In his first return bout following a three and one-half year layoff, Muhammad Ali defeats Jerry Quarry via third round technical knockout in Atlanta.        

If "Uncle Miltie," "Your Show Of Shows," and "Bilko" mean something special to you, then this hour will too. For 60 minutes at least, the golden age of TV comedy comes alive.
Milton Berle, Sid Caesar, and Phil Silvers recreate classic routines from television series of the 1950s...Berle keeps getting it smack in the face as"The Movie Stand-In"; Caesar takes center stage (with Berle and Silvers as straightmen) for one of those great silent film spoofs; Silvers major segment is scheduled to involve reminiscences of the wheeling-dealing Bilko.
Also: a salute to Ernie Kovacs, with the three stars pantomiming the nutty Nairobi Trio, and an old-time vaudeville routine (with song, dance, and bad jokes).                           

President Nixon addresses nation from Anaheim, California with speech on law and order. He also gives his endorsement to the entire state GOP ticket which includes Governor Ronald Reagan and Senator George Murphy.         

A New York State Senatorial debate between the three candidates; Congressman Richard Ottinger, Senator Charles Goodell, and James L. Buckley.           

Bill Haley is moderator.              

A tribute to KDKA radio in Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania, credited with being the first commercial radio station on the air in the United States, in 1920. On the night of November 2nd, 1920, KDKA radio carried the results of the Harding-Cox presidential election, believed to be the nation's first commercial broadcast.                        

Election returns.             

A celebration of Pittsburgh radio station KDKA, credited with being America's first licensed radio station to go on the air on November 2nd,1920. 
It traces its beginnings to November 2nd, with coverage of the Harding-Cox presidential election results. 

Narrator Ed King traces the station's history in this TV special. 

The latest election results from CBS news.

Host: Walter Cronkite              

Total coverage of the 1970 election results. 

Election returns continue.            

Performances by members of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus.                       

John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America. 

Host: John Wayne.      

Duplicate of 9357.       

John Wayne's first TV special is a journey through American history with music, comedy, and more than two-dozen guest stars.
John's guests include Jack Benny as a citizen asking George Washington (Lorne Greene) about that dollar he supposedly threw across the Potomac, Bob Hope and Ann-Margret entertaining the troops at Valley Forge, printer Red Skelton discussing dissent with apprentice Tom Smothers, Lucille Ball as Miss Liberty, and Bing Crosby as Mark Twain, philosophizing with freed slave Frederick Douglass (Roscoe Lee Browne).
Also: Michael Landon as Peter Minuit, buying Manhattan Island from Indian Dan Blocker, Dean Martin as inventor Eli Whitney, Celeste Holm and Dennis Weaver as the parents of young Abe Lincoln, brothers Rick and David Nelson fighting on opposite sides in the Civil War, Phyllis Diller as a 19th-century presidential candidate, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin as the Wright Brothers.
Songs: Johnny Cash: "Ribbon Of Steel," Glen Campbell: "This Is A Great Country," Roy Clark: "Oh Suzanna," Leslie Uggams: "Clementine," Doddletown Pipers: "The Declaration." All: "God Bless America."                           

John Wayne and an all-star cast tell the story of America. 

Host: John Wayne.                        

Special saluting performers and songwriters who have entertained generations of Americans, These veteran entertainers perform the songs and sketches that made them famous. 

Produced By Grey Lockwood.          




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Special saluting performers and songwriters who have entertained generations of Americans, These veteran entertainers perform the songs and sketches that made them famous. 

Produced By Grey Lockwood.                                                                              

September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was part I of the "Love & Marriage" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.          

Duplicate of 5011.    

Victims of street crimes.                      

Story of Bethlehem, the birth of Jesus and the miraculous gift of speech the animals are given at the time of the birth.   

Duplicate of 5977.          

Petula Clark joins Peggy Lee, Dean Martin, and the Everly Brothers in an hour of music that ranges from Beatles to Bacharach. 
For a touch of comedy, David Frost takes a lighthearted look at pollution and joins Petula in a satire of his own TV interview show.
Directed by Dwight Hemion ("Music Hall").        

