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- In this United States Army Air Forces documentary short film, an Army Air Forces project officer describes the wood and paper construction material of much of the slums of Japan and explains how the American military develops combinations of high explosive, incendiary, and fragmentation bombs with which to cause the maximum fire damage to these buildings. As most of the government and military buildings in Japan were too strongly constructed to be damaged sufficiently by fire-bombing, it was believed the most effective bombing campaign would be to start firestorms in the lightly constructed civilian slums surrounding the major cities. Test bombings of similar wooden buildings at Eglin Air Base confirmed the right combination of bomb types for creating such firestorms.
- An ambitious, headstrong businessman uses his huge personal fortune to construct a spaceship that will take him to Mars.
- An anthology based (earlier more so than later) on the novels and stories of Zane Grey. Dick Powell was often the star, as well as the host.
- "Tales of Tomorrow" was a hosted science fiction anthology series running from 1951 until 1953.
- An American anthology series, with a new episode and different actors and actresses each week. Hosted by Ronald Reagan, the series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
- Highlights the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors and surgeons headed by Dr. Konrad Styner. One of the first medical shows on TV that paid strict attention to detail, and heralded at the time for its sometimes unflinching look at the operations and medical procedures performed by doctors.
- "Lights Out" was a US narrated horror short story series.
- Live dramatic shows featuring Hollywood stars, adaptations of motion pictures, and a host accompanying. The host would introduce each act, and would conduct an interview with the stars at the end of the play.
- This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
- A drama anthology series presented by, and occasionally starring, June Allyson.
- Daytime variety show starring Art Linkletter.
- A short-lived attempt to adapt the works of the veteran British writer William Somerset Maugham for a television audience. Introductions and epilogues often depicted the writer himself, and were filmed in his residence in the French Riviera.
- U.S. Army Air Force pilot Bob Chilton and North American Aircraft designer Arthur Deeds show an Air Force colonel and major the new P-51B aircraft, explaining the changes in this new model and taking the plane through its paces with full description of its flight characteristics.
- 1959–196130m7.7 (11)TV EpisodeAn undisciplined group of Union soldiers in the Civil learns their craft thanks to a heroic Captain from Austria - who is not what he seems.
- A policeman is falsely suspected of taking a bribe.
- A tailor has a dream of becoming a committeeman, but because he's Italian-American he feels his chances are slight.
- A quiet, sedate, middle-aged bank cashier suddenly begins to exhibit strange and disturbing behavior. After a thorough examination, a medical team decides that his problem can best be treated by electroshock therapy.
- Three soldiers and a scout try to cope while a band of Apache warriors surround their strong hold and begin a death watch for the men.
- A man comes to town claiming to be a legendary gunfighter - Frank McKinnon - only Frank McKinnon has been dead for 20 years. He learns there has been a robbery and murder and is soon blamed.
- Journey back more than 400 years to 16th century Sicily, where the small Italian islands have fallen victim to corruption, intimidation, extortion, and brutality.
- An American narrator (Lee J. Cobb) and a British narrator (Kenneth Griffith) relate their countries' differing perspectives of the events leading up to American Independence.
- Marshal Matt Dillon keeps the peace in rough-and-tumble Dodge City.
- The cases of the N.Y.P.D.'s 65th Precinct.
- A pinnacle of the Golden Age of Television, "Studio One" presented a wide range of memorable dramas and received eighteen Emmy nominations and five wins during its prestigious nine-year run on CBS.
- Legendary entertainer Bob Hope hosted, and occasionally starred in, one of the last major anthology series on network television, featuring many of Hollywood's top names, including quite a few who didn't do much television otherwise
- Merv Griffin invites a series of actors, actresses, writers, and directors to discuss the progressive work they have done and current culture, arts, and entertainment surrounding the numerous projects.
- The Ford Motor Company sponsored this hour-long program which rotated between variety shows, dramatic productions, and musical comedies. One of the offerings was turned into a regular series, Sing Along with Mitch (1961).
- The show featured original plays plus plays adapted from works.
- David Barrett heads an organization in Boston that supports poor and indigent clients with the aid of young lawyers, Aaron Silverman is the young idealist, Pat Walters is the black street-smart lawyer and Chris Blake is the WASP added to balance the cast.
