Winston Churchill speaks at MIT Convocation introduced by Bernard  Baruch and Dr. Karl Koryton.       

North Koreans attack and invade South Korea to signal beginning of Korean war. Announcement made by Secretary of State Dean Acheson. President Truman comments on the attack, accuses Communists of contempt and challenge to UN.  

Bulletin from WOR radio in New York City.         

Lighting of White House Christmas tree by President Harry S. Truman.           

   The FIRST  television showing of the classic 1939 motion picture, THE WIZARD OF OZ. A prologue to the film's broadcast is this opening segment, Bert Lahr talking to Judy Garland's nine year old daughter Liza about the making of the film with her mother. This was the FIRST television appearance by Liza Minnelli, who as of 2020, sixty four years later, has logged over 350 TV appearances.         

Mel Allen broadcasts game 3 of the 1957 World Series between the New York Yankees and the Milwaukee Braves from County Stadium in Milwaukee. The top of the sixth inning is heard. Mickey Mantle receives a base on balls. Mantle at bat in the middle of the 7th inning and flies out.  
Also, a special NBC News announcement is heard stating that a Russian satellite named "Sputnik" would be passing over Washington, DC.                         

The final round of the First Annual World's Invitational Bowling Tournament from the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois. Don Carter meets Tom Hennessey in the final round. Jimmy Powers reports. 

Host: Jimmy Powers.                           

A documentary on Secretary of State John Foster Dulles as he resigns from office suffering from cancer. Tom O'Brien reports.           

A SPECIAL NBC TV Broadcast broadest on Video Tape, recorded in Las Vegas, Nevada sponsored by General Motors Corporation. A retrospective on the age of flight and the dawn of the space age, climaxing a congress meeting at Las Vegas. Narrated by Bob Considine. 

An NBC NEWS SPECIAL PROJECTS produced by Roy Neal. 

At the World Congress of Flight in Las Vegas, Nevada, 
representatives of 42 nations meet to discuss airship, missile, and space progress and  plans. Bob Considine is host of this report from McCarran Field, Indiana Springs Gunnery Range and the Las Vegas Race Track. 

A description of aviation now and in the future, descriptions by Bob Considine, Jacqueline Cochran, General Curtis Le May, Jimmy Doolittle, General Nathan Twining, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Bob Cummings, actor and Air Force Reserve officer, jet pilots Scott Crossfield and Capt. Bob White and others describe future airliners and space vehicles.

American and foreign aircraft, missiles and spaceships are described on the ground and in flight. 

Discussions related to the X-15 is discussed, the F105 new fighter planes, and F106 defensive planes, as well as a segment on helicopters, and a half plane, half car vehicle. 

Included are two General Motors plugs for their FIREBIRD 3 elaborate automobile, the most advanced ever built.  

Dr. Edward Teller, called the father of the H-bomb, makes a plea for international amity in the conquest of space. Frank Lahm, one of the oldest pilots alive, a man who had been taught to fly by the Wright Brothers, winds up the telecast, saying there is no reason to doubt that man will travel in space. 

NOTE: This peerless television audio air check survives only as audio preserved by Archival Television Audio, Inc. 
Phil Gries has improved the audio track from its original marginal quality when originally broadcast on NBC TV April 19, 1959. 
                                                                                                                     

An expanded bulletin from radio WINS 1010 in New York. 
General George Marshall is dead. Highlights of Marshall's career is profiled. 

The Third Annual World's Invitational Bowling Tournament, telecast live from the Chicago Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois. Female bowler Slyvia Wene Martin bowled a perfect 300 game during this tournament, the second in her career.             

January 23, - July 16, 1960.

A prime time our-long documentary series hosted by Chet Huntley and Frank McGee.

A repeat showing of the special Easter time program first presented on NBC on April 16, 1960; filmed in the Holy Land without actors, it traces the route Jesus took through Jerusalem as he bore the cross to his crucifixion on Calvary. Frank McGee introduces the program. Last years presentation was a part of the World Wide 60 series.  Music conducted by Jacques Belasco.  

Narrated by Alexander Scourby.
Norman Rose contributes the biblical voice.  

                       

Senator Walter Judd, who served in Congress for twenty years, gives an anti-communist speech at a rally in California. 
He defines the conservative position on China as all-out support for the Nationlists under Chiang Kai-Shek. Judd states that one of these days, the United States will have a congressional task force to investigate ourselves related to our own State Department and how we lost China. 

See #5392 for details.

Host: Gene Barry. 

See #5392 for details.

Host: Gene Barry. 

This was Jerry Lewis's first television special in three years. A virtual one-man-show in which Jerry incorporates popular routines from his night-club act, television appearances, and his new material in this comedy-variety ABC special.                           

