The Amos ‘n’ Andy Show aired on NBC/CBS radio from 1928 to 1960. It was adapted
to television in June of 1951 and ran until April 1953 with 78 filmed episodes, and 
was sponsored by the Blatz Brewing Company. The television series used African-
American actors in the main roles, although the actors were instructed to keep
their voices and speech patterns as close to the radio show actors Gosden and
Correll’s as possible. Produced at the Hal Roach Studios for CBS, it was one of
the first television series to be filmed with a multi-camera setup, four months
before the I Love Lucy show used the same technique.

Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll were radio’s
Amos ‘n’ Andy

Buffalo Bob Smith and “Clarabell the Clown” (Bob Keeshan)

Robert James "Bob" Keeshan (June 27, 1927 – January 23, 2004)

Bob Keeshan is considered a pioneer in the formation of children’s
television programs. He played the title character of the iconic show
Captain Kangaroo during its 30-year run (1955-1984). Keeshan also
played the original “Clarabell the Clown” on the Howdy Doody show
from its debut in 1948 on NBC until he left in 1952.

Tim Maguire

The unpainted XF6F-1 prior to its first flight

On June 26th, 1942, a prototype of the Grumman F6F Hellcat took to the skies
for the first time. Initially conceived of as an improved version of the Grumman
F4F Wildcat which had been in service since the 1930s. The plane was designed
with its greatest opponent, the Japanese Mitsubishi A6M Zero, in mind. 

The Hellcats were credited with destroying 5,223 aircraft while in service with the
U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and the Royal Navy‘s Fleet Air Arm. They remained
in service as late as 1954 as a night fighter.

The F6F-3 as introduced in 1943

1960

Actress June Lockhart played a motherly figure on the CBS television
series Lassie from 1954 to 1973 and Lost in Space on CBS from 1965
to 1968.

She originally started in theater and made her film debut in A Christmas
Carol opposite of her actor parents.

June Lockhart on the set of Lost in Space