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NBC: The First Fifty Years

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

Top Cast

  • Orson Welles

    Orson Welles

    Self / Narrator

  • Jack Albertson

    Jack Albertson

  • Lucille Ball

    Lucille Ball

  • Milton Berle

    Milton Berle

  • Dean Martin

    Dean Martin

    Self

  • David Brinkley

    David Brinkley

    Self

  • Johnny Carson

    Johnny Carson

    Self

  • John Chancellor

    John Chancellor

    Self

  • Angie Dickinson

    Angie Dickinson

    Self

Overview

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

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