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12 14. 1 Television Promos

1) THE 4:30 MOVIE: silhouettes of film crew in action Kodachrome color

2) THE 4:30 MOVIE: silhouettes of film crew in action Kodachrome color

3) THE 4:30 MOVIE: silhouettes of film crew in action Kodachrome color

4) 1956 POLITICAL CONVENTIONS: animation plug for ABC-TV coverage of the Democratic and Republican presidential conventions #5

5) 1956 POLITICAL CONVENTIONS: animation plug for ABC-TV coverage of the Democratic and Republican presidential conventions #4

6) RICH MAN, POOR MAN: previews of next week's show

   7) RICH MAN, POOR MAN: previews of next week's show

    8) TENAFLY: black police detective stars James McEachin

   9) THE FLIP WILSON SHOW

   10) THE SNOOP SISTERS:

   11) THE SNOOP SISTERS:

12) FARADAY AND COMPANY:

   13) FARADAY AND COMPANY:

   14) ADAM-12: discuss moral issues―one is hard, the other is a softie

   15) ADAM-12:

   16) BANACEK:

   17) BANACEK:

   18) NBC SATURDAY MORNING PROGRAMS:

            ―INCH HIGH PRIVATE EYE

            ―THE ADDAMS FAMILY: animated

            ―EMERGENCY PLUS 4: animated

            ―BUTCH CASSIDY: animated

            ―STAR TREK: animated

            ―SIGMUND AND THE SEAMONSTER:

19) NEEDLES AND PINS:

   20) NEEDLES AND PINS:

   21) HEC RAMSEY:

2 2 2) HEC RAMSEY:

23) THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA:

   24) THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA:

   25) THE MAGICIAN:

   26) THE MAGICIAN:

   27) CHASE:

   28) CHASE:

   29) DIANA:

   30) LOTSA LUCK:

   31) THE ABC TUESDAY NIGHT LINEUP:

            ―COMBAT:

            ―THE ROUNDERS:

            ―THE PRUITTS OF SOUTH HAMPTON:

            ―LOVE ON A ROOFTOP:

            ―THE FUGITIVE:

32) THE PRUITTS OF SOUTH HAMPTON:

   33) HEC RAMSEY:

   34) LOTSA LUCK:

   35) WCLR RADIO: promo for "soft music" local Chicago radio station―John Doremus voice over

36) WILD KINGDOM:

37) WILD KINGDOM:

38) WILD KINGDOM: message re environment and ecology

39) THE MAGICIAN: Bill Bixby

40) THE GIRL WITH SOMETHING EXTRA:

41) FARADAY AND COMPANY:

42) FARADAY AND COMPANY:

43) DIANA:

44) McMILLAN AND WIFE: Rock Hudson, Susan Saint James

45) THE SNOOP SISTERS: Helen Hayes, Mildred Natwick

46) ADAM-12:

47) ADAM-12:

48) NEEDLES & PINS: Louis Nye

49) EMERGENCY:

50) BANACEK:

14.2 Television Promos

1) DOUGLAS EDWARDS AND THE NEWS: intros and outros for the Columbia Records commercials in show from 1952―good example of how commercial early CBS-TV news was―advertises Paganini D-Major Concerto just released―stresses LP over 78 rpm albums―sponsored by Columbia on Tuesdays and Thursdays

2) THE HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT: day in the life of NBC News as it prepares for the Huntley-Brinkley telecast

3) ABC NEWS: promo for its coverage of election results

4) CBS NEWS PRESENTATION: 10 second opening

5) NEWSFRONT: busy opening for this show

6) TALK OF NEW YORK: Carol Reed hosts this WCBS Radio talk show

7) NET: opening for its productions―10 seconds

8) CONFIDENTIAL FILE: opening

9) CBS SPORTS: horse racing promo from 1964

10) NBC SPORTS: opening for American Football League telecast

11) NBC SPORTS: generic opening

12) WMAQ-TV BILLBOARD: Channel 5 in Chicago

13) WLS-TV NEWS: Fahey Flynn and his Chicago crew offered as News of The Day newsreel―humorous (Clio winner for 1971)

