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Wide Wide World

  • TV Series
  • 1955–19581955–1958
  • 1h 30m
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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
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  • Creator
    • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
  • Stars
    • Dave Garroway
    • Gary Cooper
    • Ira Hayes
  • Creator
    • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
  • Stars
    • Dave Garroway
    • Gary Cooper
    • Ira Hayes
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    • Nominated for 8 Primetime Emmys
      • 8 nominations total

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    Anthony Perkins
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    Lillian Gish
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    Dorothy McGuire
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    Lloyd Bochner
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    • Self - excerpt from 'Julius Caesar'
    Lorne Greene
    Lorne Greene
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    Phyllis Love
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    Robert Swink
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      • Sylvester L. Weaver Jr.
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      Spoofed in Wild Wild World (1960)

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    10/10
    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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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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