TELEVISION: THE FIRST FIFTY YEARS

1999

120 min.

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Original Title

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.

Main 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)

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