14) WLS-TV NEWS: how did John Drury get to join the Chicago news team?―-humorous from Sedelmaier

15) THE ANNIVERSARY GAME: George Smithers plays executive hopscotch and sinks through the stage―shows stars Al Hamel

16) WLS-TV NEWS: how did Flynn, Daly, Frink, and Coleman get together?―from nursery to multiple car accident―"the refreshing new brand of television news"―Sedelmaier

17) WGN COLOR PRESENTATION: billboard 5 seconds

18) KWGN COLOR PRESENTATION: billboard 5 seconds―same as No. 17

19) CBC-TV PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL: pro football stadium in the snow―still pictures―Canadian

20) CBS-TV PROFESSIONAL FOOTBALL: much football action here from 1950s National Football League NFL―no voice over

21) EYE ON NEW YORK: opening

22) CHRONICLE: opening to this CBS news show in 1963-1964

23) WIN YOUR WEIGHT IN MONEY CONTEST: WCBS Radio game―man tries to punch his hand through a paper bag

24) CBS BILLBOARD: 5 seconds

25) WORLD WAR I: opening to the documentary series―montage of barbed wire

26) DEAR HEART: promo for Andy William's record album―NOT A TV PROMO

27) DRACULA HAS RISEN FROM THE GRAVE: film promo―"Hello, I'm a mother with a problem" as Mrs. Dracula flashes her fangs at the end―NOT A TV PROMO

28) WNDT-TV PROMO: two men watching TV sets―one watching Educational Television is clearly learning things from his, the other is just passing time―animated with jazz score―Channel 13

29) ABC-TV BILLBOARD: promo piece for the ABC lineup in 1959 ―animated

30) TV MOVIE: comic animated opening for TV film program

31) MERV GRIFFIN SHOW: Miss Miller in a crowded, junky room promotes her new favorite Merv Griffin whose talk show premiers in August 1969―she is the woman from the Jack Paar audience

32) FAMILY THEATER PRESENTS: "Prayer for the Ages"―five minute religious interlude narrated by William Shatner―from 1962―raccoon approaches a dead Union and a dead Confederate soldier in

meadow―religious message is to wise up and follow the Lord

33) CBS CHILDRENS HOUR: little boy and girl apply makeup to make their faces like the smile/frown twin masks of drama

34) PROFILES IN COURAGE: opening to the show

35) CBS PROMO: "The Stars Address Is CBS"―To Tell the Truth is spotlighted 1960s

36) THIS IS BEN SHAHN: opening and closing credits SILENT

37) THIS IS EDWARD STEICHEN: opening to the CBS documentary

38) MERV GRIFFIN SHOW: Miss Miller introduces herself and her new personal pick―humorous

40) HOGAN'S HEROES: B&W spot for color show

41) LORD OF THE FLIES: movie promo―NOT A TV PROMO

42) WILLIAM B. WILLIAMS SHOW: WNEW radio talk show host asks woman how much money in the jackpot

14.3 Television Promos

1) THE NFL TODAY: opening to the CBS pro football show

2) CBS SPORTS: pro football game of the week opening

3) CBS SPORTS: opening to pro football game of the week

4) CBS SPORTS: horse racing 1964

5) ABC OLYMPIC COVERAGE: from Innsbruck in 1964

6) THE MAN FROM UNCLE: promo

7) THE HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY REPORT: day in the life of NBC News as it prepares for the Huntley-Brinkley telecast

8) TRIAL AT NUREMBURG: Richard Basehart narrates promo for Wolper documentary

9) miscellaneous footage: cars on the varieties of large U.S. highways―freeway construction―SILENT

10) FLIPPER: promo with Andy Devine

11) THE PRELUDE TO WAR: Richard Basehart narrates promo for Wolper documentary re start of World War II

12) KOREA: THE 38TH PARALLEL: Richard Basehart narrates promo for Wolper documentary re Korean War

