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The First World War - PT1
Moscow, Russia: MS Tsar (Czar) NICHOLAS II and Tsarina (Czarina) ALEXANDRIA of Russia at event with high ranking military officers. LS Russian royal family & entourage walking along balcony before large crowd. GV Russian royal family (including the monk RASPUTIN carrying Czarevich ALEXEI) coming down stairs past saluting officers outside palace.
Northwest Passage is Conquered
Northwest Passage is Conquered. Aerial of ship in an ice field. Shot from ship's railing of boat moving through the ice. Walruses swim in the water. Shot of a walrus's head going back under the water. Three crew stand at the ship's bow as it moves through the ice. Sde view of ship's bow moving through ice. Two men stand at the railing. Shot from the railing pointing downwards of ice field passing by. Ship anchored in the ice field. Two men walk down the gang plank onto the ice. Aerial of the ship. Two shots of the crew walking on the ice. Shot of the ship's bow from the ice with sled dogs standing by it. One sled dog nips at another. Two cewmen on deck. Crew stand at the railing. Shot from mast tower or cabin roof of ship moving through the ice. Shot from the stern of churning water caused by the engines.
Government Hearing
Government Hearing. People enter chamber. Policeman points directions with his finger. Shot of people moving into room. Shot of crowded chamber. Committee of five men sit at table facing rowd. One member bangs a gavel. Balding man puts glasses on while settling into a chair. Shot of committee with one member flipping through a memo pad. Another member asks a question. Shot of public watching from the seats. Cop closes chamber door as pressmen leave, walking towards the camera. Shot of the two cops at the chamber door as one closes it.
The First World War - PT1
Germany: MS KAISER WILHELM and KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA & entourage walking past camera as they visit a German orphanage. GV children & nurses cheering as the Kaisers arrive. GV Kaisers smiling upon little girls performing folk dance entailing holding jugs on heads while turning round & round. MS KAISER WILHELM and KAISERIN AUGUSTA VICTORIA exiting orphanage. MS Kaiser chatting with a man (director of orphanage?) while nurses bustle about. MS the Kaiser posing with orphans.
The Neil Sedaka Touch
The unidentified African-American male sings an excerpt from Sedaka's composition "Lonely Night (Angel Face)."
The Neil Sedaka Touch
Neil Sedaka sings and excerpt from his 1974 hit "Sad Eyes." The stage setting is a sort of "Copacabana" scene, with Sedaka in a honky-tonk pianist costume (complete with black vest and slacks and a red garter on his sleeve) in front of a three-panel room divider and potted ferns. Sedaka is accompanied by a man wearing a Ragtime straw boater and pretending to play clarinet, while a woman in a black dress and red feather boa sits on a chair looking forlornly into the distance, embodying the "sad eyes" of the song.
The Neil Sedaka Touch
The unidentified African-American female singer sings excerpt from Sedaka's composition "Solitaire."
The Neil Sedaka Touch
Neil Sedaka says that when he was planning this show, he asked one of his best friends to be a guest. Saying "Here he is to share a song which I recorded with Elton John," Sedaka introduces Andy Gibb, and together Sedaka and Gibb sing a duet of excerpts from "Bad Blood." Gibb wears red slacks and a floral shirt opened to his waist, revealing a medallion on a chain and prodigious amounts of chest hair, while Sedaka sports a dark suit with brocade gold vest and an extra-wide wide collared white shirt. Shot of the duo in front of the audience, then clip ends in a freeze-frame.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 305
Don Howser announces that Porter's next recitation is one of his favorites. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Porter recites Mel Tillis' righteously angry "Pastor's Absent On Vacation."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 305
Porter reintroduces Nat Stuckey, who plays guitar and sings "Cut Across Shorty," backed by The Wagonmasters. MS of very rocking Buck Trent guitar solo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 305
