Time For Old Time TV

Produced by Gene Autry's Flying A Productions in 1955, here's an episode of Buffalo Bill, Jr.  In this one, "Trail of the Killer," Bill (played by Dick Jones) meets Billy the Kid (Chuck Courtney).

The series aired in first-run syndication during 1955 and 1956.  Reruns aired briefly on ABC during the 1964-65 season.

Here's Another Oldie

Here's a kinescope of the March 4, 1953 CBS Network telecast of The Guiding Light, less than one year into the series' 57-year television run.

Sorry, Folks, This Ain't Mayberry

Here's a rare find.  This is a kinescope of the March 27, 1953 CBS Network telecast of Search For Tomorrow.  Yes, boys and girls, that's Don Knotts in his first regular television role, that of some sort of comatose vegetable.

From Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear

Here's a kinescope of the March 29, 1962 CBS telecast of As The World Turns.

Stand By, Video Rangers

Time for an early 1950s episode of Captain Video and His Video Rangers, which aired over the old DuMont Television Network.  This telecast included commercials for Post Sugar Crisp, with the show sponsored by General Foods.  Al Hodge starred as the Captain, with Don Hastings (of future As The World Turns fame as Dr. Bob Hughes) as the seemingly always nameless Video Ranger.

Time For The Jack Benny Program

Here is an episode of The Jack Benny Program.  Liberace is Jack's guest on this telecast, which aired on January 17, 1954 over the CBS Network.  





This broadcast is complete with commercials for Lucky Strike Cigarettes.

Time For Bo

Here's Bo Diddley with a live performance of his legendary "Bo Diddley" in this excerpt from a 1955 CBS telecast of The Ed Sullivan Show.