13) FRANCE: CONQUEST TO LIBERATION: Richard Basehart narrates promo for Wolper documentary re France under Nazi occupation

14) THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.: promo―pinkish

15) ART LINKLETTER'S HOUSE PARTY: Art Linkletter promotes it

16) YOU'RE IN LOVE, CHARLIE BROWN: promo for CBS special

17) THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS: Leonard Bernstein

18) GILLIGAN'S ISLAND:

19) THE LUCY SHOW:

20) RUN FOR YOUR LIFE:

21) MISS UNIVERSE PAGEANT: June Lockhart and Bob Barker host for 1967

22) LET'S GO TO THE RACES: Jack Drees hosts horse racing show

23) THE RED SKELTON HOUR: from 1960s

24) HOGAN'S HEROES:

25) GIDGET: 1966 promo

26) ABC WEDNESDAY NIGHT LINE UP FOR 1965: Gidget and The Big Valley promoted

27) ABC TUESDAY NIGHTS: Peyton Place and The Fugitive

28) THE PATTY DUKE SHOW:

29) THE FUGITIVE/BEN CASEY/THE LONG HOT SUMMER on ABC

30) GIDGET: 1966 promo―same as No. 25

31) CANDID CAMERA: Allen Funt in a flooded phone booth

32) THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES:

33) THE DANNY KAYE SHOW:

34) THE JACKIE GLEASON SHOW: animated

35) THE DICK VAN DYKE SHOW:

36) THE GOLDDIGGERS: "they're bright, they're bouncy, they're beautiful"

37) WFLD CHANNEL 32: animated station promo for Chicago UHF station

38) ABC-TV: people watching TV―but camera is inside the set looking out at the viewers in bar, school, bedroom, etc―interesting images of people transfixed by television―"ABC, this is the place to be"―1973

39) ABC-TV: more scenes of people watching TV―but shot from inside the set looking out at the viewers―including black family―1973

40) WHAT'S MY LINE: Soupy Sales painting naked belly of woman

41) DENNIS THE MENACE: scene, not a promo

42) GUNSMOKE: good one-minute promo

43) BOXING: Muhammed Ali knockouts fighter and sparing with another―THEN Jerry Quarry scenes―SILENT but meant to promo the Ali-Quarry bout

44) ROAR OF THE RAILS: opening―SILENT

45) ROAR OF THE RAILS: same as No. 44

14.4 Television Promos

1) THE SCENE STEALERS: This is 5-minute plug for this new March of Dimes special―Ed Wynn and Buster Keaton run through the highlights: Dorothy Provine sings "Swanee", Jackie Cooper as Hennesey, Rosemary Clooney sings "Why Shouldn't I?," Ralph Edwards and Fritz Feld mock THIS IS YOUR LIFE with Wynn and Keaton, Roger Williams plays piano, Dan Blocker and Lorne Greene joke about Wynn and Keaton as Indian chiefs, ("How? Scrambled"; Nannette Fabray sings "Sunny Side of the Street"; The Limelighters sing "All Over This World"; James Garner as Confederate officer with Keaton as Union soldier; Fabian sings " Here Is a Love That Is True", Eartha Kitt sings and dances "My Heart Belongs to Daddy"; Jack Lemmon plays moody piano; Jimmy Durante struts and sings with chorus girls

2) THE PLAYBOY PLAYTIME: colorful night lights―still pictures of Bunnnies and animated rabbit―silent comedy stars, Hugh Hefner still, bosoms―sexist

3) TONIGHT SHOW: montage of comic scenes and voices―Johnn Carson still early 1960s

4) PROFILES IN COURAGE: opening to TV show

5) THE ALLEN SHERMAN SHOW: scenes from the show―he sings "Call Me Efrem Zimbalist"―"satrizes "Downtown"―comedic song "Sarah Jockman"―also The Young Americans

6) JACKIE GLEASON SHOW: 1960s―stills

7) LA FEMME: promo

8) TENAFLY: James McEachen promotes his private eye show―he can't find the butter black TV show

