October 1st, 1953-October 13th, 1957. September 11th, 1971-September 2nd, 1972. (CBS)

Tonight's episode: Beatrice Straight stars in "The Crisis Of Anne Boleyn." May 16th, 1536. Henry V111 has lost interest in Anne and wants a clear course for his romance with Jane Seymour. He offers Anne a chance to save her life if she admits she has been unfaithful, and leaves England with their daughter, Elizabeth. But Anne wants her child to be heir to the throne. 


An unusual Public Affairs series, You Are There began in 1947 as a radio show (it was originally titled CBS was There). Each week a well-known historical event was recreated, and the leading figures in each drama were interviewed by CBS news correspondents (the correspondents were always in modern-day dress, regardless of the setting of the story). The television version ran from 1953-1957 on Sunday afternoons, and was revived in 1971 as a Saturday-afternoon show, aimed principally at children. Walter Cronkite was the chief correspondent on both TV versions. Paul Newman guest-starred on one program as Nathan Hale (30 August 1953) and the 1971 premiere " The Mystery of Amelia Earhart" featured Geraldine Brooks and Richard Dreyfuss.       

                                                                       

Tim Matthews hosts this BBC special two days after the first anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.

Written and narrated by Tim Matthews.           

January 8th, 1965- July 23rd, 1965 (ABC)

This series traces the career of Franklin Delano Roosevelt  drawing on such sources as films, personal papers, recordings, and comments of friends, political associates, and critics. The late Eleanor Roosevelt acted as a consultant for the series, which was co-produced by the creators of "Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years." Music composed and conducted by Alex North. Tonight: Part 1, "The Making Of A Man," covers FDR's pre-presidential years. Arthur Kennedy narrates and Charlton Heston reads from the President's writings.   

Series debut.                    

In 1933, conflict exploded between labor and management as unions sought the right to bargain collectively under a vague section of President Roosevelt's National Industrial Recovery Act. Tonight's program, written by Quentin Reynolds, reviews the violent labor-management relations of the thirties.
The times are bitter for working man and employer alike. In Georgia, prison camps are set up for strikers, San Francisco and Minneapolis are virtually paralyzed by strikes; soldiers are sent to restore order in the coal fields of West Virginia; FDR is called " a traitor to his class" and the labor movement splits into two camps: AFL and CIO. Early in 1935, Senator Robert Wagner, Democrat from New York, introduces the National Labor Relations Act, designed to enforce the rights of labor. A manufacturers association claims the NLRA "will out-Stalin Stalin," while the Dailey Worker asserts "it will be a weapon to destroy the power of the workers." 
Among those interviewed: Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayor Robert F. Wagner of New York City and labor leader James Carey. Narrated by Arthur Kennedy. Charlton Heston reads from FDR's writings.                            

The 20th anniversary of the United Nations started on June 26th, 1945. An NBC Radio special.            

A SPECIAL ABC TV BROADCAST which looks at the world of pro football from the 13th century, when Britons used the skulls of Danish pirates as footballs, to today's violent and complex game. Archival films show early stars like Jim Thorp, Red Grange and Sammy Baugh; how teams create strategy; how players are scouted and how retired greats like Y.A. Tittle pass on their skills to young players. 
Also covered: life in a pro training camp, and highlights of an exhibition game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Cleveland Browns. 

NOTE: A David L. Wolper production, directed by William Friedkin, hat the beginning of his career,  who had yet to direct a theatrical motion picture. 

Van Heflin narrates.                                                 

A documentary special on the anti-war movement. Sit-ins at the University of California Berkeley, free speech movement,anti-war demonstrations.           

A retrospective on the life of Malcolm X, covering the years 1960-1965.   

Joined in progress.   

A documentary on the life of Malcolm X from his first impact on Black Power and the Black Muslim movement (1960-1965). 

Producer of this broadcast was Chris Koch.                                              

A documentary special.           

Featured is North Vietnamese President Ho Chi Minh.       

This is a journey back to the roots of our popular music, exploring some of the diverse sources that have contributed to the type of song now dominating the music industry. 
To show something of the past, producer Stephen Fleischman's cameras visit Preservation Hall in New Orleans, where some "elder statesmen" still come to play the kind of jazz performed at the turn of the century. Films of singers at the Morning Star Baptist Church and of the Supremes in a recording session illustrate the relationship between the two groups; responsive singing and heavenly accented rhythms. We also see The Grand Ole Opry of Nashville, Tennessee, the most famous showcase for Country and Western music, which originated with America's early Scottish, English, and Irish immigrants.
Among other musicians interviewed or performing...Rock N' Roll: The Temptations, The Dave Clark Five, Country and Western: Marty Robbins, Tex Ritter, Jazz: Duke Ellington, Gene Krupa, Billy Taylor, Musical Comedy: Richard Rodgers, Pop: Tony Bennett. 

