Reel 0648, 1961 March 03

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Note 1: "March 3, 1961. A Day of spot recording. Camera 3 (About Africa, a play, then Oral Roberts. To Ed. Lt. Robinson in a Sea Move to talks of Juvenile Deliquency, to Omnibus - 3 or 4 parts of plyas including, Saroy to …, to Beckey's Kraps last tape, to the sand box. Perhaps began or all of Shirley Temple, .... Some tape with Smith Pierce, Mottar, Carole, Lou"; Note 2: CD1Tracks 1-5 Play about Africa/Ghana.Tracks 6-7 show on channel 2 called "The New York Forum" about police reform, remainder of Track 7 through 12 is Oral Roberts' crusade and other religious programming, then old Looney Tunes cartoons. Asian Youth Forum talk show from 13 to the end.CD2 continuation of Youth Forum then "American Musical Theater" w/ Jerry Bach and Sheldon ?Hawk/discussion on songwriting for musicals/more religious programming thru track 6. Commercial for 10th anniversary of the "Late Show". Religious programming and ABC show commercials through track 9. Channel 7 NYC ABC show "Issues and Answers" thru track 15. CD3 'Issues and Answers' continued through track 3. TV talk show re: juvenile delinquency through track 12. CD4 trs.1-7 TV commercials/talk show re: education featuring Strom Thurmond and Sen. Keating. CD5 trks 1-2 Conversation at the Loft: Pierce, Smith and a woman talking at first. Someone asks "Are you Gene Smith the photographer?", he says, "No, I'm Gene Smith the recording engineer." Group talking about recent robbery of photography equipment. Trk. 3, convo w/ man (Pierce?) and Smith about different developing chemicals for photos (hypo-rapid non-hardener). Someone else comes in telling Smith about a "Gypsy jazz guitarist" that he has recorded. Says guitarist played w/ Reinhardt. Guy wants to bring tapes for Smith to hear to Loft. Smith says he is planning to make a 'sound portrait' for the photos he is taking. Talks about Reinhardt going 'electric'. Trk. 4: Lou Draper comes in and they are trying to get 4 people to play bridge. Discuss Miranda Tape Machine? Trk. 5-10 Loft convo continues, Smith tells about State Dept. staffer who wants to use one of his photos as propaganda. Smith writes letter to them and they ask him to be some type of correspondent though he points out that he is a subversive. By trk. 10, Smith needs to mail something and woman asks if he has postage money. He (Smith) turns on TV to watch "Omnibus" hosted by Allistair Cooke. Tracks 11-16 are plays on "Omnibus". Play by Eugene Iunesco (sp?) is performed. Show called "Firece, Funny and Far Out'. CD6 Trks.1-9 are "Omnibus", then the remainder of track 9-14 is TV show, "Meet the Press". Track 2,3,4: Krapp's Last Tape, Samuel Beckett. CD7: Trk. 1: finale of Meet the Press. Flips channels to CBS show w/ Walter Cronkite, "The 20th Century". Trks. 2-7 "The 20th Century" featuring story about a Burmese physician (American living in Burma). Someone is moving the mic around until the commercials are over and show starts again. Trks 8-13 are Disney TV movie "The Little Mermaid". CD8 Trks. 1-4 continuation and end of "The Little Mermaid".; Note 3: Extra CDI 1. talk "TV CBS Channel 2, almost noon. Ghana is the setting for a play: This Side Jordan, by Margaret Lawrence (1960) or Louis Lomax "the Reluctant African" , Jim McAndrews, This Side Jordan. 1-5. 