First, thanks to Martinf, for identifying the man talking about Berlin as being Willy Brandt, the Governing Mayor of Berlin. Thanks also to Eric, for identifying that the Charlie Weaver segment was not from Weaver's own show, but from an episode of the Tennessee Ernie Ford show on 11/13/58.
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As I said, I'll be brief with my comments. Very brief. To further answer the requests I received for more slide show narrations, here is another one. This one is incomplete at both ends - the beginning of it was erased by someone's record collection, and then, after about 25 seconds, more of it was erased by more music (which I have edited out). And then, the end has been lost over time with the deterioration of the end of the tape reel. The whole tape is just over 30 minutes long.
In this case, we're going to go to several tourist destinations in various parts of the country, in some cases quite a ways away from each other.
Download: Unknown - Slide Show Narration
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On a completely different subject, and for those who enjoy vintage media recordings, here is an episode, complete with commercials (and as with the above tape, again, this is just over 30 minutes long - so this seems to be almost the entire episode), of an episode of "Your Hit Parade", which is, based on the songs here, from late 1958., which would place this episode near the final days of this venerable programs 25 years on the air (radio and TV). The tape extends into the start of the next show, "Trackdown", starring Robert Culp, as well as its first commercial.
Download: Various Artists - Your Hit Parade
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Oh, and here's a picture of the tape recorder I was able to get, to replace my busted one. As you can see, my daughter's elderly cat Angel is already fond of it.
Thanks to the mentioning of a specific character name in the "Trackdown" open, that episode is "McCallin's Daughter" which aired January 2, 1959. Playing the part of the little girl in the open is Ahna Capri who a decade later had become a bombshell actress in a number of guest shots.
ReplyDeleteSir, I bow to your energetic and enthusiastic online sleuthing. Thank you for the added inspiration :)
DeleteAnd thank you, too, Bob!
ps - Nice kitty, btw. Wonderful and mysterious creatures they are.