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Television: The First Fifty Years
Television: The First Fifty Years
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Television: The First Fifty Years

1999
Directed byKent Hagen
2h 0m

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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Jay Leno
Self
Phyllis McGuireSelf
Doc SeverinsenSelf
Dick Van PattenSelf
Ed McMahonSelf (archive footage)
Alan YoungSelf / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
Dick PowellSelf (archive footage)
Sheree NorthSelf
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GENRES
Documentary
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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