6. Red Cross Chapter Ad on CBS. , New show was ads for Gary Moore Show, Royal Gelatin (noon) New York Forum begins. Francis Adams, Former Police Commissioner. and police issues including "Mayor Wagoner" 8. Jumps to speech on students, tuition at City college 9. Jumps to Oral Roberts on Channel 9. Faith healing in action-12. Jumps to cartoons, and a political speech at end. CDII 1. cont'd political discussion Jumps to song and interview "little Tin Box" 2. and improvised poem on WCBS, Channel 2. The American Memorial Theater, WCBS theatre. Alfred Antenini and the CBS Orchestra. Gerry Bach, and Jim Moss, Host. High school students as subject. Late Show ad "The Philadelphia Story" and News film "the Late News" then to Picture for a Sunday Afternoon 7. Ad for Milky Way candy bar. Jumps to: Ad on WNTA TV Channel 13, and Rex Reasoner and Harry Morgan, Ad for Film Under Fire and lots of Channel changing Jumps to Bruce Conner "the Bo" construction and found objects 5. ABC Directions '61, (next Sunday March 12 and TS Elliot poem(s) begin. 6. cont'd 7. cont'd 8. cont'd and Samual Barber on Kierkegard and talk 9. end of show, Faith Ad, (3rd Psalm from The Bible) 10. Hong Kong ad for ABC Show, Rod Taylor, Ginger Ale Ad, Channel 7 ID, "issue and America and Channel changing again. 11. settles on UN General assembly covery -15. CDIII 1. cont'd political discussion, end of "Issues and Answers" Channel 7 ABC cont'd and ad for Johnny Carson, And S&W green beans ad. 2. Muellers spaghetti ad. Jumps to Dr. Thompson and DA Silver on Psychiatry issues and juvenile delinquency.. 4-12. Channel changes between discussion and a film set during WWII. CDIV 1. movie cont'd. Jumps to music, miltary from film? Ad for Secret Roll On and ad Bogart "Carla" 2-5. cont'd "Out of the Sky" (film) Howard Hawks James Cagney (Million Dollar Movie) Jumps to ABC and education panel, includes Strom Thurmond, Rman HOrusca, Keating 6. cont'd and news, 7. news CDV 1. Loft content: Carole Thomas, Bill Pierce, Gene Smith. and a male with quiet, low voice. Smith's voice activated recording and Pierce: "You mean you're Gene Smith the photographer?" Smith: "No, I'm the recording engineer. **** 2. camera talk, theft, and Schweitzer. Photo talk. 3. Recording sessions and Gypsy Jazz Guitarist (not Djanjo Reinhardt" 4. Loft sound portrait***** and mics. Lou arrives. . "Miranda tape machine" 5. "said you havent' taken a photograph in years" 6. story Smith's 2 page letter to State Department regarding McCarthy. 7. cont'd, Friday night plans. 8. *** Jam Session talk, Hall Overtn's, top musicians and "most leanred of all" Julliard and jazz, MOnk work, Zoot Mulligan, and Gary. CDVI 1. NBC end of Rhinocerous by Ionesco 2. cnt'd and Announcer, Berringer, The Killer and the Vilistor by Ionesco announced. Then segues to Sameul Becket, Waiting for Godot, Krapp's Last Tape, Opening Scene, 3. cont'd 4. Announcer on Beckett, Dinner, William Saroyan, and Edward Albee, The Sandbox. Celebrity Gold 9. Recession (play ongoing, these are subjects) CDVII 1. Meet the Press... And Ayler's (sp?) coffee Jumps to end of I Love Lucy an Clariol ad. Rock Hudson next in Dr. Segrave. Ad. Jack Benny (CBS) Ad Isodets and Walter Cronkite, 2. Burman Surgeon documentary with field recordings 3. cont'd 4. cont'd 5. cont'd with inteview of doctor . 6. cont'd, C-Section footage 7. cont' d with Ad for Prudential Insurance. June Lockhardt, ad for "Lassie" 8. cont'd, 9. Ad for NBC 10. RipTaylor on TV and ads. then into "My Little Mermaid" 11. cont'd 12. cont'd 13. cont'd, end of show. CDVIII 1. cont'd 2. 101 Dalmations ad 3. jumpst Chase Manhattan Bank ad Jumps to My Little Mermaid 4. NBC Jumps to Hans Chritian Anderson and talk.

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