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DVD

The history of Detroit television

Call Number

  • DVD 791.45 H67367 (CEN)

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Performers

Featuring: Soupy Sales, Johnny Ginger, Bill Kennedy, Auntie Dee.

Publication Information

[Wixom, MI] : Detroit Educational Television Foundation, [2014]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (45 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Celebrate Detroit's legacy with this documentary detailing the city's contribution to media in the 20th century and beyond. This program is a salute to a time when TV was as local as Vernors, Sanders Hot Fudge and Hudsons. The stars of the day were Soupy Sales, Van Patrick, Lou Gordon, George Pierrot, Bill Kennedy, Milky the Clown and a host of other colorful characters. Their influence was enormous and they contributed to Detroit's sense of community. Using rare footage and clips as well as conversations with many of Detroit's television pioneers, this show goes back to the day Detroiters saw their first television programs in 1947 and shows how local television became an important part of the fabric of Detroit's unique identity.

Notes

Title from container.

"As seen on public TV"--Container.

Originally broadcast on Detroit Public Television in 2013.

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