Matches include Roberto Duran VS. Lou Bizzarro. Duran wins via a 14th round knockout.           

Bouts include Duane Bobick vs. Bunny Johnson, Muhammad Ali vs. Richard Dunn. Bobick wins via 8th round TKO and Ali defeats Dunn via 5th round TKO. Joe Garagiola and Dick Enberg are the commentators.           

Muhammad Ali knocks out Michael Dunn in round 5 of their heavyweight fight in Munich, Germany. This would be the final time Ali would knock down an opponent in the ring.    

Dean Martin is joined by a gallery of baseball greats in this roast of TV sportscaster Joe Garagiola. Taking the dais are Mickey Mantle, Hank Aaron, Yogi Berra, Luis Tiant, Stan Musial, Willie Mays, Maury Wills and Charles O. Finley, owner of the Oakland A's. Other guests include Orson Welles, Charlie Callas, Red Buttons, Nipsey Russell, Shirley Jones, Foster Brooks, Pat Henry, Jack Carter, Norm Crosby, and Jackie Gayle.  


Dupe Of # 2121.                         

A salute to the comic strips.

Host: Carl Reiner

First Telecast: February 11th, 1968.          

Live coverage of the Oregon, Kentucky, and Nevada Presidential primaries. John Chancellor and David Brinkley report.              

Live results of the 1976 Presidential primaries.        

Special narrated by David Brinkley.            

The 20th annual pre-race special from the Indianapolis Speedway in Indianapolis, Indiana. Contains original commercials.

VIDEO TAPED earlier coverage, presented on New York local station WPIX Channel 11 (11:30pm - 1:30am) from the streets of downtown Indianapolis. Bob Hope and Indianapolis Motor Speedway owner Tony Hulman are the co-marshals. 

Host: Bob Barker.                        

Special looking at United States Presidents and their families on camera through the years. Narrated by James Garner.

Dupe of #9194. 

                        

The 108th running of the Belmont Stakes, the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, won by Bold Forbes. Telecast live from Belmont Park in Elmont, NY.                        

Life during the American Revolution is re-created in dramatic vignettes based on letters, diaries, newspaper accounts and songs of the era. Scenes depict the farmers unaccustomed to military life being trained as soldiers; women struggling to feed and cloth their families despite supply shortages. 

                       

Live coverage of the New Jersey, California, and Ohio primaries with host Walter Cronkite.         

The 1976 Entertainment Hall Of Fame Awards.

Hosts: Art Carney, Diahann Carroll, and Lee Grant.                         

Marine and land iguanas are followed from the depths of surrounding seas to the rim of the most active volcano. 
Narrated by Rod Serling. Originally telecast in 1971.            

A documentary about the United States Olympic basketball team's loss to the Russians at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Munich, Germany.

Host: Bud Greenspan.                           

"Jesse Owens returns to Berlin."                                    

Special looking at United States Presidents and their families on camera through the years. Narrated by James Garner.

Dupe of #9195. Original airdate 5-30-76. 

                        

A profile of actor Leonard Nimoy who played "Spock" on the "Star Trek" TV series from 1966-1968.             

The final round of the 76th United States Open Golf Tournament at the Highland Golf Course in Duluth, Georgia. The tournament was won by 22-year-old tour rookie Jerry Pate who captured the $42,000 top prize. Also featured is a tribute to golf legend Bobby Jones.                           

A documentary about the search for a sunken Japanese submarine.
Narrated by Richard Widmark.               

Benny Goodman hosts this tribute spanning 200 years of American music. The songs are performed by instrumental and choral groups from Indiana University.           

A musical/variety salute to Independence Day.     

The Host: Tennessee Ernie Ford. 

A Bicentennial Salute. Independence Day festivities' get off to an early start.

