- Collection:
- WSFA Collection
- Title:
- WSFA audiovisual item E002.0004
- Publisher:
- Montgomery, Ala. : Alabama Department of Archives and History
- Date of Original:
- 1979
- Subject:
- Wallace, Lurleen, 1926-1968--Death & burial
Auburn University
University of Alabama
African Americans--Civil rights
Civil rights demonstrations
Civil rights workers
Coaches (Athletics)
Football
Funeral rites and ceremonies
Governors--Alabama
Meteorologists
Political science
Reporters and reporting
Singers
Sports
Sportscasters
Television advertising
Television broadcasting
Television news anchors
Television supplies industry
Television stations
Television production companies
Weather forecasting
Montgomery (Ala.)
Montgomery County (Ala.) - People:
- Caton, Charles, 1938-2020
Elam, Charlotte Dixilyn Turner
Henry, Bill
Howell, Bob
Inman, Bob
Jordan, Ralph, 1910-1980
Katzenbach, Nicholas deB. (Nicholas deBelleville), 1922-2012
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968
McGee, Frank, 1921-1974
Paul, Leroy
Shore, Dinah, 1917-1994
Stephens, Carl
Tennille, Cathryn Wright, 1916-1993
Tennille, Toni
Turner, Jack, 1921-1993
Venable, Jack
Wallace, George C. (George Corley), 1919-1998
Williams, Ralph
Wolters, Hines - Location:
- United States, Alabama, 32.75041, -86.75026
- Medium:
- film (material by form)
- Type:
- MovingImage
- Format:
- video/mp4
- Description:
- "Those Were the Days," special program commemorating the 25th anniversary of WSFA-TV's first television broadcast on December 25, 1954. The film, narrated by Bob Howell, focuses on the history of the station and features segments on various programs, events, and former staff members, such as the following: the use of advertising on the station (with footage of Chevrolet commercials by Dinah Shore and Red Diamond ads by the Muppets); Frank McGee, news director from 1955 to 1956 and later a popular NBC reporter; Hines Wolters, weatherman from 1955 to 1961; Leroy Paul, sports director from 1954 to 1960, and the "Auburn Football Review"; Toni Tennille and her mother, Cathryn Wright, host of "The Guest Room" from 1955 to 1957; Jack Turner, host of the "Alabama Jubilee" variety show from 1955 to 1959, with his daughter Dixie; Ralph Williams, weatherman from 1961 to 1974; Carl Stephens, "Cartoon Carl" and sports director from 1963 to 1974; Bill Henry, news director from 1957 to 1961; local and national television news coverage of the Civil Rights Movement, particularly George Wallace's "stand in the schoolhouse door," Bloody Sunday, and the Selma to Montgomery March; Jack Venable, news director from 1965 to 1967; Charles Caton, news director from 1967 to 1975; the death and funeral of Governor Lurleen Wallace; and Bob Inman, anchorman from 1965 to 1968. (Note: The first half of the video is the entire soundtrack of the program over a blank screen, but at 0:18:49 the full program begins. For better copies of the film, see WSFA_D073_0015 and WSFA_D126_0006.)
- Metadata URL:
- http://digital.archives.alabama.gov/cdm/ref/collection/wsfa/id/2435
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Copyright, Alabama Department of Archives and History. Donated by WSFA, https://www.wsfa.com.
- Original Collection:
- WSFA-TV (Television station : Montgomery, Ala.)
WSFA collection
Box E002, Item 0004 - Contributing Institution:
- Alabama. Department of Archives and History
- Rights:
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