Series: Films

The Will to Live (RKO Pathé, 194-?)
Note: Sponsor: The United Jewish Appeal for Refugees, Overseas Needs, and Palestine.

Letter to a Pilot (RKO, 1950)
Note: Sponsor: Trans World Airlines.

A Conversation with John Hall Wheelock (NBC, 1954)

Victory at Sea (NBC, 1952-1953)
Note: Includes two episodes of twenty-six.

“The Pacific Boils Over,” 1952 November 2

“Mediterranean Mosaic,” 1952 November 30

Victory at Sea (, 1954)

Motion picture

Project XX (NBC, 1954-1970)
Note: Includes six episodes of thirty-three.

“Three Two One Zero,” 1954 September 13

“Nightmare in Red,” 1955 December 27

“The Twisted Cross,” 1956 March 14

“The Great War: World War I,” 1956 October 16

“The Jazz Age,” 1956 December 6

“Back in the 30s, or, Life in the Thirties,” 1959 October 16

The Twentieth Century (CBS, 1957-1966)
Note: Includes 195 episodes of 221.

“Churchill, Man of the Century”

Part 1, 1957 October 20

Part 2, 1957

“Guided Missile,” 1957 October 27
Scope and Content Note: A report on Nazi Germany's rocket research facility on the Baltic Island of Peenemunde, from the early 1930s to the end of WWII. Historical footage of German “buzz-bombs” (V-2 rockets), Hitler watching tests and an interview with former Nazi researcher Wernher Von Braun, a leading missile expert for the United States at the time of filming.

“Story of the F.B.I.,” 1957 November 3
Note: Writer: Donald Whitehead
Scope and Content Note: A history of the F.B.I. and its director, J. Edgar Hoover, focusing on the John Dillinger case, anti-Nazi espionage work, and an extortion plot against Betty Grable. Includes footage of Al Capone, “Legs” Diamond, “Machine Gun” Kelley and others.

“Mussolini,” 1957 December 15

“The Windsors,” 1957 December 29
Note: Writer: Marshall Flaum
Scope and Content Note: The early life and career of Prince Edward, Duke of Windsor including his travels, social life, ascension to the throne of England, and abdication in order to marry Wallis Simpson.

“War in Spain,” 1958 January 19

“D-Day”

Part 1: “Buildup,” 1958 February 2

Part 2: “Attack,” 1958 February 9

“Crime and the Committee,” 1958 February 16
Scope and Content Note: A compilation of clips from hearings held by the Senate Committee on Interstate Crime--the Kefauver Committee--to expose organized crime in the United States. The hearings were held May 1950-August 1951.

“Nuremberg Trials, or, Trial at Nuremberg,” 1958 March 2

“Hiroshima,” 1958 March 9

“Gandhi,” 1958 March 16

“Riot in East Berlin,” 1958 March 30

“Victory over Polio,” 1958 April 6
Note: Writer: James Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: Traces the history of polio and polio research, with focus on the role of Jonas Salk, doctor and humanitarian, who discovered the polio vaccine. Includes tribute to Sister Elizabeth Kenny, an Australian nurse and physical therapist, who worked with polio victims.

“FDR: Third Term to Pearl Harbor,” 1958 April 13
Scope and Content Note: A political study of the period June 1940-December 1941 including footage of Roosevelt at press conferences, Wendell Willkie's Republican campaign, and Roosevelt's election landslide. Also includes speeches by isolationists, foreign policy developments, the Atlantic Charter meeting with Churchill, and negotiations with Japanese ambassadors.

“War in China,” 1958 May 4

“Auto Biography,” 1958 May 11

“The October Classic,” 1958 September 28
Note: Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A special pre-World Series show featuring eight highlights from past World Series.

“The Red Sell”

Part 1: “The Propaganda Mill,” 1958 October 26
Note: Writer: Marvin Kalb
Scope and Content Note: A view of Soviet propaganda including scenes of agitprop scholars at school, the use of printed propaganda such as books and cartoons, films portraying American soldiers as degenerate and racist, propagandistic radio and jamming the news and state visits by heads of Third World nations. Sequence on 6th World Youth Festival and Sputnik propaganda extolling Soviet technology and progress.

Part 2: “Report from the Targets,” 1958 November 2
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available

Note: Writer: Marvin Kalb, Marshall Flaum
Scope and Content Note: Shows a view of Soviet Communist propaganda functions throughout the world such as in India, Southeast Asia, Finland, South America, Middle East.

“Rockne of Notre Dame,” 1958 November 9
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of Knute Rockne, the legendary Notre Dame coach whose strategies had a large impact on the game of football. Includes very early sound footage, in which Rockne quips, advises, and philosophizes.

“The Russo-Finnish War,” 1958 November 16

“Peron and Evita,” 1958 November 23

“Revolt in Hungary,” 1958 December 14

“Mission: Outer Space,” 1958 December 21
Scope and Content Note: Interviews with: Joseph Walker (NASA), Robert White (U.S. Air Force), Scott Cross Field (North American Aviation). A report on the X-15 rocket, intended to be the United States' first piloted space vehicle while under development at the time of documentary.

