September 24th, 1951-February 1st, 1980 (CBS) 

Love Of Life was a CBS daytime drama set in the town of Barrowsville. It premiered as a fifteen-minute show and on April 14th, 1958 was expanded to thirty minutes. In 1962 it was trimmed to a twenty-five-minute format. Over the years, the fictional town was changed to Rosehill. 
The show was originally created by John Hess. 

Daytime CBS serial. Includes commercials.  


                                                                           

The late-night news with Tom Dunn. A report on the death of Cardinal Francis Spellman.             

The late news from WCBS-TV with Tom Dunn.            

The 1968 concert at Berkeley.           

The 11 PM newscast with Tom Dunn. A flu outbreak in New York City. Sal Marchiano with sports news subbing for Frank Gifford.
A commercial for Parliament Cigarettes.              

Report on the Surveyor V11 moon landing, another heart transplant is performed. The recipient is 57-year-old Louis Block.                        

January 15, 1968 - September 6, 1968

 PREMIERE OF THE LES CRANE SHOW which airs five nights a week for one hour. Broadcast locally from New York on WNEW Channel 5 New York. Again,Crane's tenure in this format, late night, competing against Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on NBC as well as The Joey Bishop Show on ABC, would not last as ratings never climbed. The show ended seven and half months after it began with the final broadcast, September 6, 1968, ending Les Crane's television talk show career which began in New York only five years before...totaling in that span of time only 22 months of actual broadcasting. 

 Les Crane's guests are Timothy Leary and Max Rafferty who debate the topic of drugs.    

Duplicate of # V5.                                                                                      

 PREMIERE OF THE LES CRANE SHOW which airs five nights a week for one hour. Broadcast locally from New York on WNEW Channel 5 New York. Again,Crane's tenure in this format, late night, competing against Johnny Carson's Tonight Show on NBC as well as The Joey Bishop Show on ABC, would not last as ratings never climbed. The show ended seven and half months after it began with the final broadcast, September 6, 1968, ending Les Crane's television talk show career which began in New York only five years before...totaling in that span of time only 22 months of actual broadcasting. 

 Les Crane's guests are Timothy Leary and Max Rafferty who debate the topic of drugs.                                                               

A pro and con discussion on the Viet Nam war.

Duplicate of #V6.                                                  

A pro and con discussion on the Viet Nam war.                                    

President Lyndon Johnson gives a speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.                          

The adventures of Robin Hood as he and his men romp through Sherwood Forest robbing the rich and helping the poor.   

Emmy - winner Alan Handley directed this musical about Robin Hood and his band of brigands. 

Songs by Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen.

 This musical adventure film tells the story of the legendary outlaw hero Robin Hood. The story begins as Robin Hood rescues a man from execution, and troubadour Alan-a-Dale sings of Robin's benevolent attempts to stop the cruelty of Prince John, who has taken over in England in his older brother Richard's absence. 

CAST:

Noel Harrison …  Alan-a-Dale
Roddy McDowall … Prince John
Steve Forrest …  The Sheriff of Nottingham
Walter Slezak …  Friar Tuck
Bruce Yarnell …  Little John
Victor Buono …   Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Douglas Fairbanks Jr. … King Richard I
David Watson … Robin Hood
Lee Beery … Maid Marian
Arte Johnson … Much
Harvey Jason … Will Scarlett
Bill Egan … Will Stutley
Gil Stuart … The Herald

Highlights:

"Average," "I Dearly Do Love to Eat," "Every Time You Make the Ends Meet," "Ever So Gently," "Pritee Please," "Out in the Open Air," "Let Me Through , Kind Sir, Let me Through," "A Happy Happenstance," "The Star Beyond the Star," "Nottingham Fair," "The Legend of Robin Hood," and other arrangements.   

NOTE: A Rare version of this television musical broadcast not found in most archives or readily accessible. Phil Gries had to bake this tape, not played back in over 54 years and in critical condition. Gries had to slowly restore this NBC TV special slowly equalizing as best as possible in stages, saving most of the broadcast (54 minutes sans commercials).                           

A discussion on the subject of "Rich Jews." Panel, Rabbi Bill Kramer, Stephen M. Burmingham, and Jack Hirshman. 

  A rare complete Les Crane Show broadcast archived on video in the collection of Archival Television Audio, Inc.                                              

President speaks to America for 43 minutes about Vietnam and his attempts at peace negotiations. He says the bombing of North Vietnam will be reduced. He announces he will not run for reelection in November. Anchor Edwin Newman evaluates the speech. Senators Walter Mondale, Henry Jackson, and Clifford Case comment. Also reporting for NBC News are Herb Kaplow, Elie Abel, Ray Scherer, and Charles Quinn. Also, an excerpt from CBS News on the speech. Roger Mudd and Dan Rather comment.                                        

President Lyndon B. Johnson's radio address to the Broadcasters Union in Chicago, Illinois.         

President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the nation regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.            

President Lyndon B. Johnson addresses the nation regarding the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King.