Narrator: Bob Young. Consultants: George Simon, Fred Ramsey, Jr. 

Promos of four new NBC shows. 

Includes commercials.                     

This program explores Ludwig Van Beethoven's role as an emancipator whose innovations and experiments freed music from the rigid formalism of the 18th century. David McCallum is heard as the voice of Beethoven. Script and narration by John H. Secondari. 

  One in this series of programs which examine significant events in the history of western civilization using dramatic re-creation. This episode examines the life of German composer Ludwig van Beethoven. Performances by the Boston Symphony Orchestra and pianist Claude Frant are featured. As the program opens, the narrator describes the social climate of Vienna and surrounding European countries at the end of the eighteenth century. A discussion follows concerning BeethovenÕs family and his musical education in Bonn.

 With his father's guidance, Beethoven performed at age seven, composed his first fugue when he was thirteen, and worked as a court musician by the age of fourteen. However, since the work of a court musician did not allow Beethoven to have adequate creative freedom, Beethoven moved to Vienna (the cultural mecca at that time) after his mother's death, in order to compose his own music. After a short time, he began to gain recognition in aristocratic society, with pieces such as his Opus 1 trios. A discussion follows regarding Beethoven's struggles as a composer, the inspiration he found in nature, as well as his discomfort among the aristocracy.

During Beethoven's period of success he was able to subsist using his commissions. An excerpt of his composition for the Prometheus Ballet is used as an example of his commissioned work, and then there is a discussion about Beethoven's gradual deafness and the music that he composed in spite of or possibly because of his deafness. The program concludes with quotations from Beethoven concerning the connection between art and the human spirit. Other compositions featured in the program include the following: Pathetique Sonata, op.13; Moonlight Sonata, op.15; Piano Concerto no.1; and Symphony no.1,op. 21.          

The life of German composer Ludwig Van Beethoven. David McCallum is the voice of Beethoven. 

Dupe Of Number 990.                          

Arthur Godfrey and Don Ameche are hosts for a nostalgic review of the great stars and favorite programs of radio and television history. 

This television special celebrates fifty years of radio and television broadcasting. Arthur Godfrey hosts this nostalgic look back at the stars and programs that catapulted radio and television to success. Highlights include: Ed Wynn's first radio show "The Perfect Fool," a 1922 variety show; how radio became network oriented in 1927 and began to change American lifestyles; the first coast-to-coast broadcast of a football game from the Rose Bowl; the Fireside Chats with Franklin D. Roosevelt; the comedy duo of Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll, better known as "Amos 'n' Andy"; the Kraft Music Hall, hosted by Bing Crosby, which showcased the great singers of the 1930s and 40s such as Arthur Tracy, Morton Downy, Helen Morgan, and Kate Smith; Frank Sinatra, who was brought into the public eye through radio; Bing Crosby, who sings "Pennies From Heaven"; John Scott Trotter's reminiscences about the big bands such as those of Glenn Miller, Benny Goodman, and Spike Jones; how television began to make strides with the telecast of the New York Worlds Fair in 1939 until World War II put an abrupt stop to the advancement; how the very popular Milton Berle was responsible for the television revolution after the war was over; a survey of other pioneering programs including "Kukla, Fran, and Ollie," "Your Show of Shows," "I Remember Mama," and "Howdy Doody"; a day at the studio with big-time television producer Sheldon Leonard whose credits range from the slow-starting "Dick Van Dyke Show" to "The Gomer Pyle Show"; Godfrey, who sings "I'm in Love with You Honey"; a look at the great comedy teams and solo comedians such as Abbott and Costello, Burns and Allen, Fibber McGee and Molly, Jimmy Durante, Fred Allen, and W.C. Fields; the first lady of television, Lucille Ball, who is followed through a day of rehearsal for her show; how radio soap operas paved the way for the radio drama programs such as "Inner Sanctum," "Suspense," and "The Whistler"; how the live drama show became the first step in a new direction for television; Rod Serling's examination of the rise and somewhat quick fall of this form of programming; the We Five singing "Beyond the Sea"; and the great radio commentators such as Edward R. Murrow and Walter Winchell.

                        

Arthur Godfrey and Don Ameche are hosts for a nostalgic review of the great stars and favorite programs of radio and television history. Joining them in this special are Bing Crosby, Lucille Ball, Gale Gordon, Sheldon Leonard, Rod Serling, John Scott Trotter, and We Five, who sing "Beyond the Sea." Many others. Many archival transcripts are heard with Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Fanny Brice, Rudy Vallee, Milton Berle, and Fred Allen. 

