Genesis.  

William Anders:

"For all the people on Earth the crew of Apollo 8 has a message we would like to send you".

"In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters. And God said, Let there be light: and there was light.
And God saw the light, that it was good: and God divided the light from the darkness."

Jim Lovell:

"And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. And the evening and the morning were the first day.
And God said, Let there be a firmament in the midst of the waters, and let it divide the waters from the waters.
And God made the firmament, and divided the waters which were under the firmament from the waters which were above the firmament: and it was so.
And God called the firmament Heaven. And the evening and the morning were the second day."

Frank Borman:

"And God said, Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together unto one place, and let the dry land appear: and it was so.
And God called the dry land Earth; and the gathering together of the waters called he Seas: and God saw that it was good."

Borman then added, "And from the crew of Apollo 8, we close with good night, good luck, a Merry Christmas, and God bless all of you - all of you on the good Earth."
                                                   

The year 1968 in review.             

Skitch Henderson is host to this "Big Band Music Special" broadcast on WNEW TV Christmas day from 3:30pm to 4:30pm.

Up first is the Count Basie Orchestra. 

There are a number of instrumental numbers and also included Leon Thomas singing "Shake Rattle & Roll." We hear Eric Dixon and Al Aarons featured in a number of instrumental including "One O'Clock Jump."

Part 2 of the broadcasts, as Skitch Henderson states, is a memoriam to Claude Thornhill and his orchestra. We hear a repeat of an early 1960's Big Band broadcast.  

Orchestrations and vocals by the Joel Ikes singers include "Little Girl," "There's a Small Hotel," "Never on Sunday," "Samba Melody," "September Song," Night & Day," sung by The Snowflakes, "I Don't Know Why?" "Autumn Upturn," "Piano Roll Blues," "Muscat Ramble," " Polka Dots & Moonbeams,"  and orchestra leader Claude Thornhill's signature song, "Snowfall."
                                 

Special live coverage of the Apollo 8 splashdown with astronauts William Anders, Frank Borman, and James Lovell aboard. After circling the moon ten times, splashdown took place in the Pacific Ocean. Apollo 8 was the first manned spaceflight to orbit the moon.             

CBS News special on the Apollo 8 moon flight and splashdown. 
Includes an excerpt from January 1st, 1958 with Walter Cronkite.            

CBS News special report on the Apollo 8 astronauts James Lovell, Frank Borman, and William Anders in Hawaii.             

Special NBC review of 1968 and the projection for 1969.              

1968 review of New York City events.                           

1968 in review from WEVD Radio in New York City.

Beginning in 1929, a New Year's Eve Tradition...Guy Lombardo & his Royal Canadians. Guy Lombardo was best known to TV audiences for his annual New Year's Eve telecasts. His brothers Carmen (the band's musical director), Victor, & Lebert were all members of the orchestra. Guy, the eldest, was designated the leader. For most of his years in television, Guy Lombardo represented nostalgia for the '30s and '40s. At midnight the traditional welcoming in of the New Year at Times Square is presented. John Schubeck brings in the New Year at Times Square.  

As the nation gets ready to "rign out the old, ring in the new," Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians make music at New York's Waldorf-Astoria. Singing along are Gordon MacRae, the Times Square Two, comedy singers, and Tonia Bern-Camp;bell. 

Just before midnight the broadcast switches to Times Square where John Schubeck describes the thousands of street revelers who await the countdown for the coming of 1969. 

HIGHLIGHTS:
"Dear World," "Why Can't I Walk Away?" "Hello, Young Lovers," "KIiss Her Now," "Try to Remember," 
"Come Back to Me" ....................Gordon MacRae

"A Man and a Woman," "Live of the Party," "My Man," Tonia Bern-Campbell states was Maurice Chevalier's favorite song.  
.....................................Tonia Bern-Campbell

"Boo Hoo," ..........................Carmen Lombardo Trio

"Auld Lang Syne," "Gentle on My Mind," "Mrs. Robinson," "Hello, Dolly!" "Somewhere My Love," "Mame," "Seems like Old Times," "High Society," "Harper Valley PTA," "Mack the Knife," "Fascination" ......................Royal Canadians        

Indiana vs. Indianapolis in the Washington State basketball finals from Marion High School.              

A report to Congress on the Apollo 8 spacecraft.             

Live coverage of the 1969 Rose Bowl game between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the USC Trojans in Pasadena, California. Ohio State defeated USC 27-16 to win the 1968 National College Football Championship. Curt Gowdy and Kyle Rote are the commentators.                                               

CBS Year-End Report. Headline news and events of the past year (1968). Walter Cronkite is the moderator with reports from Eric Sevareid, Roger Mudd, Daniel Schorr, John Laurence, and Mike Wallace.             

A one-man play performed by actor Hal Holbrook in which he portrayed poet Mark Twain (Samuel Clements). Holbrook depicts Twain giving a dramatic recitation selected from several of Twain's writings with the accent on comedy.             