“Woodrow Wilson: The Fight for Peace,” 1958 December 28

“The Remagen Bridge,” 1959 January 4
Note: Writer: Hal Boyle
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the battle for the Ludendorff railroad bridge, which was the last intact bridge over the Rhine allowing invasion into Germany.

“Jet Carrier,” 1959 January 11
Note: Writer: John Gilligan
Scope and Content Note: The chronicle of a day aboard a giant Navy jet-carrier at sea, the U.S.S. Forrestal (CV-59).

“Liberation of Paris,” 1959 February 1

“The Frozen War,” 1959 February 8
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the World War II battles over the Aleutian Islands of Attu and Kiska.

“The Incredible Turk (Ataturk),” 1959 February 15

“Burma Road and the Hump,” 1959 March 15
Note: Writer: Robert Shaplen
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the World War II battles of Japanese occupied Burma.

“The Silent Sentinel,” 1959 March 22
Note: Writer: Howard Turner
Scope and Content Note: Traces the development of radar from the early 1900s to airdate (1959), presented as the “electronic miracle” that helped win the war by tracing enemy movements. Includes interview with Sir Robert Watson-Watt, the “father of radar.”

“The Times of Teddy Roosevelt,” 1959 March 29

“From Kaiser to Fuehrer,” 1959 April 5

“Submarine,” 1959 April 12
Note: Writer: Phil Reisman
Scope and Content Note: A history of submarines tracing the development of primitive “submersibles” to modern atomic-powered, missile-firing subs.

“Stalingrad,” 1959 April 19
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available.

“Movies Learn to Talk,” 1959 October 25

“Suicide Run to Murmansk,” 1959 November 1

“Age of the Jet,” 1959 November 8
Note: Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: Traces the history of air travel from the 1920s to the present (1959).

“Fall of China,” 1959 November 15

“Goering,” 1959 November 22

“Poland on a Tightrope”

Part 1: “Satellite Back in Orbit,” 1959 November 29

Part 2: “The Commissar and the Cardinal,” 1959 December 6

“End of the Battlewagon,” 1959 December 20
Note: Writer: John G. Fuller
Scope and Content Note: A 'filmed obituary' of the battleship, once used extensively during World War II, now replaced by aircraft carriers, missile-firing cruisers and atomic submarines. Includes interviews with former Air Force officer who sank German battleships during WWI, and the former first skipper of the U.S.S. Missouri, the last battleship built by the Navy.

“The Olympics,” 1959 December 27

“Crisis at Munich,” 1960 January 3

“The Week That Shook the World,” 1960 January 10

“Dirigible,” 1960 January 17

“Sabotage,” 1960 January 24

“Battle of the Bulge,” 1960 January 31
Note: Writer: John Toland
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the World War II battle at Bastogne, Belgium, Germany's last big offensive, during the winter of 1944.

“The Dust Bowl,” 1960 February 7

“Tarawa,” 1960 February 14
Note: Writer: Burton Benjamin
Interviews with: General David Shoup (who led the United States' assault on Tarawa), Kiyoshi Ohta (the highest-ranking Japanese soldier of the seventeen to survive the battle).
Scope and Content Note: Account of the WWII battle of Tarawa, in the Pacific.

“Downrange,” 1960 February 21
Note: Director: Julian C. Townsend
Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: Documents the United States' missile test range, depicting the activities of the tracking stations from the Caribbean to the South Atlantic.

“Turn of the Century,” 1960 February 28

“Japan's Changing Face”

Part 1: “The New Look,” 1960 March 6
Note: Writer: Peter Kalischer
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the change in Japanese society attributed to Japan's defeat in World War II, the disappearance of strict parental discipline and emperor worship.

Part 2: “The New Generation,” 1960 March 13
Note: Writer: Peter Kalischer
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of contemporary Japanese youth, their views of Japan's past, the Emperor, and their penchant for western styles of dress, entertainment, and mores.

“Patton and the Third Army,” 1960 March 20
Note: Writer: General S.L.A. Marshall
Scope and Content Note: A profile of General George Patton and the Third Army, which he led in the breakthrough to Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. Also covers Patton's North African victory and his command in Sicily.

“The Mysterious Deep, or, The Power of the Sea”

Part 1, 1960 March 27
Note: Interviews with: Jacques Costeau
Scope and Content Note: Deals with the Continental shelf and the sea life associated with it. Also explores the possibility of the ocean as a source of nutrition, fresh water, and medical research.

Part 2, 1960 April 3
Note: Writer: James Dugan
Interviews with: Jacques Costeau, Jacques Piccard
Scope and Content Note: A documentary that deals with deep ocean currents, the ocean floor, deep-water equipment and methods of underwater exploration such as sonar and the use of bathyscaphs.

“Rommel,” 1960 April 10
Note: Writer: James Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of the World War II general nicknamed “the Desert Fox” by the British during his military career in North Africa.