Duplicate Of # 997.                                      

Orson Bean narrates this nostalgic trip back to the exciting escapist world of movie serials. Inspired by the recent prime-time airing of "Flash Gordon Conquers The Universe" (Wednesday's at 8PM) producer Ken Johnson screened over 60 hours of serial chapters before selecting the following excerpts: 
"The Phantom Empire" (1935) with Gene Autry and Frankie Darro.
"Tailspin Tommy In The Great Air Mystery" (1935) with Noah Beery Jr., Jean Rogers, and Maurice Murphy. 
"Flash Gordon's Trip To Mars" (1936 ) with Buster Crabbe, Jean Rogers, and Frank Shannon. 
"Tim Tyler's Luck (1937) with Frankie Thomas and Jack Mulhall. 
"Perils of Nyoka" (1942) with Kay Aldrige and Clayton Moore. 
Still photos show theaters packing kids during Saturday matinees when the main attraction was usually the weekly serial chapter. Additional footage shows the serial as it existed during pre-soundtrack days.                     

Walter Cronkite reports on the validity of Flying Saucers.        

A report on homosexuality in England and Holland.   
British reporter Bryan Magee investigates. 
Produced by Rediffusion of London. 
                                   

Narrator Frederic March presents a scrapbook of famous men and women who have contributed significantly to the history of the 19th & 20th centuries. Rare
recordings of voices heard are those of Florence Nightingale, Thomas Alva Edison, William Jennings Bryan, John Barrymore, W.C. Handy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, Warren Harding and others. The sign off for WBAI is heard, giving the complete programming day for tomorrow on this listener sponsored New York City
Radio station.                          

This documentary focuses on four months in the life of a young married couple- both drug addicts. 
On parole after a check-forging conviction, Jim, aged 33, becomes an usher to raise the money that he and his 21-year-old wife Helen need to feed their habit. 
When Jim is arrested, Helen is left with a $30 dollar-a-day habit and the choice of turning to theft, prostitution, or voluntarily committing herself to a hospital.   

Shown on four consecutive nights on various channels.        

TV documentary about Duke Ellington and his life on the road, filmed in 1967 and first shown in 1974. 

Duke Ellington is joined by Roger Miller, Milton Berle, Della Reese, Bobby Goldsboro, Today's Children, and Doc Severinsen.                        

October 27, 1959 - November 4, 1979. 
1980 - Irregular broadcasts thru the 1990's.

An in-depth exploration of Homosexuality. It is a subject that explores the questions, is it a physical or mental illness as understood at that time. Is it a moral crime, or just another product of biological and/or psychological circumstance, such as eye color or a fear of heights?

In 1967 there are millions of homosexuals in the United States and today many are demanding the right to fulfill their needs within the law. 

In interviews, correspondent Mike Wallace talks with homosexual men, who remain anonymous, and members of the Mattachine Society whose chief aim is the reform of laws against homosexuals. 

Those analyzing aspects of homosexuality include sociologists, psychologists, a federal judge, social critic Albert Goldman, and playwright Gore Vidal, who discusses homosexuality in the arts. 

Secretary of State Dean Rusk defends the State Department's policy against hiring homosexuals' which is US policy. Others to give their personal agenda and experiences living as a homosexual include a 19-year-old offender in a public park: homosexual members of clubs and bars, and a metropolitan area frequented by homosexual prostitutes. 

Also reported is a Boise, Idaho incident where a homosexual "scare" sparked a near witch-hunt in the mid 1950's. 

NOTE:
CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, which aired in 1967, was the first time homosexuality was presented on a national network broadcast. "The Homosexuals" was praised for debunking negative stereotypes, but also condemned for generalizations and promoting other stereotypes. LGBT activist Wayne Beset called "The Homosexuals" "the single most destructive hour of antigay propaganda in our nation's history.

NOTE: 
This CBS REPORTS:THE HOMOSEXUALS was the fourth and final broadcast Mike Wallace would report during the entire run of this iconic CBS Television probing and investigating series.

Contains some commercials.  

BROADCAST HISTORY OF CBS REPORTS:

On October 27, 1959, fifteen months after the demise of Edward R. Murrow's SEEIT NOW, the CBS News Department premiered a new incisive, in-depth documentary program entitled CBS REPORTS. It was patterned after Murrow's precedent setting program and employed many of the same production staff, including Murrow's former partner, Fred Friendly. During the first two years of broadcasts which included 27 one hour documentaries, all but five telecasts had either Edward R. Murrow or Harry K. Smith as writer/correspondent.

Murrow reported on eleven programs form October 27, 1959, to March 1, 1961, and Howard K. Smith reported on eighteen programs form November 11, 1959, to February 8, 1962.  

