Title: “Man and the Challenge” Films: ZIV-TV Productions, United Artists Corporation Records
Inclusive Dates: 1959-1960

Creator:

• ZIV Television (Firm)

Call Number: DB 073-DB 108

Quantity: 36 film reels

Repository:

Housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Library, Archives and Museum Collections; owned by the Wisconsin Center for Film & Theater Research

Archival Locations:

Wisconsin Historical Society (Map)

COLLECTION MAY BE STORED OFF-SITE: see catalog entry to request materials and for additional information.

Abstract:

Thirty-six episodes of Man and the Challenge, a half-hour adventure series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1960, about a U.S. government research scientist assigned to test the limits of human endurance. All the films are 16 mm prints in black and white with sound. Each episode is approximately 950 feet long.

Note:

There is a restriction on use of this material; see the Administrative/Restriction Information portion of this finding aid for details.

Forms part of the United Artists Corporation collection.

Language: English

URL to cite for this finding aid: http://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.dl/wiarchives.uw-whs-manchallenge

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Use Restrictions

No duplication without consent of copyright holder. May be screened only on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.

Acquisition Information

Presented as part of Series 7.1, ZIV Television Productions, of the United Artists Collection.

DB 073	Sphere of No Return, 1959 September 12 Note: Writer: Lee Erwin Director: Andrew Marton
DB 074	The Ski Story, 1959 September 19 Note: Writer: Gene Levitt Director: Otto Lang
DB 075	Odds Against Survival, 1959 September 26 Note: Writer: A. Weiss Director: Richard Carlson
DB 076	Sky Diver, 1959 October 3 Note: Writer: Gene Levitt Director: Otto Lang
DB 077	Experiments in Terror, 1959 October 10 Note: Writer: ? Director: ?
DB 078	Invisible Force, 1959 October 17 Note: Writer: ? Stone, ? King, ? Arthur Director: Andrew Marton
DB 079	Escape to Nepal, 1959 October 24 Note: Writer: ? Crossen, ? Arthur Director: Andrew Marton
DB 080	Border to Border, 1959 October 31 Note: Writer: Stephen Candel Director: Andrew Marton
DB 081	Trial by Fire, 1959 November 7 Note: Writer: S. Silverman Director: Andrew Marton
DB 082	White Out, 1959 November 14 Note: Writer: A. Weiss Director: Andrew Marton
DB 083	Man without Fear, 1959 December 19 Note: Writer: Richard Carlson Director: Andrew Marton
DB 084	Breaking Point, 1959 November 28 Note: Writer: ? Arthur, ? Harmon Director: Alan Crosland
DB 085	Jungle Survival, 1959 December 5 Note: Writer: Gene Levitt Director: Andrew Marton
DB 086	I Killed Seven Men, 1959 December 12 Note: Writer: Don Brinkley Director: Otto Lang
DB 087	The Visitors, 1959 December 26 Note: Writer: Art Arthur Director: Eddie Davis
DB 088	The Storm, 1960 January 1 Note: Writer: Herman Hoffman Director: Andrew Marton
DB 089	Killer River, 1960 January 9 Note: Writer: L. Lieberman Director: Andrew Marton
DB 090	Rodeo, 1960 January 23 Note: Writer: Tom Gries Director: Tom Gries
DB 091	Windowless Room, 1960 January 30 Note: Writer: Laszlo Gorog Director: Andrew Marton
DB 092	Nightmare Crossing, 1960 February 6 Note: Writer: A. Weiss Director: Andrew Marton
DB 093	Lure of Danger, 1960 February 13 Note: Writer: David P. Harmon Director: Andrew Marton
DB 094	Recovery, 1960 February 20 Note: Writer: S. Silverman, ? Bushnell Director: Andrew Marton
DB 095	Buried Alive, 1960 February 27 Note: Writer: Robert Slaw Director: Otto Lang
DB 096	Recondo, 1960 March 3 Note: Writer: S. Silverman Director: Andrew Marton
DB 097	Flying Lab, 1960 March 12 Note: Writer: Norman Jolley Director: Andrew Marton
DB 098	Hurricane Mesa, 1960 March 19 Note: Writer: Robert S. Shaw Director: Andrew Marton
DB 099	Male & Female, 1960 March 26 Note: Writer: Doris Gilberg Director: Andrew Marton
DB 100	The Extra Sense, 1960 April 2 Note: Writer: Arthur Weiss Director: Otto Lang
DB 101	Men in a Capsule, 1960 April 9 Note: Writer: Harold Sherman Director: Andrew Marton
DB 102	The Dropper, 1960 April 23 Note: Writer: ? Flohr, ? Parsons Director: Herman Hoffman
DB 103	High Dive, 1960 April 30 Note: Writer: M. Shaw, A. Arthur Director: Andrew Marton
DB 104	Dare Devils, 1960 May 7 Note: Writer: Harold Sherman Director: Andrew Marton
DB 105	Shooter McLaine, 1960 May 21 Note: Writer: ? Flohr, ? Parsons Director: Andrew Marton
DB 106	Early Warning, 1960 May 28 Note: Writer: ? Flohr, ? Parsons Director: Andrew Marton
DB 107	Breakoff, 1960 June 4 Note: Writer: Bob Greenbaum Director: Andrew Marton
DB 108	Road to Danger, 1960 June 11 Note: Writer: ? Seiderman, ? Geiger Director: Andrew Marton