“Paris in the Twenties,” 1960 April 17
Note: Same as DD 317 in the Dennis Atkinson Collection; films have not been compared to see if there are any differences.
Scope and Content Note: A documentary of expatriate artists in Paris comprised of the reflections of Janet Flanner and newsreel footage of Joyce, Beckett, Pound, Anthiel, Kiki, Calder, Harpo Marx, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ravel, Collette, Chaplin, Miston Jete, Josephine Baker, Beatrice Lily, Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, and Man Ray discussing his Cinépoème.

“La Guardia,” 1960 April 24

“The White House Story,” 1960 November 6
Note: Writer: Amy La Follette Jensen
Scope and Content Note: The history of the White House and events associated with the thirty-two occupants up through Eisenhower.

“Sub Killers,” 1960 November 13
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: John Gilligan
Scope and Content Note: Chronicles U.S. Navy's hunt for “enemy” submarines during an exercise off the South Carolina coastline, utilizing destroyers, land and carrier-based aircraft, helicopters and submarines.

“Traffic Jam Upstairs,” 1960 November 20
Note: Director: Dan Klugherz
Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the problems of jet age airports showing automated, electronic control computers that activate the controls of planes and bring them safely in.

“Over Here,” 1960 November 27
Note: Writer: James Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: A nostalgic look at civilian contributions to the war effort and life on the home front in the United States during World War II.

“The Doolittle Raid,” 1960 December 4
Note: Writer: Burton Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the United States air assault on Japan in 1942, led by Lt. Col. James Doolittle.

“Berliners: Life in a Gilded Cage,” 1960 December 18
Note: Director: Stuart Schulberg
Writer: Stuart Schulberg
Scope and Content Note: A study of West Berlin, addressing the question of why the two and a half million occupants choose to remain in the city, which is a niche surrounded by Communist territory.

“Admiral Byrd,” 1960 December 25
Note: Writer: Marshall Flaum
Scope and Content Note: Uses archival footage and interviews with former expedition members to tell the story of Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his exploration of the North and South Poles.

“P.O.W.”

Part 1, “Korea,” 1961 January 1
Scope and Content Note: An examination of American P.O.W.s during the Korean War.

Part 2, “Road to Resistance,” 1961 January 3
Note: Director: James B. Faichney
Writer: Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall
Scope and Content Note: Reports on “anti-brainwashing” training at the Combat Survival Training School at Stead Air Force Base.

“Battle of Casino,” 1961 January 15
Note: Writer: John Toland
Scope and Content Note: Recounts four separate Allied assaults in Italy during World War II against the German “Gustav Line,” which was nearly impregnable because of natural fortifications.

“City under the Ice,” 1961 January 22
Note: Director: Norton Bloom
Writer: Walter Wager
Scope and Content Note: A report on Camp Century, the U.S. Army's nuclear power base beneath the Greenland Ice Cap.

“Ireland: The Tear and the Smile”

Part 1, 1961 January 29

Part 2, 1961 February 5

“The College Panic,” 1961 February 12?
Note: Writer: Jerome Brundfield
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the problems of college admissions in a time when there are more applicants than ever before in history (early 1960s).

“Minister of Hate,” 1961 February 19

“France in Ferment,” 1961 February 26
Scope and Content Note: A study of the “youth rebellion” in France that emphasizes the issue of the Algerian War. Includes interviews with Premier Michel Debré and novelist Françoise Sagan.

“The Burma Surgeon Today,” 1961 March 5

“The New Marine,” 1961 March 12
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Craig Gilbert
Scope and Content Note: A report on the “Recon Marines” a 150-man elite force trained to gather intelligence while working behind enemy lines.

“Minuteman!,” 1961 March 19
Note: Director: Daniel Klugherz
Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: A chronicle of the United States' first solid-fuel ICBM, from the drawing board through contractors, preliminary tests in the Mojave Desert, to Cape Canaveral and the actual launching.

“As Others See Us,” 1961 March 26
Scope and Content Note: A series of “man-on-the-street” interviews regarding the image of the United States abroad, conducted in Moscow, London, Paris, Rome, Cairo, Tokyo, Bonn and Caracas.

“New York in the Twenties,” 1961 April 2

“Sweden: Trouble in Paradise?”

Part 1, 1961 April 9
Note: Director: Willard Van Dyke
Writer: Wilfred Fleisher
Scope and Content Note: A documentary of life in Sweden, which looks at a typical middle class family, explains the “welfare” state, and examines the role of the King. Includes interviews with Prime Minister Tage Erlander and other political leaders.

Part 2, 1961 April 16
Note: Director: Willard Van Dyke
Scope and Content Note: An examination of social ills in Sweden such as juvenile delinquency, divorce, alcoholism, and suicide. Includes discussions with Prime Minister Tage Erlander, Liberal Party leader Bertil Ohlin, Labor leader Arne Geijer and criminologist Bewgit Berggren as to the causes of problems and their relation to the nation's “welfare” state.

“General Marshall,” 1961 April 23
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of George Marshall, Chief of Staff during World War II, Secretary of Defense during the Korean War, and winner of the 1953 Nobel Peace Prize.