- An anthology series hosted by Betty Furness in the first season, and Desi Arnaz in the second. Stories came from several genres, often based on fact. A two part episode was spun off as the popular show The Untouchables (1959).
- This live series featured adaptations of other works (novels, plays, et cetera) plus original works for the show. It was primarily dramas, but a few musicals also were presented. The show is considered one of the major drama series during The Golden Age of Television. Up through episode 1.8, the show alternated with "The Goodyear Theatre" and "The Philco Television Playhouse"; beginning with episode 1.9 to the end of the series in 1957, the show alternated with "The Goodyear Theatre".
- Alec Baldwin interviews the iconic funny man regarding his life and career.
- Arthur Hill narrates the life and career of iconic American actor Henry Fonda are depicted through film clips and archival footage.
- 1963–19671h7.4 (16)TV EpisodeLongtime bar owner Ernie Wigman (Lee J. Cobb) wants to sell out, preferably to his bartender Rich (Harry Guardino), who has a yen to own a bar but lacks the cash.
- A drunkard ex colonel overhears plans of robbery and murder while spending a night in jail, but isn't sure if it was a dream.
- The biopic of the famous French muckraking writer and his involvement in fighting the injustice of the Dreyfuss Affair.
- 1958–19631hTV-148.1 (65)TV EpisodeAfter a military style armored car robbery has left six people dead, including two NYPD cops, the gang's leader is identified. Lt. Parker insists that a reluctant Det. Flint seek leads to the ringleader's whereabouts from a troubled ex-partner of the criminal. The ex-partner is consumed with guilt over having been an informant once before.
- A conflict develops between Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant, who attempts to introduce new methods in their pathology lab.
- Dr. Joseph Pearson and his young assistant clash over the circumstances of a premature birth and a cancer diagnosis.
- Arizona territory,unorthodox actions of a sheriff known as El Jefe (Cobb), who arouses the hostility of a young army officer and the anger of the. townspeople when he tries to shield a young Apache Indian accused of participating in a stagecoach robbery and massacre.
- A teenage boy comes to Aaron's office, begging for him to take the case of his older brother, who is serving time for second degree murder after a plea bargaining agreement. The boy insists his brother is totally innocent, but the lawyer who represented him is a well respected civil rights attorney who has since been appointed a judge. Despite this, the law firm begins to believe that on this occasion he did not give his client his best defense.
- At the request of the girl's mother, the law office takes the case of a young woman accused of killing the womanizing pop singer who abruptly told her their relationship was over. The girl admits shooting him, but as more comes to light it becomes clear that is not the whole story.
- Aaron takes the case of a young minister who is fighting efforts by the child protective services to take away the ten orphaned children he has been taking care of and place them in separate foster homes. Fearing he may lose, the minister soon pulls out of the suit and makes a deal with the agency, but the kids have other ideas and still want to fight to stay together.
- 1969–19711h6.0 (7)TV EpisodeA young man is charged with car theft, although he insists he bought the car from a dealer. But the dealer and the salesman deny ever meeting the young man. Aaron realizes something shady is going on with the dealership, but can he prove it?
- Despite Barrett's misgivings, Aaron believes and is determined to defend a former client who now is accused of petty theft from the couple she was working for. He believes she is being set up, with the help of a young man she claims to have helped escape to Canada to evade the draft.
- Aaron is assigned to work with a famous and flamboyant defense attorney who is defending two young people for murder. Though he resents it at first when the prosecutor tries to get him to separate the female defendant's trial from the male's, Aaron soon feels differently about this after he learns of evidence which would clearly establish the young woman's innocence. But both she and the defense attorney are unwilling to agree to separate trials.
- 1969–19711hTV EpisodeThough he admits to not liking the man, Aaron decides to defend an unpopular older apartment dweller against his fellow tenants and landlord, who want to evict him.
- A former law school classmate of Aaron's, now working at a community action group, shows up at his apartment with a bullet wound. She claims she was shot by the city building inspector who was breaking into her group's office, though it turns out she was shot by her own gun. Aaron takes her case even though her story seems too far-fetched to be believed.
- Aaron defends an old friend from law school who was found with dynamite in a box in his house. He claims the box was not his, and has a witness who can vouch for him, but when Aaron finds out she is lying for him, it takes the case in a tragic new direction.
