Television: The First Fifty Years (1999)

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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Television: The First Fifty Years

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Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
as Self
Carol Burnett
Carol Burnett
as Self (archive footage)
Jay Leno
Jay Leno
as Self
Phyllis McGuire
Phyllis McGuire
as Self
Doc Severinsen
Doc Severinsen
as Self
Dick Van Patten
Dick Van Patten
as Self
Ed McMahon
Ed McMahon
as Self (archive footage)
Alan Young
Alan Young
as Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
Dick Powell
Dick Powell
as Self (archive footage)
Sheree North
Sheree North
as Self
Patrick Macnee
Patrick Macnee
as Self / John Steed (archive footage)
Ron Howard
Ron Howard
as Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
Frank Gorshin
Frank Gorshin
as The Riddler (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
as Self (archive footage)
Sid Caesar
Sid Caesar
as Self (archive footage)
Ringo Starr
Ringo Starr
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
John Lennon
John Lennon
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
George Harrison
George Harrison
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
as Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
Linda Ellerbee
Linda Ellerbee
as Self
Eddie Albert
Eddie Albert
as Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff
as Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman
as Self (archive footage)
Betsy Palmer
Betsy Palmer
as Self
Desi Arnaz
Desi Arnaz
as Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball
as Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
Imogene Coca
Imogene Coca
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
as Self (archive footage)
Nancy Marchand
Nancy Marchand
as Self (archive footage)
Edward R. Murrow
Edward R. Murrow
as Self (archive footage)
Victoria Principal
Victoria Principal
as Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
David Nelson
David Nelson
as Self (archive footage)
Tony Randall
Tony Randall
as Self (archive footage)
Gene Siskel
Gene Siskel
as Self
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
as Self
Ray Walston
Ray Walston
as Self
Adam West
Adam West
as Self / Batman (archive footage)
Burt Ward
Burt Ward
as Self / Robin (archive footage)
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
as Stuart Bailey (archive footage)
George Burns
George Burns
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Richard Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
David McCallum
David McCallum
as Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)
Kay Kyser
Kay Kyser
as Self (archive footage)
Linda Gray
Linda Gray
as Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage)
Dick Elliott
Dick Elliott
as Bartender (archive footage)
Buddy Ebsen
Buddy Ebsen
as Jed Clampett (archive footage)
Jerry Mathers
Jerry Mathers
as Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)
Diana Douglas
Diana Douglas
as Elly May Clampett (archive footage)
Sammy Davis Jr.
Sammy Davis Jr.
as Self (archive footage)
Jed Allan
Jed Allan
as Self
Tom Arnold
Tom Arnold
as Self
Billy Barty
Billy Barty
as Self
Milton Berle
Milton Berle
as Self
William Boyd
William Boyd
as Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
William Demarest
William Demarest
as Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
Joyce Brothers
Joyce Brothers
as Self
Wally Cox
Wally Cox
as Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
John Wayne
John Wayne
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Crosby
Bob Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
Charlton Heston
Charlton Heston
as Self
Arte Johnson
Arte Johnson
as Self / Wolfgang (archive footage)
Allan Lane
Allan Lane
as Mister Ed (archive audio)
Dick Martin
Dick Martin
as Self (archive footage)
Barry Morse
Barry Morse
as Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)
Hugh O'Brian
Hugh O'Brian
as Self (archive footage)
Donna Reed
Donna Reed
as Donna Stone (archive footage)
George Reeves
George Reeves
as Superman (archive footage)
Red Skelton
Red Skelton
as Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
Vivian Vance
Vivian Vance
as Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
Henry Winkler
Henry Winkler
as Self
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