“Alert!: Defense in the Missile Age,” 1961 April 30
Note: Director: Nicholas Webster
Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the defense capabilities of NORAD (North American Air Defense Command) in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and the retaliatory powers of SAC (Strategic Air Command) headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.

“Hungary Today,” 1961 October 29
Note: Director: Avram Westin
Writer: Daniel Schorr
Scope and Content Note: A report on Communist Hungry five years after the 1956 revolution with an anti-communist slant.

“Al Smith,” 1961 November 5

“Guerilla”

Part 1, 1961 November 12
Note: Duplicate print
Scope and Content Note: A report on the U.S. Army Special Forces, trained at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, experts in the techniques of “unconventional warfare.”

Part 2, 1961 November 19
Note: Duplicate print
Scope and Content Note: A report on the Army Special Forces unit in Vietnam, at the United States military base in Nha Trang. Includes scenes of U.S. trained Vietnamese officers putting their troops through training exercises, and soldiers in action.

“Typhoon at Okinawa,” 1961 November 26
Note: Writer: Robert Shaplen
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the World War II battle over Okinawa. Includes footage of the Japanese kamikaze effort to defend the city by flying their planes into the American fleet, and of a typhoon that destroyed several United States ships and planes.

“The Man Who Spied on Pearl Harbor,” 1961 December 3
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the espionage activities of Takeo Yoshikawa for the Japanese Imperial Navy, which led to the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor.

“The Story of Wendell L. Willkie,” 1961 December 12 or 17?
Note: Writer: Lael Wertenbaker
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of Wendell Willkie, the small town Midwesterner who won the Republican presidential nomination in 1940, and after his defeat by Roosevelt, went on to become a world statesman and renowned humanitarian.

“The Great Weather Mystery,” 1961 December 24
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the science and folklore of weather forecasting as well as recent research on weather control.

“The Jazz of Dave Brubeck,” 1961 December 31

“Siege at Malta,” 1962 January 7

“Sports Cars: The Rage to Race,” 1961 January 14
Note: Director: Robert Barlow
Writer: Walter Cronkite
Scope and Content Note: A report on professional and amateur sports car racing. Focuses on the Grand Prix de Monaco showing the course, a 1.9 mile circuit through narrow, winding streets, and an interview with the winner.

“Crisis at Suez,” 1962 January 28

“Puerto Rico: The Peaceful Revolution,” 1962 February 4
Note: Director: Henwar Robakiewicz
Scope and Content Note: A documentary about economic and cultural improvements in Puerto Rico under the leadership of Governor Luis Munoz Marin, elected to office in 1949.

“Partisan: The Nazi-Soviet War,” 1962 February 11
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available.

“Frank Lloyd Wright,” 1962 February 18

“The Age of Anxiety”

Part 1, 1962 February 25
Scope and Content Note: Report on the development of psychiatry in the United States and the roles of Dr. Karl Menninger and Dr. William Menninger.

Part 2, 1962 March 4
Note: Writer: James Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the treatment of mental patients at Topeka State Hospital, including a clinical case conference, occupational therapy, out-patient activities, and psychiatric training for doctors, nurses, and social workers.

“The Women Get the Vote,” 1962 March 18

“Get the Graff Spee,” 1962 March 25
Scope and Content Note: An account of the German battleship, the Admiral Graf Spee, which patrolled the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans in the late 1930s.

“First Man on the Moon,” 1962 April 1
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the research conducted by NASA for the first manned moon flight.

“Czechoslovakia: From Munich to Moscow,” 1962 April 8

“End of an Empire,” 1962 April 15

“Let's Go to the Fair,” 1962 April 22
Scope and Content Note: World's Fairs from 1900 in Paris to the 1962 Century 21 Exposition in Seattle Washington, which had opened the day before this telecast aired.

“The Creative Thirties,” 1962 April 29

“The Satellite that Talks,” 1962 May 6
Note: Director: Av Westin, Peter Poor
Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: An examination of communications satellites and the technology of instantaneous worldwide transmission of news on television.

“Pollsters and Politics,” 1962 October 4 or 7?
Note: Director: Henwar Rodakiewicz
Writer: J.C. Sheers
Scope and Content Note: A report on the use of public opinion polls by politicians as a tool in determining voter preferences and attitudes on key issues.

“I Remember: Dag Hammarskjold,” 1962 October 28
Note: Director: Daniel Klugherz
Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of the early life of the late Dag Hammarskjöld, former Secretary General of the United Nations.

“Germany: Red Spy Target,” 1962 November 4
Scope and Content Note: A report on espionage directed from East Germany against West Germany and the NATO forces based there.

“The Fighting 'E,'” 1962 November 18
Scope and Content Note: A tribute to the WWII aircraft carrier U.S.S. Enterprise (CV-6) and the new nuclear powered U.S.S. Enterprise (CVN-65).

“So that Men are Free,” 1962 November 25

“Laval: Portrait of a Traitor,” 1962 December 2
Note: Writer: Lael Wertenbaker
Interviews with: Paul Reynaud (French Premier in 1940), Robert Murphy (U.S. chargé d'affaires to the Vichy government in France)
Scope and Content Note: A biography of Pierre Laval, Chief of Government in unoccupied France during WWII who was executed for betraying France to Nazi Germany.