To fill up the last minute or so, Porter and Dolly sing a chorus of "Run That By Me One More Time" until Porter wraps up the show, waving goodbye as The Wagonmasters play the instrumental outro, Don Howser signs off, and the whole cast horses around as credits roll.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Promo for The Porter Wagoner Show #307 featuring special guest Hank Snow. Porter sings "You Got-ta Have A License" while Don Howser plugs Hank Snow's appearance and invites us to tune in. Fade out over art card with colorful illustration of Porter.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Opening of Porter Wagoner show #307. Standard pre-recorded opening begins with CU of Porter s shiny red boots walking down hallway, which cuts to rear view of Wagoner s garish green Nudie suit festooned with rhinestone wagon wheels and cacti. Montage of smiling Porter happily walking through WSM-TV studio as stage hands and technicians prep show. Don Howser s voice over reads: "Direct from Nashville Tennessee, here s The Porter Wagoner Show!" Quick shots of regulars as Howser announces them: "Starring Porter Wagoner, Dolly Parton, Speck Rhodes, Don Howser, The Wagonmasters, and today s special guest star." Momentary pause in VO (presumably left for Howser to read the guest star s name on air), then prerecorded segment ends with Howser s "...and now, here s Porter." Cut to live portion as Porter, wearing dazzling, rhinestone-studded green Nudie suit, plays guitar and sings "You Got-ta Have A License" accompanied by Wagonmasters Buck Trent, Don Warden, Mack Magaha, George McCormick, Jack Little and Speck Rhodes, all but Speck in matching red Nudie suits of their own. MCU Mack's fiddling and Buck's banjo.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Porter welcomes audience and introduces The Singing Ranger, Hank Snow. Wearing a glittery orange Nudie suit, Hank Snow plays guitar and sings "Tangled Mind" backed by his own band, The Rainbow Ranch Boys. Outstanding steel guitar, a terrific performance.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Leading the rest of The Wagonmasters, Buck and Mack trade hot licks on their instrumental "Stampede."
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Now it's time for the beautiful little lady to sing one of her songs for you. Backed by The Wagonmasters, Dolly Parton plays guitar and sings "I m Doing This For Your Sake." Dolly wears a billowy silver dress with slit sleeves that look like they'd interfere with her guitar playing something fierce. You wouldn't see Chet Atkins wearing anything like that.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
In an utterly convincing depiction of marital discord, Porter and Dolly duet on "Fight and Scratch," backed by The Wagonmasters. Meow!
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Porter says he hopes you don't take any part of the show too seriously, "especially this part coming up right now," namely the weakly-- very weakly-- appearance by gap-toothed, checkered suit wearing freak of nature Speck Rhodes. The lovable cornball comic tells a joke about poodle cut hairdos that falls flat, so Porter launches into a chorus of "Fight and Scratch" to get the blood pumping before Speck himself takes the mic, singing "Too Old To Cut The Mustard" backed by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
For the week's gospel song, Porter plays guitar and sings "When I Reach That City" (which he originally recorded with The Blackwood Brothers on their "Grand Old Gospel" LP), accompanied by The Wagonmasters.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
After Porter's respectful introduction, Hank Snow sings "Vanishing Breed" backed by the Rainbow Ranch Boys.
The Porter Wagoner Show No. 307
Porter asks if he can impose on Hank Snow to play about a minute's worth of music. Snow, along with his Rainbow Ranch Boys, plays a bit of "Vaya Con Dios." Porter interrupts to wrap up the show.
Meg's Romance Thrills World
Meg's Romance Thrills World Princess Margaret and Anthony Armstrong-Jones exit building, walk, sit on a nice bench (all this is to pose for the camera). Shot of Margaret's hands as she adjusts a good-sized engagement ring. Queen Elizabeth (that is, the Queen Mother/Queen Mum) comes outside to join the couple. Duty, country.
Peace Odyssey: Ike Urges Arms Cuts on Path to Progress.
Peace Odyssey: Ike Urges Arms Cuts on Path to Progress. Mountain or foothills background, city foreground (VO says it's Santiago, Chile). Flag-waving crowds welcome U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, who waves triumphantly as his motorcade passes; photographers are among those running alongside his car. Men in uniforms stand in rows; they have nifty hats on. Interiors, Ike talks with Chile's President Jorge Alessandri Rodriguez. Ext. building, Congreso Nacional. Ike arrives. Men inside governmental building applaud; Ike raises his arms, acknowledging the acclaim, then speaks from podium. High angle shot people walking below (Ike presumably among them). Shot of people throwing confetti from window.
News in Brief: Submarine at North Pole
News in Brief: Submarine at North Pole The top portion of submarine has poked through ice pack. A few men in parkas walk on the ice. Apparently inside the sub, men cancel envelopes (so that stamp collectors will have something from the North Pole, says the VO); CU cancelled envelope. Wintry sunset, the land in shadow. Night shots of submarine which has poked up through the ice.