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LA BOHEME 1953 - Host Alastair Cooke with the Metropolitan Opera - original telecast from Kinescope
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POPENDIPITY 1967 - Frank Converse reading poetry introduced by Robie Porter - backed up The Cake
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JOSEPH CONRAD 1974 - Patrick Stewart as Joseph Conrad being interviewed about his book Amy Foster
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JULIUS CAESAR 1951 – Robert Speaight, Cecil Trouncer, Henry Oscar - William Shakespeare
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Patrick Garland interviews Mime legend Marcel Marceau in 1972
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THE MISER 1988 - Nigel Hawthorne, Janet Suzman - play by Moliere
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SHERLOCK HOLMES THE MUSICAL 1988 Ron Moody, Derek Waring - written by Leslie Bricusse
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WASTE 1977 Joyce Carey, Heather Chasen, Annette Crosbie, Hannah Gordon, Donald Pickering
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MR. LOLLIPOP M.A. 1978 - Charles Williams, Flora Robson - written by Rhydderch Jones - Welsh drama
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THE GAY LORD QUEX 1983 - Lucy Gutteridge, Anton Rodgers, Seretta Wilson - directed by Claude Whatham
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THE DRINKING PARTY 1965 Alan Bennett, Michael Gough, Leo McKern director Jonathan Miller
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HIGH GREEN WALL 1954 - Joseph Cotten, Thomas Gomez - story by Evelyn Waugh from A Handful of Dust
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PEER GYNT 1972 - Colin Blakely, Wendy Hiller, Fransesca Annis - play by Ibsen - director Alan Cooke
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BLESS 'EM ALL 1955 - TV special celebrating the 10th anniversary of VE Day - Jack Warner routine
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BEYOND THE FRINGE 1964 - Alan Bennett, Peter Cook, Dudley Moore, Jonathan Miller - Timeless comedy
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LEE OSWALD: ASSASSIN 1966 - Tony Bill as Oswald, Paul Maxwell - directed by Rudolph Cartier
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THE CHICAGO CONSPIRACY TRIAL 1970 - Morris Carnovsky, Ronny Cox, Cliff Gorman, Al Freeman Jr.
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ON TRIAL - J. Robert Oppenheimer - Security Risk 1970 - Stephen Murray, Lee Montague
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BOLD JOURNEY – Silver Caravan 1957 – host John Stephenson with Wally Byam founder of Airstream
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BOLD JOURNEY Northern Guide 1957 - Mountain Guide leads expedition to Mt. McKinley
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BOLD JOURNEY 1958 – Journey Over Land to Kathmandu - Oxford Cambridge Far Eastern Expedition 16mm
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THE TRAGICAL HISTORY OF DOCTOR FAUSTUS - English – Made for TV 1958 – William Squire, James Maxwell
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THE AMBASSADORS 1977 Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Delphine Seyrig, Gayle Hunnicut - novel Henry James
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WOMEN IN CRISIS - WITH LOVE AND TEARS 1964 - Katharine Blake - directed by William Slater
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CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETOLD 1987 - Gian Maria Volonte, Anthony Delon - English language version
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1974 The Ambassador - Eddie Albert, Victor Buono - directed by Glenn Jordan
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ARTHUR FREED'S HOLLYWOOD MELODY 1962 - A salute to the Hollywood Musical - opening credits
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NIGHT OF A 100 STARS 1977 - Host John Mills introducing Floradora - Jeremy Brett, Patrick Cargill
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NORTH OF THE YUKON 1972 Lorne Greene narrator a k a The Legend of Amaluk
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WHITE GUARD 1960 - Marius Goring - directed by Rudolph Cartier - novel by Mikhail A. Bulgakov
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THE CASE OF ELIZA ARMSTRONG 1974 - hosted by historian David Jones
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GHOST SONOTA 1962 Jeremy Brett, Robert Helpmann - play by August Strindberg - director Stuart Burge
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FORD TV COMMERCIAL 1950 with Ed Sullivan
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BREAKING POINT 1963 Paul Richards, Lou Antonio, Ralph Meeker - 1st time word homosexual used on TV
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1964 - Sammy Davis Jr. - host Earl Wrightson
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1963 - A Tribute to Cole Porter - hosted by Alfred Drake
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1959 - Early history of Musical Theatre – Jack Russell, Jacquelynne Moody