“Army of the Damned,” 1962 December 16

“Zero Hour in Greece,” 1963 January 6

“From Jet to Dyna-Soar,” 1963 January 13
Scope and Content Note: A report on the new jets and supersonic rockets being developed at the Air Force's Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force base in California.

“Air Drop at Arnheim,” 1963 January 20
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the unsuccessful Allied airdrop into Holland during World War II that was supposed to end the war. Military leaders discuss their participation in the operation and the reasons for its failure.

“Finland's Tug of War,” 1963 February 3
Scope and Content Note: A report on riots in Helsinki during the Eighth World Youth Festival, an international event sponsored by the World Federation of Democratic Youth and the International Union of Students, emphasizing the propagandistic aspects of the festival while praising Finnish hostility against the Russians.

“Attack on Singapore,” 1963 February 24

“Franco Spain”

Part 1, 1963 March 3
Scope and Content Note: A discussion of the political and social character of Generalissimo Franco's dictatorial regime by government spokesmen and members of the opposition.

Part 2, 1963 March 10
Scope and Content Note: A discussion of Spain's economy and the role of the Church in Spain under Franco. Also discusses American military and non-military aid.

“Rhodes Scholar,” 1963 March 17
Note: Director: Robert K. Shaipe
Writer: James Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: A report that chronicles a day in the life of a Rhodes scholar at Oxford University in England.

“Red Ships off Our Shores,” 1963 March 24
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: James H. Winshester
Scope and Content Note: A tour of the Soviet oceanographic research vessel, the Mikhail Lomonosov. Also includes a survey of the activities of Soviet ships stationed outside the 3-mile shore limit of the United States.

“Ethiopia: The Lion and the Cross”

Part 1, 1963 March 31

Part 2, 1963 April 7

“The Booming World of Boats,” 1963 April 14
Note: Director: Roger Burlow
Writer: Robert Clurman
Scope and Content Note: A coast-to-coast survey of America's craze for recreational boating.

“The Western Hero,” 1963 April 21
Note: Same as CB 098 in the Dennis Atkinson collected films; films have not been compared to see if there are any differences.
Writer: Don Miller
Scope and Content Note: Relates the history and importance of westerns in the American movie industry. Traces short and epic westerns, silent, talkie and musical westerns, as well as western television programs.

“Frogmen of the Future,” 1963 April 28
Scope and Content Note: A report on the U.S. Navy's underwater demolition and sea-air-land teams that includes sequences of training.

“Keep It Cool,” 1963 October 27
Note: Director: Robert K. Sharpe
Writer: Jules Koslow
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the “detached worker” program of the metropolitan Chicago YMCA, which attempts to prevent violence among juvenile gangs through worker training and conflict resolution.

“Mountbatten: Man of Action,” 1963 November 3
Note: Writer: Barbara Sapinsley
Scope and Content Note: A biography tracing the life and career of Earl Mountbatten of Burma from his youth through his position of Supreme Allied Commander in Southeast Asia during World War II and later as Viceroy of India, to his present position as Chairman of Britain's Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“The Road to Berlin,” 1963 November 10
Note: Writer: Colonel Barney Oldfield
Scope and Content Note: A history of the struggle following World War II between the Soviet and Western powers over Berlin and the continuing crises over the divided city. Focuses on the period between May 1945, when Communist troops occupied the city, to October 1946, when elections were held.

“A Child Is to Love,” 1963 November 17
Note: Director: Harry Rasky
Writer: Harry Rasky
Scope and Content Note: The history and operation of SOS children's villages founded by Hermann Gmeiner for lost and abandoned children after World War II.

“Battle for Norway,” 1963 December 1

“Verdun: End of the Nightmare,” 1963 December 8
Note: Duplicate print
Director: Douglas Wood
Writer: John Sharnik
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the World War I battle of Verdun.

“SAC: Aloft and Below”

Part 1, 1963 December 15
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: A report on the United States' “deterrent military complex” the Strategic Air Command. Includes a discussion of the fail-safe system and “Looking Glass,” SAC's airborne command post.

Part 2, 1963 December 22
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: A report on the United States' “retaliatory forces,” focusing of the intercontinental ballistic missiles: Titan I, Titan II, and Minuteman.

“Too Young to Hate,” 1963 December 29
Note: Writer: Barbara Sapinsley
Scope and Content Note: A documentary on children's International Summer Villages, focusing on a Village in Mississippi that hosted 11-year old delegates from Japan, England, Norway, Holland, Mexico, Guatemala, and the United States.

“The Plots Against Hitler”

Part 1, 1964 January 5

Part 2, 1964 January 12

“Invasion of Sicily,” 1964 January 19
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the Allied capture of Sicily from the Germans.

“Firebrand on Ice: Stan Mikita,” 1964 February 2
Scope and Content Note: An on-the-spot report on ice-hockey covering pre-season training, injury statistics and an exhibition game.

