January 22nd, 1956-January 21st, 1979. (CBS)
October 4th, 1979-July 10th, 1980 (PBS)
A Sunday morning fixture for more than twenty years on CBS.
Guests from the arts and sciences, as well as concerts, and dramas were all featured regularly.
Camera Three was an American anthology series devoted to the arts. It began as a Sunday afternoon local program on WCBS-TV in New York before moving to the network on CBS at 11:30 a.m. Eastern time, airing from January 22, 1956, to January 21, 1979, and then moved to PBS in its final year to make way for the then-new CBS News Sunday Morning. The PBS version ran from October 4, 1979, to July 10, 1980.
On this episode, Alfred Hitchcock discusses his movie-making suspense techniques with Camera Three moderator, James Macandrew. There are scenes from his first thriller "The Lodger," (1926), "Number 17," (1932), "Foreign Correspondent," (1940), "Notorious," (1946), and "The Birds," (1963).
Alfred Hitchcock reviews his career with many anecdotes reflecting his love and technique for the film making process-past and present.