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- Inner Sanctum Mystery (also known as Inner Sanctum) is a old time radio show and later podcast series that features tales of stories of mystery, terror and suspense. The program was hosted by Raymond Edward Johnson until 1945 when he was replaced by Paul McGrath.
- The Forth Commandment for Health: Native Food. Though shalt eat only the rations inspected, found fit and provided for they use. For verily many native foods contain poisons more treacherous than a Japanese warlord. Private McGillicuddy discovers the dangers of eating native food while in the navy.
- The Seventh Commandment for Health: Thou shalt not use any spots except chosen ones for the deposition of your excrement. Thou shalt not urinate in thy brother's tent or street else he regard thee as a dog and treat the accordingly. Private McGillicuddy discovers what happens when you don't follow that commandment.
- Commandments for Health examines why personal cleanliness is important for soldiers on the Pacific front. Soldiers should bathe and wash their close with soap whenever a source of clean water is discovered. Private McGillicuddy discovers what happens when you don't follow that commandment.
- The Fifth Commandment for Health: Cleaning Mess Gear. Thou shalt carefully and faithfully wash thy mess gear both before and after meals. For verily if thou becomes negligent in this habit thy guts shall be like knots in a wet rope. Private McGillicuddy discovers what happens when you don't follow that commandment.
- The Third Commandment for Health: Drinking Water. Thou shalt not drink water from any other source than that designated, else thou become victim to an unhappy fate more painful than Japanese lead. Thou shalt use thy water sparingly and wisely else thy days and thy brothers days shall be numbered. Private McGillicuddy discovers what happens when you don't follow that commandment.
- Ray Gardner is deep in debt and can't find work due to his ruthless ex-boss. Desperate and angry, he kills his boss and steals some money. His loyal wife Mary stands by him and the two make plans to flee New York. They spend a day filled with paranoia before leaving on the train without being noticed.
- Harry Martin is an insurance agent with an alcohol problem. In a drunk stupor he apparently murders a flirty blonde who was trying to buy a large annuity. He returns to his wife Alice a few minutes before the police arrive. Harry hides while his wife is taken to the police station. The police allow Alice to see the scene of the crime since she is desperate to find her husband innocent. Alice talks to the woman's doctor and later finds a note that convinces her it was a frame up. The police arrest Harry as he is trying to board a ship out of the country. Alice becomes convinced that the someone else was behind the murder. Eventually she figures out that the woman Harry met wasn't murdered at all. She was the murderer setting Harry up.
- The Evolution of the Oil Industry is a short government-produced educational film that was designed to educate the general public about the petroleum and oil industries within America. It features footage of oil exploration activities, drilling for oil, the refining processes and uses of the the final products.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines the America's entry into World War II after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. It looks at early Allied loses on Wake Island, Guam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Indonesia. It also looks at the turning of American industry to war and the training of American soldiers.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the battle of Okinawa. American Army and Marine forces land unopposed and meet little resistance as they split the island in half. Later, as armies move north and south, fighting grows more fierce. Allied forces eventually capture the north half of the island. In the southern half, stiff Japanese resistance and rain bog down offensive operations. After weeks of fighting the advancing American troops eventually overwhelm defenders. In the end, the Battle of Okinawa proves costly for both sides.
- 195123m7.8 (8)TV EpisodeCrusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign in the Gilbert Islands in the central Pacific. Allied aircraft first target the Marshall and Gilbert islands in a series of raids. The United States, then, uses amphibious landings to attack the atolls of Makin and Tarawa. Casualties are heavy on Tarawa, but eventually the atoll is taken.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign in the Mariana Islands. It examines the brutal marine invasion of Saipan and the effort to push back the Japanese counter-attack in the Philippians sea. On Saipan , Allied forces eventually push all the way to Marpi Point point and take the island. Japanese soldiers and civilians frequently choose death over surrender. Later, the Americans successfully invade Tinian and later Guam.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Battle of Iwo Jima. Allied forces need the island to launch support aircraft for long range bombers over Japan. The Allies land on the beach and face strong resistance from the Japanese. The U.S. eventually take Mount Suribachi and the southern half of the island, but suffer a large number of casualties. The Allies move north and after after a difficult battle, they take control of the island.