“Deep in the Heart of Houston,” 1964 February 16
Note: Writer: Dan Rather
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the prosperous, fast-growing city of Houston, the sources and products of its wealth, and educational, social and recreational improvements and developments.

“Depressed Area, U.S.A.,” 1964 February 23
Note: Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A documentary survey of the problems of the Southern Appalachians, focusing on the stagnant economic conditions in Clay County, Kentucky.

“The Agony of Austria,” 1964 March 1

“Traffic Round the World,” 1964 March 8
Note: Writer: Richard Slote
Scope and Content Note: A report on traffic problems in congested metropolitan areas on four continents: London, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, and Chicago. Also examines the rush hour bottleneck in Manhattan and the special traffic problems of Rome.

“John L. Lewis,” 1964 March 22
Scope and Content Note: On the labor leader, who served as president of the United Mine Workers of American from 1920 to 1960.

“Up Jet,” 1964 March 29
Note: Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: A report on the vertical takeoff and landing system (VTOL) that enables jets to rear back on their tails and accelerate from the ground at a 90-degree angle and land in the same fashion.

“Yugoslavia: Bridge or Tightrope?,” 1964 April 5
Note: Writer: Alexander Kendrick
Interviews with: Dean Rusk (Secretary of State), George Kennan (former American Ambassador to Yugoslavia), and Senator Frank Lausch (D-OR) of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Scope and Content Note: A documentary on Yugoslavia and its efforts to blend Western concepts of living with its Communist government.

“Jimmy Walker,” 1964 April 12
Scope and Content Note: Politician, Mayor of New York City, 1926-1932.

“Man with a Mission: Dr. Howard Rusk,” 1964 April 19
Note: Director: Nick Webster
Writer: James H. Winchester
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of Dr. Rusk, a physical therapist at the Institute of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York.

“Cameras Aloft, Secrets Below,” 1964 April 26
Note: Writer: James H. Winchester
Scope and Content Note: A report on aerial photography as a strategic military weapon of modern warfare and a $100 million-a-year commercial business.

“Lenin and Trotsky,” 1964 May 3

“Smear: The Game of Dirty Politics,” 1964 October 25
Note: Writer: Roger Butterfield
Scope and Content Note: A history and analysis of smear against presidential candidates, including accusations of moral turpitude, racism, Communism, and sexual and financial irregularities through printed and photographic materials.

User copy of DC 491

“Who Killed Anne Frank?,” 1964 December 13

“Duke Ellington Swings through Japan,” 1964 December 20

“Anthony Eden,” 1964 December 27
Note: Duplicate print
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of British diplomat Anthony Eden, with a focus on his roles as Foreign Secretary during World War I and as Prime Minister after WWII.

“TAC: The Lightning Punch,” 1965 January 3
Note: Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: A report on the Tactical Air Command (TAC), the versatile air arm of the United States strike command, which is trained to offer immediate response.

“Target: North Africa,” 1965 January 10
Note: Writer: James Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: Recounts the World War II battle between the German general Rommel's Afrika Korps and the Allied Forces, which turned the tide toward European liberation.

“Korea: The Line,” 1965 January 17
Note: Writer: Burton Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: Examines the political and military circumstances surrounding the border between North and South Korea.

“Strange Case of Rudolf Hess,” 1965 January 31

“The Nisei: The Pride and the Shame,” 1965 February 7

“The Sailing Oystermen,” 1965 February 14
Note: Director: Nicholas Webster
Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A study of the Chesapeake Bay community of fishermen that emphasizes the retention of old traditions and attitudes.

“Heartbreak Country: Italy's South,” 1965 February 21

“Siege of Leningrad,” 1965 February 28
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available.

“Pop Buell: Hoosier at the Front,” 1965 March 7
Note: Director: Willard Van Dyke
Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of Pop Buell, former Indiana farmer who aids refugees in Laos through a United States relief agency.

“The Navajos and Annie Wauneka,” 1965 March 14
Note: Writer: Richard Slote
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of health advocate Annie Wauneka, the first woman to be elected to the tribal council, awarded the Freedom Medal by President Kennedy. Depicts her work in the Window Rock Reservation.

“Taming the Mekong,” 1964 March 21
Note: Director: Willard Van Dyke
Writer: Richard C. Holtelet
Scope and Content Note: A report on the U.N. Mekong River Project, bringing together engineers, hydrologists and other specialists to build dams and plants for flood control, irrigation, power and navigation in Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam.

“The Warsaw Uprising,” 1965 March 28
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available.

“Man with a Violin: Isaac Stern,” 1965 April 4

“The Dissenter: Norman Thomas,” 1965 April 11

“The Supersonic Jet Race,” 1965 April 18
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: A report on the technological competition between the United States' Lockheed and Boeing aircraft, the British-French Concord, and Russian experiments. Includes interviews with the designers, pilots and corporation officials.

“The Farmer: Feast or Famine?,” 1965 April 25
Note: Same as DD 632 in the Gaylord Nelson Papers; different commercials and promo.
Directors: Willard Van Dyke, Roger Barlow
Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A news film about the plight of the American farmer. An examination of the extremes of wealth and poverty among American farmers that discusses modern equipment, the super-productivity of corporate agriculture, and the subsistence family farm.