Highlights:

"Come Together," "Great Day," "The Fool On The Hill," Petula  
"I Don't Know Why," Dean Martin
"What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?" Peggy Lee
"Games People Play," Petula, Everly Brothers

"She's a Woman," "Bill, I Love You So," "Over and Over Again" 
"When Johnny Comes Marching Home," Petula Clark

Petula, Peggy Lee Medley: "Hey, Good Lookin," "Things" 


                          

President Nixon holds a press conference with the media.          

September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was part II of the "Love & Marriage" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.             

Bing Crosby is joined by The Doodletown Pipers, Jack Wild, Melba Moore and the Crosby family in this Christmas special.  

NOTE: At 26 minutes into this broadcast the master1/4" tape exhibits audio aberration issues which cannot be corrected. 
Only the first 26 minutes of this broadcast can be reproduced.                      

September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was part II of the "Love & Marriage" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week. 

Duplicate Of #5012.

Last half of the show only. Please see #5012 for the complete show.            

Gene Kelly musical special.       

Guests: Lee Marvin, Barbara Eden.                  

A special on US POWs in North Vietnam      

CBS Chief correspondents review the year's headlines in two one-hour programs. (December 27th and 29th.) 

This is part 2. 

Moderator Charles Collingwood leads a discussion about US involvement in Vietnam and Cambodia; the Paris peace talks; America's relationships with Russia and Red China; and revolutionary terrorist groups such as the Palestinian Guerillas.

Correspondents: Eric Sevareid, Marvin Kalb, Richard C. Hottelet, Morley Safer, Peter Kallscher, Charles  Collingwood.
             

Tribute to country music star Jim Reeves.            

Elinor Guggenheimer is hostess for the presentation of "Straight Talk" starring Grace Matthews.           

President Nixon holds a press conference.

Host: John Chancellor  

Special with President Richard M. Nixon in conversation with news anchors from all three networks, CBS, NBC, AND ABC.           

Live radio special with President Richard M. Nixon in conversation with news anchors from all three networks, CBS, NBC, AND ABC. 

Duplicate of # 9332.                        

An analysis of 1970s headline-making events and a forecast of the year to come. The 12 news correspondents (linked by satellite) reviewing the issues : Sander Vanocur, Herbert Kaplow and Richard Valeriani in Washington, Fred Briggs, Jack Perkins, and Steve Delaney in Chicago, Ray Scherer, Douglas Kiker, and Garrick Utley in London, and John Rich and Richard Hunt in Tokyo. John Chancellor in New York is the anchorman.                                   

A galaxy of entertainers and 39 NFL stars in a spectacular salute to pro football. 
The heady line-up includes Lucille Ball, Judy Carne, Charleton Heston, Jack Lemmon, Pat O'Brien, Charles Nelson Reilly, Alan Sues, Leslie Uggams, John Wayne, and the NFL's, Mike Garrett, Kermit Alexander, Ben Davidson, Roman Gabriel, Deacon Jones, Daryle Lamonica, Dick Le Beau, Joe Namath, O.J. Simpson, and Gene Washington. 
In comedy segments, John Wayne presents a campy football fashion show; Detroit Lion Alex Karras plays a badgered husband explaining a hard day on the gridiron, and former pro Rosey Grier interviews Chicago Bear linebacker Dick Butkus, and his half pint roommate Arte Johnson. 
Songs include two "Damn Yankees" numbers and a piano etude composed and performed by Cincinnati Bengal Mike Reid.                                          

Americans have their say in this up-to-the-minute public-opinion survey. 
Some 3,000 of them have been polled by Louis Harris Associates
during the past 36 hours. Tonight, their answers are fed into studio computers for an analysis of views on the economy, crime in the streets, youth and drugs, Vietnam, and recreation interests.
Interpreting the data (in the studio and by cross-country telephone hookup) are pollster Louis Harris; former attorney general Ramsey Clark; former presidential assistants Walt Rostow and Bill Moyers; and John Knowles, general director of Massachusetts General Hospital. Viewers may compare their own opinions to those given in the poll. 
Producer Lester Cooper says the program's aim is to "find out what common goals Americans have and how to make them work."

Frank Reynolds is the host. 
                       

Bob Hope's Christmas special from Viet Nam.          

Bob Hope's Christmas special from Viet Nam.   


Dupe of 7746.