Our American Heritage
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The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this series is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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This series of TV specials aired on NBC from 1959 to 1961. It presents stories from American history with narration by Lowell Thomas. The show features actors like Raymond Massey and Christopher Plummer.
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What happens
Our American Heritage is a series of TV specials broadcast on NBC from 1959 to 1961. Mildred Freed Alberg produced the program with the cooperation of American Heritage magazine. Lowell Thomas was the narrator. Directors included James Lee, Jack Smight and Alex Segal Writers included Morton Wishengrad, Tad Mosel, David Shaw, and Mann Rubin. A total of thirteen episodes were aired on the National Broadcasting Company from October 18, 1959 to May 13, 1961. Actors who were featured included Raymond Massey, Dean Jagger, Walter Matthau, Roddy McDowall, Christopher Plummer, Susan Strasberg, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Redford, and Teresa Wright. On January 27, 1960, the Thomas Alva Edison Foundations recognized Our American Heritage as "the television program best portraying America". The program was sponsored by The Equitable Life Assurance Society. Episodes of the program included those shown in the table below: (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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