WHEN TELEVISION WAS YOUNG (TV)
Summary
The special is a retrospective of the social history of television programming, circa 1948-1961. Host Charles Kuralt describes and illustrates the kinescope process. Excerpts include coverage of the following topics and people: Burns and Allen; news programs with Edward P. Morgan and Douglas Edwards; newsreels and propaganda; Art Carney and Jackie Gleason; children's programs, including "Captain Video"; the growth of television; performers Milton Berle, Ernie Kovacs, Red Skelton, Alan Young, Dick Van Dyke and Lucille Ball; reporter Edward R. Murrow; the Korean War; blacklisting; Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy; Mary Martin and Noel Coward; the 1954 Army-McCarthy hearings; Sid Caesar's "Gallipacci"; President Harry S Truman's 1951 dismissal of General MacArthur; Bishop Fulton J. Sheen; a comedy and entertainment montage; quiz show scandals with comments by Frank Stanton of CBS and a look at how shows were rigged; Rex Harrison rehearsing for "My Fair Lady"; anthology drama with Charlton Heston, James Dean, and others; the 1952 Republican Convention; John F. Kennedy's 1956 bid for vice president; the 1960 presidential campaign; and Don Larsen's perfect game in the 1956 World Series. Includes commercials.
Cataloging of this program was made possible by the CBS Foundation, 1998.
Details
- NETWORK: CBS
- DATE: April 28, 1977 9:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:49:16
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T83:0222
- GENRE: Public affairs/Documentaries
- SUBJECT HEADING: Army-McCarthy Controversy, 1954; Baseball; Game/Quiz programs - Scandals; Sports; TV - History; TV - Social aspects; TV - Technology - Kinescope process; U S Elections - 1960; World Series - 1960
- SERIES RUN: CBS - TV, 1977
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Perry Wolff … Executive Producer, Writer
- Max Wilk … Producer
- Judith Hole … Co-Producer
- John Dullaghan … Associate Producer
- Charles Kuralt … Reporter
- Sid Caesar
- James Dean
- Rex Harrison
- Charlton Heston
- John F. Kennedy
- John F. Kennedy
- Don Larsen
- Douglas MacArthur
- Joseph R. McCarthy
- Richard M. Nixon
- Fulton J. Sheen
- Frank Stanton
- Harry S. Truman