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Wide Wide World

  • TV Series
  • 1955–1958
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
8.7/10
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Wide Wide World (1955)
Documentary

Using 40 cameras and 12 mobile vans, this live Sunday afternoon program broadcast events in North America, the Caribbean and Europe. The show alternated with other programs during its run. A... Read allUsing 40 cameras and 12 mobile vans, this live Sunday afternoon program broadcast events in North America, the Caribbean and Europe. The show alternated with other programs during its run. Among it's many segments were live broadcasts from Havana, Cuba, Bimini, London and the fir... Read allUsing 40 cameras and 12 mobile vans, this live Sunday afternoon program broadcast events in North America, the Caribbean and Europe. The show alternated with other programs during its run. Among it's many segments were live broadcasts from Havana, Cuba, Bimini, London and the first live shots of the Grand Canyon in Arizona. The show was first introduced on Monday, Jun... Read all

  • Creator
    • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
  • Stars
    • Dave Garroway
    • Bill Wendell
    • Gary Cooper
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    8.7/10
    25
    YOUR RATING
    • Creator
      • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
    • Stars
      • Dave Garroway
      • Bill Wendell
      • Gary Cooper
    • 1User review
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmys
      • 8 nominations total

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    Dave Garroway
    Dave Garroway
    • Self - Emcee…
    • 1955–1958
    Bill Wendell
    • Self - Announcer
    • 1955–1956
    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Self
    • 1955–1958
    Ira Hayes
    Ira Hayes
    • Self
    • 1957
    Maria Tallchief
    Maria Tallchief
    • Self
    • 1957
    Anthony Perkins
    Anthony Perkins
    • Self
    • 1955
    Dorothy McGuire
    Dorothy McGuire
    • Self
    • 1955
    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • Self
    • 1955
    Lloyd Bochner
    Lloyd Bochner
    • Self - excerpt from 'Julius Caesar'
    • 1955
    Lorne Greene
    Lorne Greene
    • Self - excerpt from 'Julius Caesar'
    • 1955
    Phyllis Love
    Phyllis Love
    • Self
    • 1955
    Peter Mark Richman
    Peter Mark Richman
    • Self
    • 1955
    Louis Armstrong
    Louis Armstrong
    • Self
    • 1955
    Hope Holiday
    Hope Holiday
    • Self - Scenes from 'Arabian Nights'
    • 1955
    Leopold Stokowski
    Leopold Stokowski
    • Self - Conductor
    • 1955
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    • Self - US President
    • 1955
    Lauritz Melchior
    Lauritz Melchior
    • Self - Scenes from 'Arabian Nights'
    • 1955
    Tyrone Guthrie
    Tyrone Guthrie
    • Self - excerpt from 'Julius Caesar'
    • 1955
    • Creator
      • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
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    10jacksflicks

    A priceless time capsule

    Along with Omnibus, one of the gems of TV's Golden Age. Pat Weaver (Sigorney's dad), the pioneer who invented the Today Show, plucked its host Dave Garroway to host this weekly Sunday special. As the description says, NBC made available crews to span the continent in search of interesting subjects and venues - live of course. The result, irreplaceable documents of America, it's culture, society and landscape (pre-interstate-highway). It also waxed philosophical, with Garroway's signature "Peace" preceded by the opening lines of Edna St. Vincent Millay's "Renascence" - probably over the heads of today's audience, dumbed down by a medium which during Wide Wide World's era sought to edify its audience rather than corrupt it.

    The originals were superb quality; unfortunately, in those pre-tape days live broadcasts were recorded by the dreadful kinescope process, which consisted of a film camera pointing at a TV monitor. Nevertheless, even in this degraded form, a show like Wide Wide World (and Omnibus) highly deserves distribution. It's not only a priceless artifact in its own right but a wonderful document of an era.

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    • Release date
      • June 27, 1955 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Melody Ranch - 24715 Oak Creek Avenue, Newhall, California, USA
    • Production company
      • National Broadcasting Company (NBC)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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