Hal Holbrook portrays the great American humorist Mark Twain. In his acclaimed one man presentation, Holbrook offers anecdotes and readings from "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "Life on the Mississippi" and other works. This encore presentation was first broadcast on March 6, 1967.             

A review of the year 1968

Guest: Comic Pat Henry        

The AFL's New York Jets meet the NFL's Baltimore Colts in the third annual Super Bowl.

THIS TELEVISION 'DIRECT LINE' AUDIO AIR CHECK, RECORDED OFF THE AIR AT THE TIME OF THE ORIGIANL BROADCAST IS A COMPLETE VERSION, RUNNING 3 HOURS & 24 MINUTES. 

NOTE: This Super Bowl 111 NBC TV broadcast football game, as far as thoroughly researched and as known, does not exist in any COMPLETE broadcast form in the Paley Center for Media, UCLA Film & TV Archive, or The Library of Congress. 

In the Miley Collection what ONLY exists of this game, complete, is the RADIO broadcast of Super Bowl III between the New York Jets and Baltimore Colts called by Pat Summerall, George Ratterman, and Charlie Jones. 

For this TV version, Curt Gowdy, Kyle Rote, Jim Simpson and Al De Rogatis report live from the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida. There is a pre-game program show with players being interviewed and projections being made. There is a pre-game show on the field. The Apollo 8 astronauts pledge allegiance to the flag and the beginning of Super Bowl III is underway. 
The game was broadcast in the United States by NBC. Curt Gowdy handled the play-by-play duties and was joined by color commentators Al DeRogatis and Kyle Rote in the broadcast booth. Also helping with NBC's coverage were Jim Simpson (reporting from the sidelines) and Pat Summerall, on loan from CBS (helping conduct player interviews for the pregame show, along with Rote). In an interview later done with NFL Films, Gowdy called it the most memorable game he ever called because of its historical significance

Baltimore is shut down by the Jets in the first half 7 to 0. Halftime ceremonies praise the "spirit" of America with colorful floats and words of tribute. Bob Hope is interviewed by Jim Simpson on the playing field, as the second half begins. Joe Namath is named Most Valuable Player as the Jets upset the Colts 16 to 7. 

To date, Television's broadcast of Super Bowl I and II are "lost" video presentations that the public can presently view or listen to in its entirety. 

NOTE: Super Bowl 3 is currently uploaded and viewable on You Tube. It runs for 130 minutes. The ATA version recorded off the air, at the time of the original broadcast runs for 203 minutes (33 more minutes of broadcast time). It includes the opening NBC Peacock. 

NOTE:
   Most of the first Super Bowl in 1967 was lost to history - until a dusty copy of the broadcast was found in a Pennsylvania attic IN 2005. Now it's in legal limbo.

Jack Whitaker was a play-by-play announcer for the very first Super Bowl, back before the "Super" name even stuck. Yet he never had  a copy of his own broadcast. He passed away at the age of 95 in August, 2019. 



Once he stated, "All I have is what's in my memory," 

Neither CBS, where Whitaker worked during the 1967 game, or the other network that televised it that year, NBC, have recordings of the match up between the Packers and the Chiefs.

There are snippets of tape available, mostly from the sidelines, but most of the game has been lost to history until a man found a copy in an attic in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, and came forward with it in 2005.

For the past 18 years the man's incredible discovery is in a sort of legal limbo, and the tape is yet to be seen by the public.

Slide show: The latest Super Bowl ads

The Paley Center for Media, a cultural organization, restored the recording -- originally on two-inch quadruplex tapes -- but "we keep it locked up in a vault," said Ron Simon, Paley's curator.
Simon has seen the whole game -- complete with an interview of Packers coach Vince Lombardi at the end. He called it "a remarkable document."

"It's really a history of what the game is," he said.

But he needs the permission of the man who found the recording, and "maybe the NFL's permission too," to screen it for anyone else. Steven Harwood is an attorney for the man, who wishes to remain anonymous. 

Harwood said he'd like to strike a deal with the NFL, which has a copyright on the game. But he suggested that the two sides don't see eye to eye about the tape's worth.

"We feel being compensated for preserving it for all these years is certainly a reasonable thing to do," he said in a 2015 interview.

Harwood cited what Sports Illustrated wrote in 2005 when it listed the tape as one of the sports world's 25 "lost treasures" -- an estimated value of "more than $1 million."

"To put that in perspective, the going price for a 30 second commercial in the 2023 Super Bowl cost 7 million dollars.      

Super Bowl II has recently partially been found related to the live television broadcast, January 14, 1968.

In recent years, it has been alleged that a copy was found in the vault of NFL Films and that said copy was being restored for re-release, although this claim has not been confirmed and has apparently been directly denied by an NFL Films employee.

Despite this, a reconstructed copy showed up on YouTube in March 2013, using still photographs, video snippets and the entire, unedited audio track of the radio broadcast, although it has since been removed due to a copyright claim by the NFL. It is currently unclear as to how said audio was obtained by the uploader, "LambeauPackerBacker", in the first place.                     