9) TV 2 NEWS: animated hand pops out of TV set

10) NBC WEEK: 30 great shows―one week to go

11) ARMSTRONG CIRCLE THEATER: opening

12) MOVIE PROMO: "The Man with the Golden Arm"

13) RINGLING BARNUM AND BAILEY CIRCUS SPECIAL: Ed Wynn will host on NBC

14) FRACTURED PHRASES: weekday quiz show

15) WCBS STATION ID:

16) KDKA STATION ID AND PROMO:

17) PDQ: animated paperhanger

18) NBC WEEK: metronome―5 weeks to go

19) CHANNEL 7 NEWS: campaigning Senator snips wire of microphone―gives news an aggressive promise

20) CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIES: familiar theme song and opening―show "The Bramble Bush"

21) THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E.:

22) CHANNEL 2 NEWS EVENING REPORT:

23) ELECTIRC HEATING: don't listen to gas

24) NBC WEEK: 30 great shows coming

25) CHANNEL 7 EYEWITNESS SHOW: CBS eye cries

26) HENNESEY

27) TONIGHT SHOW: many still pictures to plug comedy

28) THE DANNY KAYE SHOW: cavorts in Duchamps style

29) MOVIE 4: animate little man gets set before TV set to watch

30) TONIGHT SHOW: stress drama

31) CBS EYE LOGO:

32) THE DOCTORS: plug NBC soap opera

33) MOVIE PROMO: "The Man with the Golden Arm"―different

34) WNBC LOGO:

35) GUNSMOKE: violence―shots shatter through paper sign

36) LET'S PLAY POST OFFICE: daytime show

37) NBC WEEK: same as No. 18

38) NBC LOGO: chimes sound

39) ZANE GREY THEATER: sound effects of horses and shots

40) NBC WEEK: 4 weeks to go

41) GET SMART: tonight at 8:30

42) RUN FOR YOUR LIFE:

43) ABC OLYMPICS COVERAGE: IX Winter Games

44) ROUTE 66: 8 second promo

45) NBC WEEK: starts Sunday September 12

46) NBC WEEK: 6 weeks to go

47) KDKA PROMO:

48) TO TELL THE TRUTH:

49) SOMETHING SPECIAL: Abby Lane sings "Hava Nagile"

50) CBS TUBES: animated piece to CBS-Hytron TV tubes―from 1950s

51) I SPY: one of 30 great shows opening 1965

52) PRESSMAN-RYAN REPORT: Gabe Pressman opens for few seconds New York City PM news

53) NBC WEEK: 6 weeks―same as No. 46

54) YOUNG DR. KILDARE: color promo―action scenes

55) THE CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE: film reel rotates

56) THE MERV GRIFFITH SHOW: Miss Miller raves

57) THE PROTECTORS: Robert Vaughan scenes

58) THE TONIGHT SHOW: adventure

59) time switch on Channel 10 begins this Saturday

60) THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW: stock footage for "a really big shew"

61) THE WONDERFUL WORLD OF BURLESQUE III: Danny Thomas hosts

62) CHANNEL 5 PROMO: animate

63) DENNIS THE MENACE: fires slingshot and building collapses

64) CBS NEWS RETROSPECTIVE: classic CBS News documentaries

65) NBC WEEK: 4 weeks to go

66) CBS FALL PROMO: Run, Buddy, Run and others

67) BONANZA STEAK HOUSE: family restaurant

68) TARZAN: Ron Ely

69) CBS MORNING NEWS WITH MIKE WALLACE: just the open―Wallace hosted 1963-66

70) NBC WEEK: 3 weeks to go

71) CHANNEL 7 EYEWITNESS SHOW: NBC's peacock has ruffled feathers―"when are you going to switch"

72) MOVIE 4: animated thief sneaks around

73) THE TOM EWELL SHOW:

74) CHANNEL 5 NEW FALL SEASON:

75) THE MERV GRIFFITH SHOW: Miss Miller has chosen audience as her career

76) MOVIE PROMO: Logan's Run―short

77) MOVIE PROMO: F.I.S.T.―with Sylvester Stallone

78) BARBARA STREISAND RECORD ALBUM: sings long cut from MY NAME IS BARBRA album

79) THE LONER: stars Lloyd Bridges

80) NET PROMO: National Educational Television Network

81) SIXTH HOUR NEWS: opening

82) THE MERV GRIFFIN SHOW: Miss Miller again

83) HOLLYWOOD PARK: pretty woman sound like harness racing horse

84) TED MACK AND THE ORIGINAL AMATEUR HOUR:

85) HOLLYWOOD PARK: old woman sound like harness racing horse

86) PUBLIC TELEPHONE: cartoons―call when you're going to be late

87) I'VE GOT A SECRET: Billy Batson flies in as Captain Marvel―hosted by Steve Allen

14.5 TELEVISION PROMOS

1) ABC NEWS: promo for Lisa Howard special re women voters "The Woman's Touch in politics" 7/11/64

2) ABC NEWS: another promo for Lisa Howard special re women voters and candidates' wives Mrs. Johnson and Goldwater 7/11/64

3) THE FESTIVAL FRENZY: sex and glamour at Venice Film Festival on ABC―women in bikinis

4) THE FESTIVAL FRENZY: music and Roman Catholic ceremonies―good food and drink at Venice Film Festival

6) HOPPY: contest to guess how many times a 'hoppy' kangaroo can hop in five hours―national contest―good shots of kangaroos hopping

7) HOPPY: another sweepstakes Hopparoo contest spot

8) HOPPY: another kangaroo contest spot

9) THE HOPPAROO: how many hops in 5 hours kangaroos

10) HOPPY: another kangaroo contest spot

11) HOPPY: another kangaroo contest spot 8 seconds

12) INGER STEVES IN SWEDEN: documentary as she visits homeland―talks with boxer Ingemar Johannsen and Max Von Sydow aired 2/26/65

13) INGER STEVENS IN SWEDEN: 10 seconds

14) INGER STEVENS IN SWEDEN: 15 seconds

15) INGER STEVENS IN SWEDEN: Stockholm from the water 15 seconds

16) INGER STEVENS IN SWEDEN: short

17) INGER STEVENS IN SWEDEN: short

18) INGER STEVENS IN SWEDEN: short

19) THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER: interview SAS pilot who can't wait for new Swedish-girl series

20) THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER: interview Italian woman who says she's from Brooklyn

21) THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER: interview Swedish policeman who says he's from Atlanta, Texas

22) THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER: interview Swedish woman who says she's from Brooklyn

23) THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER: interview Swedish boy who says he's from Richmond

24) THE FARMER'S DAUGHTER: interview Swedish policeman who says he's from Atlanta, Texas

25) DISCOVERY: looks at early views of how men would fly―Frank Buxton hosts ABC educational series―good images of da Vinci and other early views

26) DISCOVERY: looks snow and ice and the sea―Frank Buxton hosts ABC educational series

27) DISCOVERY: Himalayan black bear with Frank Buxton 15 seconds

28) DISCOVERY: raccoon with Frank Buxton 15 seconds

29) DISCOVERY: kangaroo with Frank Buxton 15 seconds

30) DISCOVERY: baby hyena with Frank Buxton 15 seconds

31) DISCOVERY: Frank Buxton with guitar―every weekday afternoon program 15 seconds

32) AT HOME WITH DENNIS DAY: vinyl and other plastic products are trumpeted―from carpet fibres to kitchen flooring to plastic coated man-made walls―looks at the big family 3 mins. NOT A TV PROMO

33) THE WORLD OVER: "The World's Girls" explores women's world around the world condescending tone of male narrator 1 minute 10/25/63

34) THE WORLD OVER: "The World's Girls" short version of spot 15 seconds 10/25/63

35) ABC NEWS POLITICS '64: promo for coverage of 1964 convention with Edward P. Morgan and Howard K. Smith―biography of Morgan in film and still pictures