In January 1961 CBS began airing CBS REPORTS as a regular alternate-week series. For most of a full decade CBS REPORTS remained a regular series on various nights, and then shifted to irregular Specials beginning in the 1980's. 

Duplicate of #18,781. 


                                

October 27, 1959 - November 4, 1979. 
1980 - Irregular broadcasts thru the 1990's.

An in-depth exploration of Homosexuality. It is a subject that explores the questions, is it a physical or mental illness as understood at that time. Is it a moral crime, or just another product of biological and/or psychological circumstance, such as eye color or a fear of heights?

In 1967 there are millions of homosexuals in the United States and today many are demanding the right to fulfill their needs within the law. 

In interviews, correspondent Mike Wallace talks with homosexual men, who remain anonymous, and members of the Mattachine Society whose chief aim is the reform of laws against homosexuals. 

Those analyzing aspects of homosexuality include sociologists, psychologists, a federal judge, social critic Albert Goldman, and playwright Gore Vidal, who discusses homosexuality in the arts. 

Secretary of State Dean Rusk defends the State Department's policy against hiring homosexuals' which is US policy. Others to give their personal agenda and experiences living as a homosexual include a 19-year-old offender in a public park: homosexual members of clubs and bars, and a metropolitan area frequented by homosexual prostitutes. 

Also reported is a Boise, Idaho incident where a homosexual "scare" sparked a near witch-hunt in the mid 1950's. 

NOTE:
CBS Reports: The Homosexuals, which aired in 1967, was the first time homosexuality was presented on a national network broadcast. "The Homosexuals" was praised for debunking negative stereotypes, but also condemned for generalizations and promoting other stereotypes. LGBT activist Wayne Beset called "The Homosexuals" "the single most destructive hour of antigay propaganda in our nation's history.

NOTE: 
This CBS REPORTS:THE HOMOSEXUALS was the fourth and final broadcast Mike Wallace would report during the entire run of this iconic CBS Television probing and investigating series.

Contains some commercials.  

BROADCAST HISTORY OF CBS REPORTS:

On October 27, 1959, fifteen months after the demise of Edward R. Murrow's SEEIT NOW, the CBS News Department premiered a new incisive, in-depth documentary program entitled CBS REPORTS. It was patterned after Murrow's precedent setting program and employed many of the same production staff, including Murrow's former partner, Fred Friendly. During the first two years of broadcasts which included 27 one hour documentaries, all but five telecasts had either Edward R. Murrow or Harry K. Smith as writer/correspondent.

Murrow reported on eleven programs form October 27, 1959, to March 1, 1961, and Howard K. Smith reported on eighteen programs form November 11, 1959, to February 8, 1962.  

In January 1961 CBS began airing CBS REPORTS as a regular alternate-week series. For most of a full decade CBS REPORTS remained a regular series on various nights, and then shifted to irregular Specials beginning in the 1980's. 


                                

Speeches by Stokely Carmichael and others on the "Negro Revolution."Other speakers include Charles Evers and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The report focuses on how "black power" can be used. Floyd McKissick is also interviewed.    

Report on the nature of "black power" and how it can be effectively used. Interviewed is former SNCC head Stokley Carmichael, the man who coined the phrase. Also interviewed are Martin Luther King Jr.,  Floyd McKissick of CORE and Charles Evers, brother of murdered Medgar Evers, who practices the concept of "black power" in Mississippi, where he organizes voter registration efforts and economic boycotts. 

Reporter is Sander Vanocur.  

32 minute excerpt. of one hour broadcast.                                           

1952-1989 (NBC).

The Eternal Light was originally a religious radio program starting in 1944 and heard on the NBC Radio Network. It came to television in 1952 and was seen on Sunday mornings on the NBC Television Network where it remained a fixture until 1989. The program was produced in conjunction with the Jewish Theological Seminary. 

Today's program is a documentary on the life of Anne Frank.                        

Host Archie Rothman relives the Golden 
Age of Radio with Harold Arlen, Louis
Armstrong, Gene Austin, Fred Astaire, the Andrews Sisters, Paul Anka, Ben Bernie, Edgar Bergen, Milton Berle, Jack Benny, Fanny Brice and Martin Block. A montage of radio show openings is also presented on this weekly 10 PM to midnight Sunday evening broadcast. Guest Dave Goldin discusses this era with Rothman. Goldin, a former engineer at CBS, NBC, and Mutual radio, reflects on old time radio. Note: In the late 1960's, Goldin formed "Radio Yesteryear." He is considered the first person to aggressively market and sell programs independently.             

A space documentary. NBC Newsman Frank McGee reports on the search for life in outer space. This program is joined in progress.             

A portrait of Hollywood's King, Clark Gable. Produced by MGM and narrated by Burgess Meredith. 

Dupe Of # 7993.