The 45th annual Academy Awards presentation from the Dorothy Chandler Pavillon in Los Angeles, California. Marlo Brando refused to accept his best actor award for his performance in The Godfather. Charlie Chaplin received an award for the best original score for his 20 year old film, Limelight. 

Hosted by Carol Burnett, Michael Caine, Rock Hudson, and Charleton Heston.    

Duplicate of # 7505.                  

Bob Hope and guests present sports awards to athletes in various sports, honoring outstanding professional and amateur athletes.

 Scheduled presenters Sammy Davis Jr., Fred MacMurray, Danny Thomas and John Wayne introduce the winners, selected by sports fans from across the country. The show also features clips of the nominees in action.   


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A half hour Special report with film critic David Sheehan speaks out on the Oscar awards and looks at some 1973 nominees..."Sounder," "The Godfather," "Cabaret." He also interviews Liza Minnelli, Cicely Tyson and "The Godfather" producer Al Ruddy.                       

President Richard M. Nixon addresses the nation about Viet Nam and domestic problems.              

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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Ann-Margret dedicates this special to her father in this edited version of her Las Vegas night club act.                        

Elvis Presley in concert, singing 18 songs and two medleys, with the core of the show a 60-minute benefit concert that was transmitted live and delayed around the world on January 14, with an added segment taped afterward for this program. 

Dupe Of # 5225.             

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

Narrator: Sir Ralph Richardson.                           

America's Chief Executives speak from experience in this hour, drawn from interviews dating back to 1952.
President Richard M. Nixon : " The most important thing about a public man is not why he's loved or disliked, but whether he's respected. I hope to restore respect to the presidency."    
President Lhndon B. Johnson : " The real error was to be sleeping soundly about 6 AM and have the telephone ring. Had an accident occurred? Were we at war?" 
President John F. Kennedy: "It's much easier to make the speeches than the judgements cause your advisers to be divided. If you choose the wrong course, the president bears the burden."
President Dwight D. Eisenhower: " There's a possibility of the Congress limiting the power of the president. Once he's got the authority, nobody can stop him. " 
President Harry S. Truman: " If he's got thin skin, he's got no business being in the presidency. You never want anyone to tell you what to do." 

Eric Sevareid is the narrator.                       

Turned off by commercials? Get set for a deluge of them---excerpts from 150 commercials which illustrate this film report on a $23 billion dollar a-year-industry. Lavish productions and cinematic techniques are behind the TV sales pitch. What's the psychological effect on the viewer? CBS newsman Charles Kuralt interviews experts, including psychiatrist Erich Fromm.           

President Richard Nixon addresses the nation about Watergate.            

Broadcast every Saturday night from 9 to 10PM on WHRL 103.1 FM in Albany, NY.
Tonight's guests are John S. Furman and Fred Dickey, old time radio fans and collectors. They discuss the resurgence of Old Time Radio and play segments of many broadcasts. Listeners call into the show and have questions and comments. 
John Furman mentions he has been collecting OTR for the past two years and this is his first interview appearance on a radio program. He relates anecdotes about how he first became infatuated with Old Time Radio and States he has 1,000 programs and a 50 page catalog that listeners can obtain.                                                           

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 

President Richard M. Nixon delivers a speech to the nation about Watergate, taking full responsibility for the scandal. He pledged to purge such abuses from the American Political System.              

Reports of Congressional Watergate investigations as Watergate hearings begin. 

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Emmy-winning exam of the Watergate affair to date and a look ahead to the hearings to be held by the Senate Select Committee.
EXP: Leslie Midgley, P: Hal Haley, Bernard Birnbaum, David Browning. R: Dan Rather, Roger Mudd, Daniel Schorr, Fred Graham.                   

NASA launches the unmanned Skylab aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center.                                      

WOMAN OF THE YEAR 1973 is a Special CBS one hour prime time broadcast that seems lost to history. It is not even notated on IMDb or anywhere to be found on the internet.   

Awards are given for American women, the "doers, achievers, and shapers of society."  

Rosalind Russell is host for the ceremonies, sponsored by the Ladies' Home Journal. Lenore Hershey is introduced.  

Eight woman are presented with gold pendants during the hour, which is telecast live from the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington. Introductions and short biographies follow. 

Margaret Chase Smith introduces Rep. Shirley Chisholm (D-N.Y.):public affairs.

Marlo Thomas introduces Helen Hayes: arts and humanities.

Barbara Walters introduces Katharine Graham: president of the Washington Post Company: business and economy. 

Lynda Johnson Robb introduces Poet Nikki Giovanni: youth leadership.

Kathryn Crosby introduces Dr. Virginia Apgar: for work against birth defects.

Cicely Tyson introduces Ladonna Harris:
for civil rights activities on behalf of American Indians.

Eunice Kennedy Shriver introduces Mary Lasker: for encouraging medical research and national beautification. 

Mamie Eisenhower introduces Ellen Straus: creator of WMCA radio "call for action" hot line in which listeners talk about community problems. 

Comedy related to women's liberation and accomplishment are interspersed during the broadcast. 

Cloris Leachman and Tony Randall in a "Woman for President" skit, 
Sandy Duncan and Jack Klugman in a "First American Woman to go into Outer Space skit, and Renee Taylor and Joseph Bologna in an "I am a Person" skit. 

Helen Reddy sings "I Am Woman."

At the conclusion the entire ensemble sing  Katharine Lee Bates' "America, America."

Complete broadcast with Clairol commercials.                                       

NASA launches the unmanned Skylab aboard a Saturn V launch vehicle from the Kennedy Space Center. 

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Live coverage of the Watergate hearings.            

The beginning of the televised Senate Watergate hearings.            

Live coverage of the testimony of Watergate burglar James McCord.            

Continuing live coverage of the Watergate Hearings.          

The 25th Primetime Emmy Awards are presented from the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Host: Johnny Carson.                   

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The 25th Primetime Emmy Awards are presented from the Shubert Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

Host: Johnny Carson.                                        

Howard Cosell is roasted. Featuring Milton Berle, Don Rickles, Steve Allen, David Steinberg, Ted Knight, Muhammad Ali, Merlin Olsen, Don Meredith, Bill Russell, Redd Foxx, Dr. Joyce Brothers, and Alex Karras.     

Duplicate of #6022.       

Live coverage of the Watergate hearings.           

Live coverage of Chief Minority Counsel Fred Thompson's questioning of Watergate burglar James McCord.             

Sportscaster Howard Cosell is roasted. 

Host: David Steinberg. 

Ends Abruptly.                           

Live coverage of the Watergate hearings.    

NBC news special on Watergate.         

Continuing live coverage on the Watergate hearings.         

The White House and President Nixon greet and salute returning POW's from Vietnam.             

Continuing live coverage.        

Continuing live coverage of the Senate Watergate hearings.   
Afternoon session.           

A report on Skylab, America's first space station onboard a modified Saturn V rocket. Astronauts Joseph Kerwin, Charles Conrad, and Paul Weitz launched into space on May 25th, 1973.           

Astronauts Joseph Kerwin, Charles Conrad, and Paul Weitz dock with Skylab 1 on its fifth orbit where the crew conducted various experiments.                       

Highlights from more than 60 Disney films recapture 50 years of family entertainment.             

Live coverage of the closing minutes of the Senate Watergate Hearings.