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#10954: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE

1954-04-23, WNBC, min.

February 14th, 1949-October 26th, 1956

A fifteen-minute nightly newscast hosted by John Cameron Swayze. It was replaced on October 29th, 1956 by the Huntley-Brinkley Report. 

News highlights of the day with host John Cameron Swayze. A young right fielder for the Milwaukee Braves hits the first of his 755 career home runs playing against the St. Louis Cardinals on this day. His name: Henry (Hank) Aaron.

#6177: NBC RADIO SPORTS

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1967-12-19, NBC, 5 min.

Hank Aaron is announced the winner of the 1967 NL MVP award by the Baseball Writers Association of America.

#18738: THIS WAS A MAN: JACKIE ROBINSON

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1972-10-27, ABC, 21 min.

  A Special Report about Jackie Robinson by Howard Cosell on the day of Robinson's funeral (October 27, 1972).

Admiration of Brooklyn Dodger baseball player (1947-1956), on and off the field, by the people who knew him and admired him. This ABC TV Special is joined in progress. There are reminiscences by Ralph Branca, and  Bobby Bragan, teammates of Robinson in 1947...challenges for Jackie during his rookie year when he first played for the Brooklyn Dodgers. 
Other reflections are espoused by Buzzie Bavasi, Bill Veeck, Hank Aaron, Martin Stone, who was Jackie Robinson's attorney, Marian Logan, who worked with Jackie Robinson, basketball great Bill Russell, and eldest son of Jackie Robinson, David Robinson. 
 
At the funeral of Robinson, Jesse Jackson talks to Howard Cosell about the eulogy he just delivered.

Another segment included is an interview Howard Cosell had with Jackie Robinson as both were leaving the funeral of Gil Hodges (April 1972). Jackie looks back at his past and reflects on his life and career, including the tragic recent loss of his son Jackie Robinson Jr. 

NOTE: This SPECIAL Jackie Robinson tribute report produced by Howard Cosell is not only lost to history as a television broadcast, in any form, it is little known/remembered to even archivists that it ever was broadcast.

#17491: MERV GRIFFIN SHOW, THE:

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1973-10-23, SYN, min.

October 1, 1962-March 29, 1963 (NBC); 1965-1969 (Syndicated); August 18, 1969-February 11, 1972 (CBS); 1972-1986 (Syndicated).

Guests: Billie Jean King, Mark Spitz, Hank Aaron, Johnny Unitas.

#2613: FLIP WILSON SHOW, THE

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1973-11-15, WNBC, 52 min.

September 17, 1970-June 27, 1974. A successful variety hour hosted by Flip Wilson.

#2091: DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE

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1974-03-29, WNBC, 52 min.

Baseball star Hank Aaron is the object of this week's roast. Pitching the barbs are Lou Rawls, Joey Bishop, Eddie Matthews, Dizzy Dean, Foster Brooks, Audrey Meadows, Norm Crosby, Lynn Anderson, Nipsey Russell, Jackie Kahane and Jeannie Burnier.

#10929: NBC PRESENTS A SALUTE TO HENRY AARON

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1974-04-08, NBC, 25 min.

      SPECIAL Primetime Nationally televised baseball game, Opening Night between the Atlanta Braves and Los Angeles at Atlanta Stadium where 53,000 fans have come to see Hank Aaron break Babe Ruth's record for most home runs by a player in a career.  
Curt Gowdy and Joe Garagiola are in the booth. 
Special pre-game ceremonies.   
Gowdy calls home run number 715. He exclaims, "He did it! Aaron now the all time home run leader." 

The game is stopped for almost 10 minutes as Hank Aaron is given a diamond ring on the field commemorating what he had just accomplished.  Aaron at the microphone thanks all of his fans. Monte Irvin presents Hank with a gold watch with the engraving on it, "Greatest Home Run Hitter Of All Time." 

Included in this air check is the News recapping this momentous day in sports. We hear Hank Aaron talking with reporters after the 7 to 4 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He states that he is relieved that it is over.

#829: A SALUTE TO HANK AARON: HOME RUN NUMBER 715

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1974-04-08, NBC & CBS, 41 min.

A special Monday Night Baseball presentation with pre-game ceremonies salutes Henry Aaron who speaks to a full house from Atlanta, Georgia before the game. Curt Gowdy, Joe Garagiola and Tony Kubek are in the Broadcasting Booth. The National Anthem is sung by Miss Pearl Bailey for this Brave and Dodgers contest. Hank Aaron's first plate appearance in the second inning is a walk. But coming to bat for the second time, Aaron hits career home run number 715 and Hank Aaron thanks his fans and receives special gifts including a ring and a watch, presented by Monte Irvin on behalf of Commissioner Bowie Kuhn, who is not in attendance. Gowdy, Garagiola, and Kubek discuss the significance of the 715 home runs before the game resumes. Also on this tape is a CBS news broadcast from Los Angeles. Ross Porter recounts the events of the day and in addition, a CBS next day news program with aftermath reactions is presented. Aaron is interviewed at his home the morning after. There is a poignant editorial reflection on the comparison of Babe Ruth to Hank Aaron by CBS News correspondent Eric Sevareid on the National Evening News with Walter Cronkite. Roger Mudd substituting.

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.

#7986: DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST, THE

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1976-05-25, NBC, 52 min.

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.

#8333: IN CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED STATES

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1976-07-04, CBS, 930 min.

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.

#10022: INAUGURAL EVE SPECIAL

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1977-01-19, NBC, 150 min.

The Inaugural Ball for President-Elect Jimmy Carter who will be sworn in as the nation's 39th President the next day. 

Duplicate of # 8325.

#8325: INAUGURAL EVE SPECIAL

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1977-01-19, NBC, 150 min.

The Inaugural Ball for President-Elect Jimmy Carter who will be sworn in as the nation's 39th President the next day.      

This entertainment extravaganza program is telecast live from the John F. Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. and it has array of hosts, including Hank Aaron, Shirley MacLaine, Paul Newman, Freddie Prinze Jean Stapleton, John Wayne Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, Jack Albertson, 

NOTE: The first time such Gala Salute, the night before a president is sworn into office, has been televised in its entirety.

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#10954: CAMEL NEWS CARAVAN, THE

1954-04-23, WNBC, min.

#6177: NBC RADIO SPORTS

1967-12-19, NBC, 5 min.

#18738: THIS WAS A MAN: JACKIE ROBINSON

1972-10-27, ABC, 21 min.

#17491: MERV GRIFFIN SHOW, THE:

1973-10-23, SYN, min.

#2613: FLIP WILSON SHOW, THE

1973-11-15, WNBC, 52 min.

#2091: DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE

1974-03-29, WNBC, 52 min.

#10929: NBC PRESENTS A SALUTE TO HENRY AARON

1974-04-08, NBC, 25 min.

#829: A SALUTE TO HANK AARON: HOME RUN NUMBER 715

1974-04-08, NBC & CBS, 41 min.

#2121: DEAN MARTIN SHOW, THE

1976-05-25, WNBC, 52 min.

#7986: DEAN MARTIN CELEBRITY ROAST, THE

1976-05-25, NBC, 52 min.

#8333: IN CELEBRATION OF THE UNITED STATES

1976-07-04, CBS, 930 min.

#10022: INAUGURAL EVE SPECIAL

1977-01-19, NBC, 150 min.

#8325: INAUGURAL EVE SPECIAL

1977-01-19, NBC, 150 min.