- 19517.8 (9)TV EpisodeCrusade in the Pacific examines early American offensive operations in World War II beginning with the Battle of Guadalcanal. U.S. marines land on the island and fight a well dug-in Japanese army while also being harassed by Japanese aircraft. After several month, U.S. establish Henderson Field and secure the island. It also looks at the taking of New Georgia Island and the Battle of Kula Gulf.
- 195123m7.4 (7)TV EpisodeCrusade in the Pacific examines the effort to retake the Philippines. After the initial Japanese invasion, the U.S. army is forced to surrender at Corregidor. After two years of occupation, the United States returns to retake the islands. They first attack the island of Leyte and secure the beachhead. Japanese naval forces attempt a counter-attack, but they are defeated in the battle of Leyte Gulf. The Allies secure Leyte before moving on to Mindoro and main island Luzon. On Luzon, the Americans are greeted as liberators. Eventually, they take the capital of Manila.
- 195126m7.4 (8)TV EpisodeCrusade in the Pacific looks at the brutal effort to take the Palau islands. Strategists decide invade the island chain in order to cover the flank for the impending invasion of the Philippines. Amphibious assaults land in the southern islands of Peleliu and Angaur. On Peleliu, U.S. forces encounter fierce fighting from well fortified and entrenched Japanese soldiers. The U.S. eventually push the Japanese back to Bloody Nose Ridge where some of the bloodiest fighting on the war takes place. After weeks of fighting, the Allies finally secure the island.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the Allied campaign against the Japanese outposts in the Marshall Islands. United States Marines launch an amphibious assault that captures the Kwajalein atoll. Later, the Marines move further west and attack the Eniwetok atoll where they also overcome Japanese resistance. Using these atolls as airbases, the Allies bomb the Japanese stronghold of Truk in the Caroline Islands.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines the Allied effort on the island of New Britain. First it looks at the invasions of Arawe and Cape Gloucester and the crucial contributions of Native American scouts and Australian coast watchers. It also looks at the attacks on Rabaul and the Admiralty Islands, and, later, the step-by-step effort to seize control northern New Guinea.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines the air war over the Japanese home island. It looks at the early Doolittle Raid over Tokyo and discusses later B-29 "super fortress" attacks based out of China and the Mariana Islands. It then examines the air delivered Nuclear Attacks at Hiroshima and Nagasaki which to the surrender of Japan.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines early U.S. Navy operations in World War II. It looks at the establishment of bases in the South Pacific islands of Fiji, New Caledonia, and Espiritu Santo. It also looks at the Doolittle Raid over Tokyo, and the Battles of the Java Sea, the Coral Sea, and Midway.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines Japanese military aggression and growth prior to World War II. It looks the creation of the puppet state Manchukuo in Manchuria and the eventual war with China. It examines Japanese imperial interests in Philippines, Malaya, Singapore, and Indochina and discussions the decision to bomb Pearl Harbor.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the difficult New Guinea campaign. The Japanese lands on the island and entrench themselves there early in 1942. They attack Milne Bay with an amphibious force, but they are beaten back by allied forces. Australian forces drive across the mountainous island and eventual meet up with U.S. soldiers. Slowly they move through the northern part of the island defeating the Japanese at Lae and the Bismarck Sea.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines the surrender and occupation of Japan. Japan surrenders unconditionally to the Allies after the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The formal instruments of surrender are signed on the deck of the U.S.S. Missouri though surrender ceremonies take place all across the Pacific theater. General Douglas MacArthur is declared Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in Japan and begins reconstruction efforts. Japanese leaders are held responsible for the war and are punished though the Emperor is absolved of responsibility. Japan experiences a number of cultural changes in the wake of the occupation including democracy and women's rights.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the relations between the United States, the Philippines, and Japan prior to World War II. It, then, examines the Japanese invasion of Luzon, the take-over of Manila, and the eventual attack and seizure of Corregidor.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the naval war on the high seas. It examines the supply problem facing U.S. operations in the Pacific. It examines life on a naval submarine and looks at the many dangers faces by its crew. It also looks at life aboard an aircraft carrier.
