Television: The First Fifty Years
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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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.
In a collision of media images and images of the media, Muntadas fuses films, video and television as a hall of mirrors that reflects contemporary culture. Seen in close-up fragments, television and video images from cin
An energetic student host delivering a series of absurd reports and street interviews across the campus and local beach. From polling classmates on a fiery, ridiculous debate to breaking absurd headlines about school lif
The Carpenters First Special was a performance of a variety of sketches with guest stars Victor Borge and John Denver.
Explains how television works, everything from the cameras to the tubes and signals.
Film for television made to illustrate the making of programmes and the scope of TV.
Film divided into two stories: 1. Cuando los gorilas hablan por teléfono 2. Una chica de fortuna
After the success of their Christmas special, The 6 Doods have fallen into a crack bender. Desperate to honor their contract with Warner Brothers, they ask the Content God for help. What follows is one of the greatest pi
Film about the Paper Tiger Television non-profit, low-budget public access television program and open media collective based in New York City.
We hear from the Minister of White Papers about how Stanley Baxter is to return, then we hear how Miss Porker wants her own show, we learn about sex and violence on the television, we have an episode of Mastermind with M
The ghosts of various murder victims tell their terrifying and haunting stories.
Vocational guidance film showing the radio industry as it existed in 1940, along with potential occupations at every level. Introduces the new industry of television, emphasizing its need for specially skilled workers. T
A retro Christmas TV electronic.
"Mama" Cass Elliott of 1960s vocal group The Mamas and the Papas stars in this television variety special, performing comic sketches with Buddy Hackett and other Hollywood stars and singing solo versions of hit songs suc
Nightclub owners try to scrape up enough money to sponsor a variety show on TV to publicize their artists and their venue.
DVD boxset of all of Loriot’s major TV productions, featuring his iconic blend of dry humor, satire, and absurdity.
A retrospective of television programming, hosted by Charles Kuralt.
More footage considered to be too disturbing to be shown on television.
Even though her program was only seen in four Midwestern cities, Ruth Lyons presided over America's highest-rated daytime TV talk show for nearly two decades! This documentary draws upon rare and previously undiscovered