36) NBC LOGO: IB Technicolor version of peacock introducing color TV show

37) WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY: IB Technicolor opening and first commercial plug―show is MENACE ON THE MOUNTAIN part 2 (March 8, 1970) 5 MINUTE FILM ran with this title 1969-1979

38) THE WORLD OVER: "The Soviet Woman" 12/10/63

39) THE WORLD OVER: "The Soviet Woman" the diversity of female

work "where woman is equal to man" 12/10/63 1 minute spot sexism

40) THE SAGA OF WESTERN MAN: "1776" is promoted by ABC News

41) THE SAGA OF WESTERN MAN: "1776" is promoted by ABC News

42) ABC NEWS POLITICS '64: same as #33

43) WEDNESDAY NIGHTS ON ABC: Shindig, Burke's Law,

44) FRIDAY NIGHTS ON ABC: Valentine's Day, 12 O'clock High

45) SUNDAY NIGHTS ON ABC: Broadside, The Sunday Night Movie

14.6 TELEVISION PROMOS

1) ABC NEW SEASON: 1964 short promos for five adventure shows that begin at 6:30 pm

2) THE OUTER LIMITS: good outer space and BEM images

3) DAY IN COURT: courtroom drama soap opera

4) GENERAL HOSPITAL: general

5) ABC VARIETY SHOWS: Welk, Hollywood Palace, Shindig, Jimmy Dean―narrator talks over scenes

6) BEWITCHED: Dick York introduces new series

7) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: Dick Sinclair―dancers cavort to "Lady of Spain"

8) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: sing "Mexicali Rose"

9) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: Phil Gray sings "Let's Go to Church Next Sunday Morning"

10) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: jazz quintet plays "Darktown Strutters Ball"

11) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: salute cities of America―combo plays "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans"

12) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: Showtime on Broadway theme

13) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: Brian and John sing "Teamwork"

14) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: Jack Feeney plays "The Sound of Music"

15) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: accordionist

16) HOLLYWOOD POLKA PARADE: duet on "The Bells of Saint Mary's"

17) CONGRESSMAN introduces historic film of early flight, air races, VH-4 aircraft

18) ABC NEWS: Peter Jennings talks with Howard K. Smith to promote new dinner hour newscast

19) ABC NEWS: Peter Jennings holds "a Communist Vietcong bomb" then segues to Congo and Moscow to promote new dinner hour newscast

20) ABC NEWS: Jennings at typewriter to urge that you view

21) ABC NEWS: Jennings in Times Square to urge that you view

SEVEN WONDERFUL NIGHTS: CBS PROMO FILM FOR NEW SHOWS 1965

DICK VAN DYKE HOSTS

22) STEVE LAWRENCE SHOW: Lawrence sings two complete songs

23) CBS THURSDAY NIGHT MOVIE: scenes from movies

24) THE WILD WILD WEST: b&w short

25) THE SAGA OF WESTERN MAN: general promo for the new documentaries re Leonardo, The Pilgrims, Scott, and Custer

26) PEYTON PLACE: publisher of local paper explain Peyton Place

27) PEYTON PLACE: Mia Farrow explains her character, Alison

28) PEYTON PLACE: Ryan O'Neal explains his character, Rodney

29) PEYTON PLACE: Leslie Harrington explains himself

30) PEYTON PLACE: Dorothy Malone as Constance McKenzie explains herself

31) PEYTON PLACE: Betty Anderson explains herself

32) PEYTON PLACE: Dr. Michael Rossi explains himself

33) ALCOA PREVIEW: comedy skit with twosome as doctor and nurse joking about it coming February 4

34) ALCOA PREVIEW: man woman at nightclub joke about it coming February 4

35) ALCOA PREVIEW: man and woman lost in desert skit

36) ALCOA PREVIEW: man and woman spies skit

37) WOODY WOODPECKER SHOW: animated promo B&W

38) WOODY WOODPECKER SHOW: animated pr