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1959 The European Influences on Broadway – Earl Wrightson, Barbara Meister
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DISC JOCKEY 1951 Tommy Dorsey, Russ Morgan, George Shearing - lost musical with 28 real-life D.J.'s
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THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE 1973 Rex Harrison, Frank Finlay - novel by Cervantes
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THE VELVET GLOVE 1977 - Beyond This Life - Vivien Merchant as Elizabeth Fry
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SHAW VS SHAKESPEARE 1970 Richard Kiley as Julius Caesar, Donald Moffatt as George Bernard Shaw
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THE GAMBLER 1968 - Dame Edith Evans, Maurice Roeves, Lisa Danieley - novel by Fyodor Dostoevsky
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THE TEMPEST 1956 - Robert Eddison, Douglas Wilmer - Play by William Shakespeare - lost TV production
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TOKLAT 1971 - Leon Ames as a mountain man befriending a Grizzly bear - lost nature film
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1964 Host Earl Wrightson with composer Morton Gould
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1964 Robert Preston promoting Ben Franklin in Paris Alfredo Antonini
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1961 guest Richard Rodgers interviewed by Jim Morske
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1961 Host Jim Morske talking about Barbershop Quartets
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WE THE PEOPLE 200: THE CONSTITUTIONAL GALA 1987 Walter Matthau - talking about the Supreme Court
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YOU ARE THERE 1955 - The Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - DeForest Kelley, Tyler McVey, Barry Atwater
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LONG DAY'S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT Made for TV 1982 Ruby Dee - play written by Eugene O'Neill
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THE AMBASSADORS 1977 Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Delphine Seyrig - novel by Henry James
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A FLAME TO THE PHOENIX 1983 Harrowing scene of Nazi invasion of Poland
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YOU ARE THERE 1957 - The End of the Dalton Gang - Walter Cronkite, Malcolm Atterbury
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HENRY V 1966 - Douglas Rain, William Hutt - directed by Lorne Freed - William Shakespeare
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ABC's Silver Anniversary 1978 Cliff Robertson introducing a clip with Rex Harrison & Lilli Palmer
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1974 The Ambassador - Eddie Albert, Gig Young, Clive Reville, Frank Langella
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DRIVE SAFELY 1958 - Louis Nye - Public Service Advertisement
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JULIUS CAESAR 1959 Eric Porter,. Michael Gough William Shakespeare producer Stuart Burge
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THE WINTER'S TALE 1962 Robert Shaw, Patrick Macnee, Sarah Badel - play by William Shakespeare
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IN PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES 1960 Arthur Kennedy, Charles Laughton, Robert Redford, Susan Kohner
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MADISON SQUARE GARDEN 1932 - Jack Oakie - with a huge list of cameos by athletes & sports writers
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DANGEROUS JOURNEY 1944 - Rare documentary opening credits - Directors Armand Denis & Leila Roosevel
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THE SPREAD OF THE EAGLE 1963 The Colossus -Barry Jones, Peter Cushing, Paul Eddington Julius Caesar
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THE SPREAD OF THE EAGLE 1963 The Hero - Robert Hardy, Roland Culver - Coriolanus - Shakespeare
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THE SPREAD OF THE EAGLE 1963 The Serpent - Keith Michell, Mary Morris - Antony & Cleopatra
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NAVY LOG 1955 Operation Three in One - Korean War drama - Lawrence Dobkin, Richard Benedict
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NAVY LOG 1957 PT 109 - John Baer as John F. Kennedy - PT boat struck by a Japanese destroyer
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IN PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES 1960 - Robert Redford, George Macready - written by Rod Serling
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IN MY DEFENCE 1991 I Would Rather Die - Edward Woodward - Armenian Genocide drama
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JULIUS CAESAR 1959 - Michael Gough as Cassius, Edward Woodward as Titinius - William Shakespeare
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FRONT PAGE CHALLENGE 1962 - Fred Davis, Gordon Sinclair, Pierre Berton & guest Sir Edmund Hillary