- 19517.2 (9)TV EpisodeCrusade in the Pacific examine early Chinese resistance to Japan prior to World War II and U.S. efforts to assist them. In order to get supplies to China, the U.S. must use an overland route through Burma. The Japanese cut off this route when they take control of Burma after the battle of Toungoo. Later, Allied forces push back against the Japanese and found the Ledo route as an alternative route to supply China. Although the Chinese resist the Japanese their efforts to mostly result in a bloody stalemate.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at the campaign in the Solomon Islands directed at the Japanese stronghold on Bougainville. Allied reconnaissance aircraft target the island providing valuable intelligence for Allied bombing runs which loosen up the island for invasion. Allied troops eventual secure the beach and slowly fight their way across the island. The Japanese launch a counter-attack, but they are defeated in the Battle of Empress Augusta Bay. After brutal fighting, the island is secured.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines Japan's invasion of the Aleutian islands in Alaska. The Japanese navy bombs Dutch Harbor shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor and later occupies the islands of Kiska and Attu. Later, U.S. counter-attack by air and sea eventual force the Japanese off the islands. Meanwhile as Japan attacks in the north, the U.S. government forces Japanese-Americans into internment camps.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines the growth of independence movements in Asia in the wake of World War II. In the Dutch East Indies, Sukarno declares Indonesian independence and defeat Dutch efforts to retake their colony. In India, the British hands over control to Jawaharlal Nehru. They also oversees the creation of the nation of Pakistan. The two new nations soon come to conflict in the region of Kashmir. The Philippines are granted independence from the United States and struggles to adjust to self-government. In Indochina, French colonial armies attempt to suppress the independence seeking people of Viet Nam. Meanwhile, the China, the Nationalist forces of Chiang Kai-shek fight a civil war with the Communists under Mao Zedong. The Communist quickly seize the mainland forcing the Nationalists to flee to Formosa.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines the Korean War. After World War II, Korea is divided along the 38th Parallel. In the North, the Soviet Union influences a Communist government under Kim Il-sung. In the South, the United States shepherds a young Republic. The Korean peninsula is plunged into war when North Korea invades the South. The North quickly overwhelms the armed forces of the South until the United Nations intervenes. The conflict sours relations between the United States and Soviet Union. The United States enters the war and halts the North Koreans at Pusan. Later, an amphibious landing in Inchon turns the tide against the North Koreans. As the U.N. forces move north across the 38th parallel and head toward the Norther Border of North Korea.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at U.S. involvement in the the Pacific theater starting in 1933. It looks at Pearl Harbor, the Burma theater, the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Battle of Midway, the invasion of Iwo Jima and Okinawa, the dropping of the atomic bomb and the surrender of Japan. It also looks at the start of the Korean War.
- Crusade in the Pacific looks at U.S. and British interests in the Pacific prior to World War II including Alaska, Hawaii, Guam, Australia, and New Zealand. It also looks at developments in Siam, China, and Japan focusing on the growth of modernization and militarism in Japan prior to the war.
- Crusade in the Pacific examines the Chinese intervention in the Korean War. Chinese Communists cross the North Korean border just as United Nations troops were moving to finish off the North Korean forces. The Chinese forces cut off U.S. troops near the Changjin reservoir. The U.S. forces march successfully to Hungnam on the coast where they could be evacuated. Elsewhere U.N. forces are forced back until a U.N. counter-attack stops the Chinese advances an recaptures Seoul. Truman dismisses MacArthur after the General pushes to attack mainland China. The War in Korea becomes a stalemate. Delegates from both sides meet in an efforts to sign an cease fire, but a formal truce remained elusive.
