Television: The First Fifty Years
Overview
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.
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Cast & Crew
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)
John Lennon
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
George Harrison
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Linda Ellerbee
Self
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