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DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS JR. PRESENTS 1955 - Atlantic Night - Andre Morell as the Captain of the Titanic
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ROMEO AND JULIET 1967 - Hywel Bennett, Michael Gambon - narrator John Gielgud - William Shakespeare
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CHRISTMAS EVE WITH CHARLES LAUGHTON 1952 - Unique TV special with the Oscar winning actor on NBC
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1962 with Earl Wrightson, Susan Johnson, Val Curtis Irving Berlin tribute
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1960 Dancer John Bubbles with host Jim Morske guest conductor Howard Smith
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ALICE IN WONDERLAND 1955 Gillian Barber hosted and produced by Maurice Evans
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CALIFORNIA1954 Hosted by Thomas Mitchell - star studded State funded Promotional film
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HEDDA GABLER 1954 - Tallulah Bankhead - play by Henrik Ibsen - directed by Alex Segal
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JOHN F KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL GALA 1961 Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra host
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JOHN F KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL GALA 1961 Sidney Poitier, Fredric March
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IRONHAND 1965 Michael Goodlife - directed by Rudolph Cartier - play by Goethe
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OMNIBUS 1972 A Modern Turn of Mind - Starring Donald Pleasence as Julius Caesar novel by Rex Warner
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1961 Host Jim Morske interviews 3 time Oscar winner Alan Jay Lerner
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SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MILL 1978 - Tony Lewis interviewing Sir Bernard Miles
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MEANWHILE BACK AT THE RANCH lyrics Leslie Bricusse singer Eddie Dean - starring every western star
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NAVY LOG 1955 The Leave Cruiser U.S.S. Toledo - opening filmed on U.S.S. Hancock
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NAVY LOG 1956 The Gimmick-Aircraft carrier U.S.S. Shangri La pilot struggling for carrier landings
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NAVY LOG 1957 Pentagon Story -Story of Lt. John J. Koelsch posthumous winner of The Medal of Honor
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SWORD OF HONOUR 1967 Edward Woodward, James Villiers, Freddie Jones - book by Evelyn Waugh
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SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MILL 1981 Adrian Love interviewing acclaimed arranger/conductor Nelson Riddle
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IKE 1986 E..G Marshall as Dwight D. Eisenhower, Alice Haining - directed by Charles Jarrott
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RASPUTIN 1971 - Robert Stephens, Peter Barkworth, Isabel Dean - directed by Alan Cooke
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THE RISE OF ADOLF HITLER 1953 - Walter Cronkite, Paul Richards - directed by Bernard Girard
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JOHN F KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL GALA 1961 Bette Davis, Frank Sinatra
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NIGHT OF 100 STARS 1977 - Host Kenneth More with Leslie Phillips, Richard Todd, Phyllis Calvert
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GENERAL ELECTRIC'S ALL-STAR ANNIVERSARY 1978 - James Whitmore as Will Rogers
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TEST PILOT 1958 John Agar - the real Top Gun pilots - Andrews Air Force Base - failed TV pilot
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SIR ROGER CASEMENT 1960 - Peter Wyndarde an Irish Nationlist executed for Treason during WWI
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JULIUS CAESAR 1960 - James Maxwell, John Laurie, Michael Goodliffe, Ray Brooks, Wilfrid Brambell
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1974 THE WHIRLWIND - Lloyd Bridges, Beau Bridges, Susan Sarandon, Scott Hylands
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THE ADVENTURES OF DON QUIXOTE 1973 Rex Harrison - directed by Alvin Rakoff - novel by Cervantes
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GOING FOR A SONG 1977 Edward Woodward, Diane Keen - host Max Robertson
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DANGER ON THE EDGE OF TOWN 1991 - Harrowing documentary about the disappearance of Sean Flynn
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CHURCHILL'S PEOPLE 1975 March On Boys Ian Hendry, Clive Francis, Annette Crosbie, Bernard Hepton
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SPY 1980 Cynthia - Holly Palance as Amy Elizabeth Thorpe codenamed Cynthia - WWII super spy