- Crusade in the Pacific considers the future of relations between the United States and Asia. It examines the religions of the East including Buddhism, Islam, and Hinduism and also looks at the history of U.S. involvement in Asia. It also examines the value of U.S. assistance in Asia and efforts to curtail the growth of communism there. It also speaks to specialists from Japan, Indonesia, Pakistan, India and U.S. diplomat John Foster Dulles.
- Monica is a lonely young girl who is schooled at home by her Uncle Stephen and his housekeeper. When Monica talks about her new playmates Mary and Elsie, her Uncle believes she is just imagining things. He grows more concerned when he himself begins to hear Monica's playmates throughout the house.
- The Search is an educational news series that attempts to bring public attention to the tremendously varied activities of American colleges and universities. It presents the work of professors and scientists in ways that are not only comprehensible, but also interesting and exciting.
- The Search goes to Cambridge, Massachusetts to visits the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to look at how researchers there are pioneering the development of automatic machines. It talks to several professors and visits a variety of industrial plants to take of look at automatic machines in action.
- An expedition to Mars discovers all the Martians dead due to chickenpox brought to them by previous expeditions from Earth. The men begin to destroy the Martian artifacts. The sights of a deserted Mars drives one of the men into madness and violence. He later explains why he wants to preserve Mars as it is.
- The Search goes to Fayetteville, Arkansas to explore folk research at the University of Arkansas. It interviews a professor who is searching for the origins of an ballad 'The Two Sisters'. She travels up into the Ozarks where she records traditional songs sung by rural farmers.
- Project XX examines the period between the end of World War II to the start of the Korean War describing the growth in the standard of living, Cold War suspicions in America, and Truman's shocking defeat of Dewey in the presidential election of 1948.
- A stage actor playing Quasimodo in a performance of 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame' pays an alcoholic homeless man with a severely deformed face to model for him. After a successful opening night, the actor discovers that he is unable to remove his make-up.
- Stock-car driver, desperately in need of prize money, and past his prime is up against some young blood.
- Golden Earring performs in the music video "That Day" from the single recorded for International Polydor Records. The music video opens in a recording studio with shots of tape recording. The band performs the song on a darkened set in front of a small audience.
- Golden Earring performs in the music video "Daddy Buy Me a Girl" from the single recorded for International Polydor Records. The music video opens with shots of circus elephants and other animals walking and eating. The band performs in song in a grass field with a woman in the foreground.
- "The Association performs in the music video "Windy" from the album Insight Out recorded for Warner Brothers Records. The band performs in front of a dark background on a tile floor covered in large geometric shapes. The camera quick cuts and rotates as the band plays and sings. An audience applauds at the end.
- Golden Earring performs in the music video "Sound of the Screaming Day" from the single recorded for International Polydor Records. The music video opens with shots of band in a rowboat as they try to make it back to the dock. They play in the water and mud as the song plays.
- Episode: (1968)1968– 1hTV-PG7.7 (11)TV Episode60 Minutes offers a beside-the-scenes look at presidential candidates Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey during their summer nomination conventions. It also interviews three prominent European thinkers about the elections and an interview with U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark. "Cops" reports on the relationship between people and police. "Why Man Creates" features excerpts from a film.
- 1968– TV-PGTV Episode60 minutes offers an exclusive interview with Richard Nixon the Republcan Party candidate for president. It also looks at U.S. Defense research into germ and gas warfare, profiles Governor Lester Maddox of Georgia, and interviews British Formula One racer Graham Hill.
- 60 Minutes offers an exclusive interview with Democratic Presidential Candidate and current Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey. It also interviews controversial Independent Presidential Candidate George Wallace and offers the second part of an investigative story on U.S. germ and gas warfare research.