Tennessee Ernie Ford is host f0r this celebration, a blend of music and comedy featuring Anita Bryant, Mike Douglas, the Fifth Dimension, Frank Gorshin, Ed McMahon, Chita Rivera, Kate Smith, Donne Warwick, the Young Americans, the Strategic Air Command Band, the Texas Boys' Choir, the Stars and Stripes Chorale, and Les Brown and his band. 

Video Taped at Oklahoma City's Myriad Convention Center.  

HIGHLIGHTS:

"Day by Day"......................................Anita Bryant
"My Kind of Girl".................................Mike Douglas
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree"
...........................................Tennessee Ernie Ford    
"Unity," "Declaration of Independence"........ Fifth Dimension        

A visit to Boston's North End.             

A visit to historic sites in New York State's Eastern District. 
"New York, the crossroads of 350 years of history."            

Celebrating 200 years of American inventions. Produced by the BBC in association with NBC.

Hosts: James Burke and Raymond Burr            

The Patsy award was originated by the Hollywood office of the American Humane Association in 1939 honoring animal performers. The awards later covered both film and television. The awards ended in 1986. The hosts are Betty White and Allen Ludden.

The Grand Patsy Award Winner: Lola The Bird.       

Walter Cronkite is the anchorman for CBS's daylong bicentennial coverage "our most extensive of any single day since man landed on the moon in 1969," he says. 

Broadcast from 7:30am to 11:00pm (15 & 1/2 hours) 
including  live remotes from more than 40 locales across the US, the program interweaves special features..."Anniversary Reflections" on life in America are offered by (among others) Hank Aaron, historian Daniel Boorstin, theologian Martin Marty, Margaret Mead, Isaac Stern, and Beverly Sills; "Anniversary Almanac" has Hughes Rudd and Sylvia Chase exchanging questions and answers and some trivia...on American history; Charles Kuralt's "On The Road" pieces for the "CBS Evening News" are repeated, with stops including Alabama, Arkansas.

Bicentennial observances covered on CBS TV include:
THE PRESIDENTIAL ITINERARY:
Shortly after 9am President Gerald Ford will participate in ceremonies at Valley Forge where five Conestoga wagon trains are encamped. Between 10and 11 A.M. President Ford will deliver a speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia and sometime after 1:30 P.M., review Operation Sail in New York.

RELIGIOUS SERVICES:
From 8 to 9 A.M. there will be coverage of services throughout the Nation...included are live telecasts of interfaith ceremonies in New York City, Miami and Philadelphia, and taped coverage of a sunrise service at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C.

NAVAL SHOWS:
Operation Sail will be covered beginning at 11 A.M. when hundreds of U.S. and foreign vessels from the 33 foot sloop White Dolphin to the 1039 foot carrier USS Forrestal -  will make their way up New York's Hudson River. 
San Francisco Bay is the scene for the Silver Eagle Regatta, featuring some 1500 sailing craft. The event is covered intermittently thought out the day. 

PARADES:
Atlanta's 16th annual "Salute to America" parade will have a Brazilian samba group, bagpipers, Irish dancers and Big Bird from "Sesame Street."
Philadelphia's parade is big on bancs-a total of 50, one from each state. There will also be a 110 -foot float depicting scenes from early American history. 

MUSIC:
A day filled with music from country to classical, including a New Orleans jazz concert saluting Louis Armstrong, who would have been 76 this day, and a country-music concert from Nashville's Opryland. In the evening, Morton Gould will conduct the American Symphony Orchestra in his "American ballads"; and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir will sing patriotic songs from the mall in Washington, D.C. 
Between 9 and 10 P.M. Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Esplanade Orchestra will perform Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture"; and the St. Louis Symphony will offer music by John Philip Sousa and Stephen Foster. 

FIREWORKS:
Between 7 and 8 P.M., Alistair Cooke will be the host for a BBC show featuring a fireworks exhibition over the Thames River. Live coverage also from New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis and Washington D.C. 

VIKING LANDING:
At approximately 10 P.M., Viking 1 is scheduled to touch down on Mars and begin sending pictures back to Earth. Reports on the mission. 

