Television: The First Fifty Years

  • Documentary
1/1/1999
120

Storyline

Trace the history of television and its impact on American culture with clips, newsreels, and exclusive interviews from television greats like Walter Cronkite, Carol Burnett, and Jay Leno.

Director:
Kent Hagen
Writers:
Jeff Miller
Barry ZeVan

      Cast

      • Walter Cronkite
        Self
      • Carol Burnett
        Self (archive footage)
      • Jay Leno
        Self
      • Phyllis McGuire
        Self
      • Doc Severinsen
        Self
      • Dick Van Patten
        Self
      • Ed McMahon
        Self (archive footage)
      • Alan Young
        Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
      • Dick Powell
        Self (archive footage)
      • Sheree North
        Self
      • Patrick Macnee
        Self / John Steed (archive footage)
      • Ron Howard
        Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
      • Frank Gorshin
        The Riddler (archive footage)
      • Dwight D. Eisenhower
        Self (archive footage)
      • Sid Caesar
        Self (archive footage)
      • Ringo Starr
        Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
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