“Man of the Month: Dean Rusk,” 1965 October 31
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Marvin Kalb
Scope and Content Note: A portrait of the Secretary of State and his work with representatives from 117 foreign governments.

“Operation Gwamba,” 1965 December 19

“Man of the Year: Pope Paul VI,” 1965 December 26
Note: Writer: Winston Burdett
Scope and Content Note: The life of Pope Paul VI from his childhood to the present, including his place in the succession of popes, scenes of Ecumenical council, religious and diplomatic events, and interviews.

“Air Rescue”

Part 1: “The Making of Men,” 1966 January 2
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the training of rescue teams at Da Nang Air Force Base in Vietnam. Includes scenes of scuba diving, parachute jumping, first aid treatment, salvage and spotting techniques. Also includes a sequence depicting the recovery of a spacecraft and astronauts.

Part 2: “Vietnam,” 1966 January 9 or 16
Note: Writer: Richard Witkin
Scope and Content Note: The story of actual combat rescues in Vietnam told through interviews with both the rescuers and the rescued.

“Man of the Month: Ho Chi Minh,” 1966 January 30

“How to Fight a Guerilla War,” 1966 February 6

“What a Way to Run a Railroad,” 1966 February 13
Note: Writer: James W. Winchester
Scope and Content Note: An examination of new developments in transportation. Scenes of Japan's super express trains that travel at 160 mph are compared to the United States' clogged and archaic passenger rail system. Also shown are the rapid transit systems in San Francisco, Pennsylvania and Paris.

“Moscow U.,” 1966 February 20

“Man of the Month: Dr. Michael Ellis De Bakey,” 1966 February 27
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A report on the work of Dr. Michael DeBakey, world renown heart surgeon at the Texas Medical center in Houston.

“Nehru: Man of Two Worlds,” 1966 March 6

“Synanon in Prison,” 1966 March 13
Note: Writer: Irv Drasnin
Scope and Content Note: A report on the Synanon psychotherapy program at the Nevada State Penitentiary where they employ a method originally intended to rehabilitate drug addicts.

“Woman Doctor in Vietnam,” 1966 March 20
Note: Writer: Earle Luby
Scope and Content Note: A report on the work of Dr. Pat Smith and two American nurses at the hospital they founded in the highlands of Kontum, South Vietnam.

“Woman of the Month: Indira Gandhi,” 1966 March 27
Note: Writer: Sindey Hertzberg
Scope and Content Note: An exclusive interview with Indira Gandhi on her first visit to the United States as India's Prime Minister. Includes a discussion of the food crises, overpopulation, India's role in Asia, poverty and disease as well as a Biographical background of Indira Gandhi.

“Integration in the Military,” 1966 April 3
Note: Writer: Earle Luby
Interviews with: Benjamin O. Davis (General in the segregated army), Major Elbert Fountain
Scope and Content Note: A view of the success of racial integration in the United States military.

“Jackpot in Libya,” 1966 April 10

“Man of the Month: The Draftee,” 1966 April 17
Note: Writer: Burton Benjamin
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the Selective Service Board that briefly addresses the different classifications and the unpopularity of the draft.

The 21st Century (CBS, 1967-1969)
Note: Includes 34 episodes of an unknown number of episodes.

“To the Moon,” 1967 February 5
Note: Director: Tom Spain
Writer: Fred Warshofsky
Scope and Content Note: Speculates about the future research on the moon including interviews with Dr. Werner Von Braun and Isaac Asimov.

“The Class of '01,” 1967 April 23
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Fred Warshofsky
Interview with: Harold Howe II (U.S. Commissioner of Education)
Scope and Content Note: An examination of projected needs for educating students in the year 2001.

“The Mighty Atom,” 1967 May 14
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Stanley Englehardt
Interviews with: Glenn T. Seaborg (director of the Atomic energy Commission), Alvin M. Weinberg
Scope and Content Note: Discusses the future peaceful uses of atomic power.

“Bats, Birds, and Bionics,” 1967 October 22

“From the Cradle to the Classroom”

Part 1, 1968 February 18
Note: Director: James Jackson
Writer: Barbara Sapinsley
Scope and Content Note: A report on government-subsidized pre-nursery school education programs.

Part 2, 1968 February 25
Note: Director: James Jackson
Writer: Judy Towers
Scope and Content Note: A report on the pre-nursery school education program of Dr. Bettye Caldwell and Dr. Siegfried Engelmann.

“Jonas Salk: Science of Life,” 1968 March 3
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Tom Shachtman
Interviews with: Dr. Salk, Edwin Lennox, Renato Dulbecco, Leslie Orgel, Melvin Cohn, and Jacob Bronowski
Scope and Content Note: A look at the work of Jonas Salk and other scientists working at his institute.

“Fighting Fear with Fear,” 1968 March 17
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Judy Towers
Scope and Content Note: An examination of the techniques of behavioral therapy in practice at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee by Dr. Thomes G. Stampfl and Dr. Donald J. Levis, in which a patient changes patterns of behavior rather than searching for causes of problems.