OTHER EVENTS:
From St. Louis daylong series of music and dance programs, and air and water shows. Coverage will be interspersed throughout the day. Other celebrations covered intermittently will include the Festival of American Folklife in Washington D.C. ; and festivals in New York City and Miami. 

There will also be an reenactment of the Battle of Gettysburg scheduled between 2 and 3 P.M. Also, celebrations, Western style...a rodeo in Greeley Colorado. 

NOTE: This entire broadcast will be transferred from the original 1/4"  master reel to reel tapes (15 & 1/2 hours) to 12 CD discs or to 3 DVD (sound track only) discs allowing for greater continuous listening continuity. 
                                                                                                                    

Live coverage of the nation's 200th birthday from around the country. John Chancellor, David Brinkley, Betty Furness, Catherine Mackin, and Edwin Newman report.            

Live reports, commentary, and taped highlights of today's celebration. Produced by NBC News. John Chancellor and David Brinkley report.            

A variety salute to America's 200th birthday.                  

A 12-hour continuous coast to coast celebration of the nation's 200th birthday. 
Broadcast from 7PM July 3rd, 1976 to 7 AM July 4th, 1976. 

Biendorf's Marathon. The syndicated GREAT AMERICAN CELEBRATION covers events and staged entertainment from a number of outdoor locations around the nation.

The frigate Constellation in Baltimore harbor, with Ed McMahon aboard and the aircraft carrier Constellation in San Diego Bay, with Jackie Cooper aboard, are the hubs of Bicentennial activities.

Scheduled intermittent coverage.....an all-night stage show at Fort McHenry, Maryland; festivities activities at Kings Island, Ohio; military pageantry outside the nation's capital, and taped interviews with historical figures portrayed by celebrities.
Scheduled to be on hand.....Mike Douglas, Roger Miller, Roy Clark, Steve Allen, Lynn Anderson, Kirk Douglas, Labelle.
                                             

A salute to America on her 200th birthday.

Host: Paul Anka         

Live coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention from Madison Square Garden in New York City.           

Live coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Host: Walter Cronkite                      

Live gavel to gavel NBC Television continuing live coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention from Madison Square Garden in New York City. 

The Democratic Party tackles an all-day agenda.

THE CREDENTIALS REPORT precedes the traditional floor debate during which challenges to the legitimacy of some delegated are raised and resolved.

THE RULES REPORT nominates a woman as permanent chairman, fulfilling a mandate from the 1972 convention. Republican Lindy Boggs of Louisiana wins unanimously. 

THE PLATFORM REPORT lists the Democratic position on national issues. 
Among the goals: a complete overhaul of the tax system; enactment of a national health-insurance plan; and a $5 billion cut in defense spending. 

                   

Live coverage of The 1976 Democratic National Convention from Madison Square Garden in New York City. Dates covered are July 13th and 14th, 1976.   Many hours archived. Please request specific segment for confirmation.               

Special live radio coverage of the Roll Call Of The States.
Coverage of July 14th and 15th, 1976.        

Live coverage of the fourth session of The 1976 Democratic National Convention from Madison Square Garden in New York City.

Host: Walter Cronkite

Continuing live coverage of the 1976 Democratic National Convention from Madison Square Garden in New York City. 
Dates of coverage are July 15th and 16th, 1976.          

Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia announces his choice for Vice-Presidential running mate; Senator Walter Mondale of Minnesota.            

Governor Jimmy Carter of Georgia accepts the Democratic nomination for President of the United States and addresses the Democratic convention on "our nation's past and future."           

Live coverage of opening ceremonies of the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal, Canada. 

Host: Jim McKay                         

This is a rebroadcast of October 2nd, 1974. See #8711 for details.                                     

Live coverage of the XXI Summer Olympic Games from Montreal, Canada. Jim McKay reports.             

George Cukor is profiled.                         

A wrap-up and review of the XXI Summer Olympic Games from Montreal, Canada. Jim McKay is the host.