Alan King is the host for a satiric revue of contemporary follies. 

      Alan King is the host for a satiric revue of contemporary follies. This is the second of twelve ABC TV Specials that King would do over a period over a dozen years 
(April 9, 1968 - November 25, 1980). 

Joining Alan King for this second satiric revue of contemporary follies are Jack Carter, Shirley Jones, Linda Lavin, Tony Randall, Nipsey Russell and Leslie Uggams.

SKETCHES:
Boffo Airlines presents the ultimate in-flight entertainment: a live vaudeville show starring pilot Tony Randall, copilot Jack Carter, and stewardesses, Leslie Uggams, Linda Lavin and Shirley Jones.

The entire cast updates the college musical: the football rallyt becomes a riot and the college queen is the Protest Girl of the Year. 

Alan King is the moderator for a year-end review of news that the networks ignored. 

SHORT TAKES:

Linda plays Alan's wife, fuming over the jokes he cracks at her expense: Tony Randall and Alan King spoof men's cologne advertising; and Alan, Nipsey Russell, Tony and Jack Carter play  political conventioneers. 

Concluding the broadcast  Alan King sings his own version of "Impossible Dream."
                   

Bob Hope presents his USO Christmas tour from Viet Nam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Guam, Midway Island, and aboard the USS Hancock and the USS New Jersey.                                               

Alan King is the host for a satiric revue of contemporary follies. This is the second of twelve ABC TV Specials that King would do over a period over a dozen years 
(April 9, 1968 - November 25, 1980). 

Joining Alan King for this second satiric revue of contemporary follies are Jack Carter, Shirley Jones, Linda Lavin, Tony Randall, Nipsey Russell and Leslie Uggams.

SKETCHES:
Boffo Airlines presents the ultimate in-flight entertainment: a live vaudeville show starring pilot Tony Randall, copilot Jack Carter, and stewardesses, Leslie Uggams, Linda Lavin and Shirley Jones.

The entire cast updates the college musical: the football rallyt becomes a riot and the college queen is the Protest Girl of the Year. 

Alan King is the moderator for a year-end review of news that the networks ignored. 

SHORT TAKES:

Linda plays Alan's wife, fuming over the jokes he cracks at her expense: Tony Randall and Alan King spoof men's cologne advertising; and Alan, Nipsey Russell, Tony and Jack Carter play  political conventioneers. 

Concluding the broadcast  Alan King sings his own version of "Impossible Dream."    

Spokesman for sponsor Timex Watches, John Cameron Swayze, hosts two of the three commercials including one where a Times watch is strapped to a Snow tractor tread, and one where a Timex watch is strapped to a champion's ice skater's ice skate...proving that Timex watches is the greatest waterproof, shock resistant watch in the world.                                                                    

Bob Hope presents his USO Christmas tour from Viet Nam, Thailand, Korea, Japan, Guam, Midway Island, and aboard the USS Hancock and the USS New Jersey.     

Dupe of #7738.                                          

Continuing live coverage of the Richard Nixon presidential inauguration.                           

Special 1-20-69 and 1-21-69 live radio coverage of the inaugural parade and ball for President-Elect Richard M. Nixon from Washington, DC.          

Live coverage of the inauguration of President-Elect Richard M. Nixon as he is sworn in as the 37th President of the United States.                                                    

Howard Cosell interviews OJ Simpson who was drafted by the Buffalo Bills, on this ABC sports special.              

A recovering alcoholic and former schoolteacher is hired to tutor a mentally disabled youth. A former bomber pilot turned handyman helps both to overcome their difficulties.         

Live radio coverage of President Richard Nixon's press conference to announce his forthcoming European tour at the end of February.             

An hour of music, dance, and song with Fred Astaire. 

Originally broadcast on February 7th, 1968.   

View from space. An ABC science special. 

Host: Jules Bergman.

A musical special starring Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass. 
Sponsored by Singer.   

Original broadcast April 22nd, 1968.                       

Gene Kelly is the host and co-director for this half-hour word & picture montage of children and the touching letters they wrote in Sunday School. With commercials.   
Included are candid films of youngsters talking about their interests, and singing such songs of childhood as "Frere Jacques" and "I've Been Working on the Railroad." Based on the best-seller by Stuart Hample and Eric Marshall. Score by George Kleinsinger.           

JACK JONES hosts highlights of the 1969 Ice Capades...with others appearing, Nancy Sinatra and Louis Nye.
 
Sketches include a maharaja (Louis Nye) who tells the tale of a young prince (Jack Jones) who tries to rescue an imprisoned princess. Also, a sketch with Louis Nye who portrays secret agent B 12. 

HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:

"With A Little Help from My Friends,"
"All Because You're Free".........................Jack Jones

"Do I Hear a Waltz?" "Good-Time Girl".............Nancy Sinatra

Includes Commercials.