This was Jerry Lewis's first television special in three years. A virtual one-man-show in which Jerry incorporates popular routines from his night-club act, television appearances, and his new material in this comedy-variety ABC special.     

Duplicate of 13668.                     

Comedians on NBC RADIO.                          

The Life of the First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy is profiled.            

WNEW Disc jockey William B. Williams is the host of this special news report broadcast from the SALUTE TO FREEDOM FLIGHT in the air headed with celebrities toward, the first integrated LIVE entertainment show in segregated  Birmingham, Alabama.

Joey Adams, president of AGVA addresses those on the plane relating the logistics that all will be involved, including the many adversities and challenges putting this show on...including redress from the KKK. The primary purpose of this event is to allow the country to believe in Freedom For All. 

WNEW's Billy Taylor and William B. Williams interview celebrities on the plane as it heads for The Miles University Stadium where the concert will be held later that night. 
Those expressing why they have decided to join this historical protest, only two weeks prior to Dr. Martin Luther King's March on Washington rally in Washington D.C. are Al Birney, Johnny Mathis and Joe Louis. 

Reporting live from The Miles University Stadium just prior to the beginning of the show is WNEW's  Richard Marcin. 

Guests are Joe Louis, Joey Adams, Johnny Mathis, others.                         

Pre-empting scheduled broadcasting. A Special View Point Broadcast. 

A report on preparations for the civil rights march on Washington on Wednesday August 28th. Interviews with leaders. 
Sid Davis reports from Washington DC on the scheduled "March on Washington for Jobs & Freedom." He states that there are 19 million negroes living in the United States, and that 200,000 visitors are expected to come to Washington to be a part of this March on Washington. 

A history of past demonstrations in Washington D.C. is reviewed. We hear many brief contemporary statements, pro and con, related to the rally set to take place in two days. 
Voices include A. Philip Randolph, John F. Kennedy, Bayard Rustin, George David Akin, John Bell Williams, Barry Goldwater, WINS correspondent Tom Bryson, Robert Murray, James Baldwin, others.

Special from 1010 WINS radio in New York City. 

Sid Davis anchors.                                                     

Governor Ross Barnett of Mississippi speaks at Princeton University, Also civil rights group protests.

A special presentation of WRVR-FM radio in New York City.            

A special report from WCBS-TV, New York.            

A discussion on the assassination of President Kennedy with WBAI program director Chris Kotch and news editor Robert Potts.            

The year 1963 in review from WINS radio.             

The many comedic talents of Jonathan Winters

Dupe Of 612.            

Preview of the 1964 World's Fair in New York City.            

WINS 1010 radio in New York City presents live coverage of tonight's California primary. Profiles of Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater.                          

Eyewitness accounts of D-DAY by the men and civilians involved.

A special report from 1010 WINS radio in New York City.  

Joined in Progress. A 20th anniversary documentary retrospect including the voices of over 30 military and civilian individuals involved in the lead up and aftermath of a 22 month mission by the US and allied forces, to free the Western World from Adolph Hitler's Germany. 

10,000 US  troops lost their lives, almost all from the first wave landing on Omaha beach were killed on D Day.  

"We will never forget those brave individuals who gave their lives so that others could live in freedom."

Following this Special Report there is a three minute WINS NEWS REPORT. with Stan Bernard at the WINS desk. Coverage includes a Viet Nam update and President Lyndon Johnson's visit to New York. Tuck Stadler reporting. 
                                  

Excerpts from game 4 of the 1964 World Series between the St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, NY. Ken Boyer's sixth-inning grand slam home run brought the Cardinals back from a 3-0 deficit for a 4-3 Cardinal win, to even the series at two games apiece. The Cardinals would go on to win the Fall Classic in seven games. 

Note: This is the first time the NBC television network would use sportscaster Curt Gowdy to do play-by-play of the series. He's joined by Cardinal announcer Harry Caray. Long time Yankee announcer Mel Allen was dropped from World Series play-by-play by NBC following the 1963 World Series when he would broadcast baseball's premier event for the final time.                                                                            

The movie premiere of "My Fair Lady" at the Criterion Theatre in New York City. Celebrities include Jack Warner, George Cukor, Alan J. Lerner, Stanley Holloway, Rex Harrison, Audrey Hepburn,
Paul Anka, and Frederick Lowe.

Host: Arthur Godfrey. 

A presentation of WNEW-TV Channel 5 in New York City.                         

Live coverage of anti-Vietnam war protests in Washington, DC.             

An editorial by WABC's general manager John O. Gilbert. Increasing police cars in various communities by our police commissioner.        

Live coverage of the Gemini 9 space flight.

Ray Scherer reports, starting 21 minutes into the flight. 

Sponsored by Chevrolet.            

Live coverage of the wedding of Luci Baines Johnson and Patrick Nugent from the East Room of the White House.            

WNEW Radio reviews the year 1966.