President Richard M. Nixon's historic trip to China, meeting with Chinese leaders Chou Enlai, and Mao Zedong about the war in Viet Nam, Taiwan, and the Shanghai communique.
Bob Hope presents a tribute to Vaudeville with guests Milton Berle, Sammy Davis Jr., Petula Clark, Juliet Prowse, and Pearl Bailey.
Prowse.
Duplicate of # 1109.
One-man show at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Groucho shares family and show business stories and performs songs from the Marx Brothers stage shows and movies.
One-man show at Carnegie Hall in New York City. Groucho shares family and show business stories and performs songs from the Marx Brothers stage shows and movies.
Duplicate of #19053.
Johnny Carson hosts a musical variety special saluting performers who have entertained several generations of Americans. Bette Davis is featured in her first singing appearance on television. Other guests include Eddie Foy Jr., Jack Oakie, Beatrice Kay, and Ethel Waters.
Duplicate of #6127.
Johnny Carson hosts a musical variety special saluting performers who have entertained several generations of Americans. Bette Davis is featured in her first singing appearance on television. Other guests include Eddie Foy Jr., Jack Oakie, Beatrice Kay, and Ethel Waters.
Danny Thomas encounters problems in trying to put together a television special with guests who have ideas of their own about how to produce a program.
The 14th Annual Grammy Awards are telecast. This would be the final time ABC would telecast the awards. The following year, the broadcast moved to CBS where they remain a fixture to this day.
Special: Actor Ken Berry sports some fancy footwork and singing in a spoof of old Hollywood musicals. Cameos by Sonny Bono, Carol Burnett, Phyllis Diller, Andy Griffith, Bob Hope, Peter Lawford, Jim Nabors and Forrest Tucker.
The story of Elwood P. Dowd. A devotee of spirits (medicinal and otherwise) and his friend and companion Harvey, an invisible six-foot-tall white rabbit who causes Elwood's family much trouble.
The 44th annual Academy Award presentations from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Hosts are Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon. Betty Grable, battling cancer, makes one of her last public appearances and Charlie Chaplin receives an honorary award for the incalculable effects he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. Chaplin receives a twelve minute standing ovation.
The 44th annual Academy Award presentations from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles.
Hosts are Helen Hayes, Alan King, Sammy Davis Jr. and Jack Lemmon. Betty Grable, battling cancer, makes one of her last public appearances and Charlie Chaplin receives an honorary award for the incalculable effects he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century. Chaplin receives a twelve minute standing ovation.
Duplicate of #7504.
Jack Benny remembers the Jack Benny program
Ken Carpenter remembers Dragnet
Ken Carpenter remembers movie stars on radio
William Bendix in The Life Of Riley
Richard Crenna in A Date With Judy
Frank Morgan in the Frank Morgan Show
Kay Kyser in Kay Kyser's Kollege Of Musical Knowledge
Ken Carpenter remembers "Lights Out" with Hans Conried
Jimmy Durante remembers The Jimmy Durante Show.
The following contains 86 minutes:
Bob Hope remembers The Bob Hope Show
Jim Jordan remembers Fibber McGee and Molly
Hal Peary remembers The Great Gildersleeve
Jack Haley remembers "The Village Store" with Joan Davis
The Shadow starring Orson Welles 1937.
The Apollo 16 spacecraft leaves on its 12-day journey to the moon and back. Astronauts John Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles Duke aboard.
Duplicate of 16859.
Live coverage of the Apollo 16 space mission, the tenth manned mission in the United States Apollo space program. It was the fifth moon landing and first to land in the lunar highlands.
The Apollo 16 moon landing with astronauts John W. Young, Ken Mattingly, and Charles Duke. Live coverage of the first moonwalk April 20th and second moonwalk on April, 21st, 1972.
Live coverage of the Apollo 16 lift off from the moon and return to earth. A faulty engine on the command module plagued the crew's return. The astronauts reestablished radio contact with mission control and landing then proceeded normally.
Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov are hosts for the 26th Tony Awards telecast live from New York's Broadway Theater. This year's gala is a tribute to Richard Rodgers and Ethel Merman. Stars performing and appearing include Desi Arnaz, Janet Blair, Ingrid Bergman, Claire Bloom, Larry Blyden, Arlene Dahl, Alfred Drake, Sandy Duncan, Peter Falk, Helen Gallagher, Lee Grant, Joel Grey, Arthur Hill, Hal Holbrook, Ruby Keeler, Lisa Kirk, Hal Linden, Barbara McNair, Ethel Merman, Jean Stapleton, Constance Towers, Bobby Van, Gwen Verdon, Linda Hopkins, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Michael Bennett, and Hal Prince, who accepts a special award for the longest running play on Broadway, "Fiddler On The Roof." Best actor in a Broadway play is accepted by Cliff Gorman for his performance in "Lenny," and best actress in a Broadway play is accepted by Sada Thompson for her performance in "Twigs." Additional awards are given to Phil Silvers and to Alexis Smith for best acting in a musical. Announcer is Sandy Becker.
Duplicate of #1111.
Henry Fonda, Deborah Kerr and Peter Ustinov are hosts for the 26th Tony Awards telecast live from New York's Broadway Theater. This year's gala is a tribute to Richard Rodgers and Ethel Merman. Stars performing and appearing include Desi Arnaz, Janet Blair, Ingrid Bergman, Claire Bloom, Larry Blyden, Arlene Dahl, Alfred Drake, Sandy Duncan, Peter Falk, Helen Gallagher, Lee Grant, Joel Grey, Arthur Hill, Hal Holbrook, Ruby Keeler, Lisa Kirk, Hal Linden, Barbara McNair, Ethel Merman, Jean Stapleton, Constance Towers, Bobby Van, Gwen Verdon, Linda Hopkins, Vincent Gardenia, Elizabeth Wilson, Michael Bennett, and Hal Prince, who accepts a special award for the longest running play on Broadway, "Fiddler On The Roof." Best actor in a Broadway play is accepted by Cliff Gorman for his performance in "Lenny," and best actress in a Broadway play is accepted by Sada Thompson for her performance in "Twigs." Additional awards are given to Phil Silvers and to Alexis Smith for best acting in a musical. Announcer is Sandy Becker.
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