“Can We Live to Be 100?,” 1968 March 24
Note: Director: Jonathan Donald
Writer: Fred Warshofsky
Scope and Content Note: An examination of new medical techniques developed in clinical research facilities such as the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland.

“The Shape of Films to Come,” 1968 April 21
Scope and Content Note: Examines technological innovations in film production, showing some examples of their use and suggesting how they may develop.

“Now You See It…,” 1968 May 26

“Surviving in Space,” 1968 October 27
Note: Director: Mort Heilig
Writer: Fred Warshofsky
Scope and Content Note: An examination of Space Medicine and Bio-astronomics.

“Stanger than Science Fiction,” 1969 February 9
Scope and Content Note: Study of how the creators of science fiction from Jules Verne to Stanley Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke's 2001: A Space Odyssey looked at their world and how their predictions for the future compare.

“Circle of Love,” 1969
Note: Director: Peter Poor
Writer: Tom Shachtman, Peter Poor
Scope and Content Note: A report on a popular psychology phenomenon; the college “encounter” group.

“Incredible Voyage,” undated

“The Communications Explosion,” undated

“Mystery of Life,” undated

“Man-Made Man,” undated

“The Deep Frontier,” undated

“Conquering the Sea,” undated

“Standing Room Only,” undated

“The Laser: A Light Fantastic,” undated

“The Computer Revolution,” Part 1 and 2, undated

“Miracle of the Mind,” undated

“Medical Electronics,” undated

“Cities of the Future,” undated

“The Weird World of Robots,” undated

“The First Ten Months,” Part 1 and 2, undated

“The Sleepwatchers,” undated

“What Are We Doing to Our Planet?,” Part 1 and 2, undated

“Art for Tomorrow,” undated

World War One (CBS, 1964-1965)
Note: Includes all twenty-six episodes.

“The Summer at Sarajevo,” 1964 September 22

“The Clash of the Generals,” 1964 September 29

“The Doomed Dynasties,” 1964 November 4

“Atrocity 1914,” 1964 October 13
Scope and Content Note: Examines Germany's war on Belgium and the brutalization of the Belgian people.

“They Sank the Lusitania,” 1964 October? 27

“Verdun the Inferno,” 1964 November 10

“The Battle of Jutland,” 1964 November 17

“The Trenches,” 1964 November 24

“D-Day at Gallipoli,” 1964 December 1

“America the Neutral,” 1964 December 8

“Wilson and the War,” 1964 December 20

“Revolution in Red,” 1964 December 27

“Behind the German Lines,” 1965 January 3

“Year of Lost Illusions,” 1965 January 10

“Over There,” 1965 January 17

“Over Here,” 1965 January 24

“Daredevils and Dogfights,” 1965 January 31

“The Agony of Caporetto,” 1965 February 14

“Tipperary and All That Jazz,” 1965 February 21

“The Promised Lands,” 1965 February 28

“The Tide Turns,” 1965 March 7

“The Battle of Argonne,” 1965 March 14

“The Day the Guns Stopped Firing,” 1965 March 28

“Wilson and Peace,” 1965 April 4

“The Allies in Russia,” 1965 April 11

“Heritage of War,” 1965 April 18

CBS Reports

“What Are We Doing to Our Children?,” 1973 March 9
Note: Producer: Isaac Kleinerman
Executive producer: Burton Benjamin
Correspondent: Daniel Schorr
Scope and Content Note: Examines the problems of troubled youths in America and role the government plays in handling low-income and damaged children, focusing on the juvenile detention systems. The documentary focuses on one child named Paul and his family's struggle against the courts system.

“A Boy Named Terry Egan,” 1973
Note: Director/producer: Isaac Kleinerman
Assistant producer: Phyllis Bosworth
Correspondent: Daniel Schorr
Scope and Content Note: Documentary film that shares one year in the life of nine year-old Terry Egan, an attractive, bright, likeable child who is autistic. The film follows Egan as he interacts with his family and the Loyola University Guidance Center, a school for the emotionally impaired, showing the changes in his social skills, language and academic skills.

“The Israelis,” circa 1973

“The Great Depression” , circa 1976

“Harvest of Mercy,” undated
Alternate Format: Digital access copy available

“99 Days to Survival,” undated
Note: Production: CBS in cooperation with the Smithsonian Institution
Producer: Isaac Kleinerman
Director: Jim Jackson
Editor: Maurice Murad
Host: Walter Schirra
Voices of John Wesley Powell and George Bradley by E.G. Marshall
Scope and Content Note: In this Smithsonian Adventure, E.G. Marshall reads from Major John Wesley Powell's journal about the increasing peril of Powell's journey down the Colorado River in 1869 as twentieth-century adventurers traverse the same route and show that the unknown gorges and turbulent rapids pose dangers as great as ever.

One World or None, undated

Wisdom: Edward Steichen, undated

San Pietro, undated

Search for the Goddess of Love, undated

Hello China!, undated