Television: The First Fifty Years
1999
Directed by
Kent Hagen
120 min
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.
Ratings
3.5
Cast
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Walter Cronkite
Self
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Carol Burnett
Self (archive footage)
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Jay Leno
Self
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Phyllis McGuire
Self
Doc Severinsen
Self
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Dick Van Patten
Self
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Ed McMahon
Self (archive footage)
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Alan Young
Self / Wilbur Post (archive footage)
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Dick Powell
Self (archive footage)
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Sheree North
Self
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Patrick Macnee
Self / John Steed (archive footage)
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Ron Howard
Self / Opie Taylor / Ritchie Cunningham (archive footage)
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Frank Gorshin
The Riddler (archive footage)
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self (archive footage)
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Sid Caesar
Self (archive footage)
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Ringo Starr
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
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John Lennon
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
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George Harrison
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
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Paul McCartney
Self – The Beatles (archive footage)
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Linda Ellerbee
Self
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Eddie Albert
Self / Oliver Douglas (archive footage)
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David Hasselhoff
Self / Mitch Buchanon (archive footage)
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Ethel Merman
Self (archive footage)
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Betsy Palmer
Self
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Desi Arnaz
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)
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Lucille Ball
Self / Lucy Ricardo (archive footage)
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Imogene Coca
Self (archive footage)
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Bob Hope
Self (archive footage)
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Nancy Marchand
Self (archive footage)
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Edward R. Murrow
Self (archive footage)
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Victoria Principal
Self / Pamela Ewing (archive footage)
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David Nelson
Self (archive footage)
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Tony Randall
Self (archive footage)
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Gene Siskel
Self
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Roger Ebert
Self
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Ray Walston
Self
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Adam West
Self / Batman (archive footage)
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Burt Ward
Self / Robin (archive footage)
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Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Stuart Bailey (archive footage)
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George Burns
Self (archive footage)
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Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
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David McCallum
Illya Kuryakin (archive footage)
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Kay Kyser
Self (archive footage)
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Linda Gray
Self / Sue Ellen Ewing (archive footage)
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Dick Elliott
Bartender (archive footage)
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Buddy Ebsen
Jed Clampett (archive footage)
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Jerry Mathers
Theodore 'Beaver' Cleaver (archive footage)
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Diana Douglas
Elly May Clampett (archive footage)
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Sammy Davis Jr.
Self (archive footage)
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Jed Allan
Self
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Tom Arnold
Self
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Billy Barty
Self
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Milton Berle
Self
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William Boyd
Hopalong Cassidy (archive footage)
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William Demarest
Charlie O'Casey (archive footage)
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Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
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Joyce Brothers
Self
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Wally Cox
Robinson J. Peepers (archive footage)
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John Wayne
Self (archive footage)
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Bob Crosby
Self (archive footage)
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Charlton Heston
Self
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Arte Johnson
Self / Wolfgang (archive footage)
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Allan Lane
Mister Ed (archive audio)
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Dick Martin
Self (archive footage)
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Barry Morse
Lt. Philip Gerard (archive footage)
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Hugh O'Brian
Self (archive footage)
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Donna Reed
Donna Stone (archive footage)
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George Reeves
Superman (archive footage)
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Red Skelton
Buffalo Bob Smith / Howdy Doody (archive footage)
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Vivian Vance
Ethel Mertz (archive footage)
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Henry Winkler
Self
Details
Release Date
1999-01-01
Runtime
120 min
Original Language
English
Languages
English
Production Companies
Passport International Productions
Countries
United States of America
Genres
Documentary