A musical show exploring a century of fads and foibles including dance crazes, musical vogues, sports, fashion, and automobiles in America. Musical selections, commentary, archival footage, and still photos help portray the theme.
Aired: Sep 17, 1961A look at American humor from slapstick to satire, featuring scenes from movi...
Aired: Sep 24, 1961In this tribute to Harold Arlen, singers perform many of his popular tunes, B...
Aired: Oct 1, 1961An exploration of the life of Ernest Hemingway from his boyhood, through his ...
Aired: Oct 8, 1961A tribute to the USO on its 20th anniversary and to those of the entertainmen...
5. The Ballet of the Paper Bullet
Aired: Oct 15, 1961The story of a Nazi plot to win the war by flooding the free world with count...
Aired: Oct 22, 1961A documentary combining sociology with humor that tells the story and history...
Aired: Oct 29, 1961A musical variety show that tells the story of Florenz Ziegfeld and his Ziegf...
8. America's Music - Music of the Thirties
Aired: Nov 5, 1961A documentary about the golden age of popular music, exploring Broadway music...
9. The Wonderful World of Toys
Aired: Nov 12, 1961Today's theme is the Wonderful World of Toys. Harpo Marx acts as silent guide...
10. Fred Waring and the Pennsylvanians
Aired: Nov 19, 1961In Christmas settings, Waring and his 53-member glee club, orchestra, choir, ...
11. America's Music - Chicago and All That Jazz
Aired: Nov 26, 1961Aired: Dec 17, 1961DiLuca, an American OSS captain, falls in love with Krys. When he learns she ...
Aired: Jan 7, 1962This episode consists of the home movies taken by Ken Murray, entertainer and...
Aired: Jan 21, 1962Explores the appeal of the circus and traces its history from the Roman Circu...
Aired: Feb 4, 1962A dramatization of the trial of the Dutch painter and forger Hans Van Moegere...
Aired: Feb 18, 1962A documentary that follows two emergency patrol car officers, Walter Chadwick...
17. America's Music - Regards to George M. Cohan
Aired: Mar 4, 1962In this story of George M. Cohan, the program includes performances of songs ...
Aired: Mar 18, 1962A documentary about crime in America from pre-Revolutionary days to the prese...
Aired: Apr 1, 1962A discussion on what makes a woman beautiful. Pictures various women from the...
Aired: Apr 15, 1962The story of Alabama, a con man who romances rich widows and leaves them once...
21. The World's Greatest Robbery: Part 1
Aired: Apr 29, 1962A docudrama based on the armed robbery of the Brink's Company in Boston on Ja...
22. The World's Greatest Robbery: Part 2
Aired: May 6, 1962Todays theme is the World's Greatest Robbery: Part 2.
23. America's Fads and Foibles
Aired: May 13, 1962A musical show exploring a century of fads and foibles including dance crazes...
Aired: May 20, 1962In World War II Italy, eight GI's pinned down by German gunfire are ordered t...
Aired: May 27, 1962Aired: Jun 3, 1962A documentary that provides an hour-by-hour account of the Allied invasion of...
Aired: Jun 10, 1962A movie idol, Billy Allen, dies at the peak of his career and is brought to h...
Aired: Jun 17, 1962Juan De Nunez finds himself in South America in a remote mountain village whe...
Aired: Jun 24, 1962Magee, a writer, holes up at an isolated place in the country, Baldpate, wher...
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