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IT’S RIDLEY SCOTT’S 73rd BIRTHDAY TODAY

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Director Ridley Scott’s older brother is also a
Director…Tony Scott.

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                                    1979

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                                     1982

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                                     2000

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FIRST USE OF VIDEOTAPE ON THIS DATE IN 1956

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The first commercial use of Videotape in Television was
with the Ampex VRX-1000 video recorder, shown above.
The broadcast was Douglas Edwards with The News on
CBS. It was a telecast from New York to the Television 
City studios of CBS in Hollywood.

douglas edwards and the news 
         Douglas Edwards, on the right, in the CBS- Newsroom.

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A SMITH – CORONA FOR CHRISTMAS

Christmas Gift

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ROBERT ‘’BOB’’ GUILLAUME HAS TURNED 83

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Robert Guillaume (center) with the cast of  the
ABC-TV sitcom series SOAP which ran from 
1977 to 1981.

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Bob was also in the spin-off series BENSON
which also aired on ABC from 1979 to 1986.

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                  Guillaume today

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MOVIE RELEASED BEFORE CHRISTMAS IN 1956

christmas movie with alan freed

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