- Aaron gets a call from a former girlfriend, who has become a heroin addict, is in jail and needs someone to bail her out. He hocks pretty much everything he has and raises the money. Everyone believes she is a lost cause, but Aaron is determined to help her get clean and turn her life around. Complications ensue.
- Aaron is appointed to defend young Dan Fulton, who is charged with possession after marijuana is found in his car on a traffic stop. Dan's father insists that he plead guilty, but Dan refuses, insisting on his innocence.
- Hoppy clears Lucky on a charge of bank robbery and foils the plot of a crooked lawyer to rustle a herd of pedigree cattle and take over the valley.
- McCloud befriends a model who's being used as a pawn in a drug-smuggling ring in which mules leave drugs inside planes to be picked up by the cleaning crew.
- A railroad man and the owner of a freight line battle for control of a crucial mountain pass.
- Hoppy's brother has been murdered and he is on the trail of the murderers. To get them he makes himself seem to be a wanted man.
- During WW2, a British commando lands in German-occupied France to locate a German munitions plant and to mark the target with a beacon for the Allied night bombers sent to destroy it.
- Caesar Kluck, soft-drink magnate, is found dead in the office of a big radio-broadcasting company. Benjamin Franklin Butts, a sound engineer, discovers that Kluck met his death from cyanogen gas, administered in some mysterious fashion. Harry Jones, head of the company, fires Butts for making the murder public. Kluck has made many enemies and there are numerous suspects, including Christina "Steenie" MacCorkle, who is in love with Butts; her brother Alexander; radio announcer Dave Chapman; Tony Lisotti, the janitor who had discovered that Kluck was making love to his daughter Maria; Kluck's physician, Doctor Leonard Sylvester; and Joe Carney, a racketeer who had been doing Kluck's dirty work. Butts pursues his investigation and his only clue is a deflated toy-advertising balloon he has found next to Kluck's body. Later, Butts discovers Tony's body in a broom closet and, nearby, finds another deflated balloon, a straw and a pin. He then calls all the suspects together...and solves the mystery.
- An escaped psychopathic killer who takes the family and neighbors of police psychologist hostage reveals a recurring nightmare to the doctor.
- Miami cop Bart Scott tracks down, in Cuba, a fugitive witness who can shed light in a double homicide and about the activities of a Miami mob lawyer who uses murder and blackmail in order to force the legalization of gambling in Florida.
- This is not a feature film, but two episodes of the TV series "The Virginian" edited together.
- Trampas appears to be in the lead for a local girl until an eastern meat packing tycoon who comes to Medicine Bow to take over his new ranch catches her eye. Trampas is the only one against him until the ranchers learn he has tricked them.
- A female attorney comes to Medicine Bow to open her new practice. After a rocky start with The Virginian, he becomes her first client and she proves her ability. Off to a strong start she jumps into a case putting him into danger.
- On a trip to Mexico with Trampas to pick up six palominos The Virginian becomes sick. He is forced to stay at a lonely saloon and inn tended by the girl friend of a local outlaw. As he recovers she decides she would prefer life with him.
- After his uncle is killed in Texas, Trampas chases the killer into Apache country off limits to whites where he found gold. Trampas is forced to take along multiple companions including the man's wife, a gold seeker, and a drunk doctor.
- Trampas and Steve decide to join up with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders. Comedy ensues with the boys wanting to do it their way. The Virginian shows up and among other things shows the easterners how to "play" polo western style.
- Steve helps a deaf mute who was once jailed for fighting. With Steve's help he learns to fit in at Shiloh but when two men kill a gambler and he is seen with the body, everyone assumes the worst. He finds a second friend in a lonely woman.
- Ryker is offered the job of stopping a small rancher from paying a mortgage. He is too honest to do it but is framed for killing the rancher. He is a good lawman and the sheriff wants him as a deputy but Ryker wants to save his name first.
- The Virginian's efforts to recover money Shiloh spent on diseased cattle become embroiled in a blackmail attempt and then murder. In the middle is a pretty woman just released from prison for murder. She is the talk of Medicine Bow.
- A family moves nearby with a pretty daughter drawing the attention of Trampas. However, when he pushes her to dance, he learns she has a club foot. This is compounded by the pressure on her brother to support her in lieu of his own life.