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GE TRUE 1962 Mile Long Shot to Kill Civil War history of the telescopic rifle Russell Johnson
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DYNAMO A LIFE OF MICHAEL FARADAY 1967 Semi-documentary starring Ian Richardson as famous scientist
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TWELFTH NIGHT 1957 Maurice Evans, Rosemary Harris, Denholm Elliott, Lloyd Bochner - Shakespeare
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WE THE PEOPLE 1987 George Peppard, Eli Wallach, Fritz Weaver, Stefanie Powers, Dorian Harewood
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IT'S CHILDSPLAY 1976 - Hilarious finale Morecambe & Wise with child writer of sketch
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THE RIGHT MAN 1960 Richard Boone as Abraham Lincoln lost tv show
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THE RIGHT MAN 1960 Art Carney as FDR -rare drama chronicling presidential campaigns
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THE MIRACLE WORKER 1957 Teresa Wright, Burl Ives directed by Arthur Penn - frightening opening
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TAMING OF THE SHREW Maurice Evans, Lilli Palmer, Diane Cilento, John Colicos - William Shakespeare
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KING RICHARD II 1954 Starring Maurice Evans, Sarah Churchill - Director George Schaefer, Shakespeare
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ON BROADWAY TONIGHT August 12 1964 - Rudy Vallee & Robert Horton
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RING OF PASSION 1978 tv movie Bernie Casey as Joe Louis, Stephen Macht as Max Schmeling
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MR CHARLES LAUGHTON 1952 Christmas Special with seasonal readings
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THE TRIAL OF LADY CHATTERLEY 1980 - Ludovic Kennedy, Edward Woodward
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BERMONDSEY 1972 Edward Fox, Dinsdale Landen written by John Mortimer - 1st TV same sex kissing scene
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JOHN F KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL GALA 1961 Frank Sinatra, Milton Berle, Bill Dana
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THE CHRISTOPHERS 1960 - Rare & interesting interview with Basil Rathbone
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HI, MOM 1957 Shari Lewis with Lamb Chop & Charlie Horse New York morning show
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JOHN F KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL GALA 1961 Comedian Alan KIng sarcasm at it's best
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WE THE PEOPLE 200: THE CONSTITUTIONAL GALA 1987 - Gregory Peck & the U.S. Constitution
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WE THE PEOPLE 1987 Rich Little's finest hour doing Murrow, Churchill, JFK, FDR, RFK, Fonda, KIng
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IT IS MIDNIGHT DR SCHWEITZER 1953 Andre Morell - one of the earliest surviving live broadcasts
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COMETS AMONG THE STARS 1975 - Ralph Richardson - the story of Banting & Best discovering Insulin
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THE LIVES OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 1974 - The Ambassador Gig Young, Frank Langella
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NORTH OF THE YUKON 1972 - Narrated by Lorne Greene - a.k.a. The Legend of Amaluk: An Arctic Odyssey
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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF 1964 - Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick on TV less than 4 weeks after opening
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1961 - EILEEN BARTON singing I don't care - host Jim Morske
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BROTHER OF THE WIND 1972 - Leon Ames - acclaimed nature film
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LAMP AT MIDNIGHT 1966 Melvyn Douglas as Galileo, Kim Hunter, Roy Scheider rare tv drama
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JULIUS CAESAR 1959 - Eric Porter, Robert Perceval, William Sylvester - William Shakespeare
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THE LIFE OF HENRY V 1957 - Bernard Hepton, John Neville, Michael Bates - William Shakespeare
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NAVY LOG 1956 Incident at Formosa Martin Milner, James Lydon Korean War drama
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1961 Carol Channing - host Jim Morske educational television
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1962 Bob Fosse, Gwen Verdon, host Earl Wrightson
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AMERICAN MUSICAL THEATRE 1961 - Richard Rodgers, Jim Morske - conductor Alfredo Antonini
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A KING'S STORY 1967 Duke of Windsor narrator Orson Welles lost documentary
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ADOLF HITLER 1941 unique wartime documentary lost film
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