NBC: The First Fifty Years

NBC: The First Fifty Years

NBC: The First Fifty Years

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NBC: The First Fifty Years

1976

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Overview

A celebration of 50 years of NBC broadcasting in radio and television, since first going on the airwaves on 15 November 1926.

Links & Resources

Social & External

Production Companies

NBC Productions

NBC

Cast & Crew

19 members

Directing

Orson Welles

Self / Narrator

Orson Welles

Acting

Jack Albertson

Unknown Role

Jack Albertson

Acting

Lucille Ball

Unknown Role

Lucille Ball

Acting

Milton Berle

Unknown Role

Milton Berle

Acting

Dean Martin

Self

Dean Martin

Acting

David Brinkley

Self

David Brinkley

Acting

Johnny Carson

Self

Johnny Carson

Acting

John Chancellor

Self

John Chancellor

Acting

Angie Dickinson

Self

Angie Dickinson

Acting

Joe Garagiola

Self

Joe Garagiola

Production

Edmund Gaynes

Self

No Image

Acting

Bob Hope

Self

Bob Hope

Acting

Gene Kelly

Self

Gene Kelly

Acting

Jerry Lewis

Self

Jerry Lewis

Acting

Don Meredith

Self

Don Meredith

Acting

Gregory Peck

Self

Gregory Peck

Acting

Freddie Prinze

Self

Freddie Prinze

Acting

Diana Ross

Self

Diana Ross

Acting

George C. Scott

Self

George C. Scott

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