- 1962–19711h 15mTV-PG7.8 (87)TV EpisodeJ. Jimerson Jones is on the same train to Chicago with Garth and Betsy where Garth helps him adjust to city life. Betsy has her first love with a cub reporter and Jones is taken in by a beautiful woman while another tries to protect him.
- 1962–19711h 15mTV-PG8.0 (56)TV EpisodeJennifer learns by accident a hand has a learning challenged sister who is near adulthood but hidden from society. She convinces the parents to let her help the girl but the girl's involvement with a bank robber complicates the problem.
- Betsy's Chicago visitor has a shaky visit starting with Garth ignoring his wire. Garth wants the ranch deserted to host a secret meeting with an Indian Chief but intruders invade to kill the Chief and further impede the couple's visit.
- 1962–19711h 15mTV-PG7.3 (67)TV EpisodeA failed British rancher returns to Medicine Bow a wealthy man but conflicted by his cowardice in the Army. After learning he won't die from a dog bite and Trampas is taken captive by Indians he is given a second chance to prove himself.
- The ranchers, who are losing cattle and hold homesteaders as the prime suspects, nearly hang an innocent man. The Judge's decision to apply the law of the range to the suspected cattle thieves drives a wedge into the loyalty of his foreman.
- A crusty timber man threatens the ranchers' grazing lands by clear cutting. He and his foreman expect his daughter to marry the foreman but she has second thoughts when a rancher's son shows an interest in her resulting in a killing.
- Garth is asked by a friend to put on a defense for a son who has already been hung. The community fights it but Garth plunges ahead with the aid of a judge. The outcome uncovers several unpleasant facts about the community and the truth.
- After he saves Trampas The Virginian hires a temporary hand full time. He seems to be the ideal hand but a loner until a man and woman are killed in Medicine Bow and he shoots Trampas. Garth realizes there may be two personas to the man.
- Trampas becomes involved with 3 good old fun loving guys. The four of them meet up with a gang of real bad guys. When Trampas and friends volunteer to go after the bad guys they get an awakening from the townsfolk.
- A scheming wife lures an insurance investigator into helping murder her husband and then declare it an accident. The investigator's boss, not knowing his man is involved in it, suspects murder and sets out to prove it.
- A woman attorney and her young associate defend a wealthy contractor accused of murdering an ironworker who was having an affair with the contractor's daughter.
- An inner-city doctor's concern for the patients in his neighborhood cause conflict in his own family.
- Personable Western series based in Wyoming from the 1890s onward.
- A retired cop goes up against a slick jewel thief and his gang, who have pulled a diamond heist and are trying to smuggle the diamonds cross-country.
- This is not a feature film, but two episodes of the TV series "The Virginan" edited together.
- An old cowhand and a "greenhorn" join the Shiloh hands for a cattle drive to Moose Jaw, Canada. The old and young cowhand plan a future of running cattle together. The story culminates with a sheriff looking for one of the 2 new friends.
- Randy's family visits from the hills of Bald Knob to protect him from a Claiborne who has been released from prison. Randy's testimony helped send him to prison. His daughter a childhood friend of Randy complicates his desire for revenge.
- Trampas wins the job of bringing an injured neighbor's bride to him from Laramie. However, the trip back is filled with problems including a bride with a mind of her own, Indians, potential outlaws, and a surprise at the end for Trampas.
- Ed Frazer returns to Medicine Bow after serving three years for burglary. Steve fears for his life because his testimony was crucial in convicting him. Frazer's main interest isn't revenge but renewing his acquaintance with Helen Blaine.
- A boy in an orphanage near Shiloh latches onto Trampas as his father while Trampas is attracted to the woman running the orphanage. Trampas agrees to help the boy but when his father arrives on Shiloh with men chasing him, problems arise.
- A feud between ranchers and a railroad tycoon result in murder charges against a rancher when the tycoon's son is killed. Ryker and the Judge try to prove his innocence but must rely on a woman who disappears deserted by the murdered man.
- Trampas is the focus of a bounty hunter when Trampas is involved in the accidental death of a man who knows the identity of a man in Medicine Bow with a $5000 bounty on his head. Problem is that Trampas believes he might be the one wanted.
- Rafe Simmons wants to learn to read so he can read his mother's diary. He quits Shiloh to move to Medicine Bow to learn from the attractive Martha Perry. However, the big man is caught in a tangle with town bullies and her ex-con husband.