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The best of the week's newsfilm from all over the world, together with other subjects of interest. For the deaf and hard of hearing a commentary appears visually
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Contributors
Presenter:
Kenneth
Kendall
Producer:
Bill
Northwood
Lunacy and laughter with Dan Rowan and Dick Martin
This week's star guest Sammy Davis Jr
and featuring The Laugh-In regulars
A Schlatter/Friendly production for NBC
Contributors
Comedian:
Dan
Rowan
Comedian:
Dick
Martin
Entertainer:
Sammy Davis
Jr
Half a million tons of snow travelling at up to 200 miles an hour... From the Andes to the Alps, ever since man made his home beneath the mountain, avalanches have preyed on him. But now the careless tourist is replacing the mountain dweller as the avalanche's main victim.
This film looks at avalanches from their beautiful beginning in the snow crystal to their terrible effect on the dwellings of men, and on to, perhaps, their ultimate control by explosives and science.
Written and produced by Richard Robinson
(The white killer: page 12)
Contributors
Based on The Avalanche Enigma by:
Colin
Fraser
Narrator:
Robert
Hardy
Cameraman:
Egil
Woxhold
Director:
Michael
Leeston-Smith
Writer/producer:
Richard
Robinson
Executive producer:
Brian
Branston
A comic opera by William Walton
In The Bear, Chekhov's most popular and successful farce, Madame Popova's elaborate grief for her dead husband is rudely interrupted by the visit of a creditor, who stays to demand rather more than his money. This musical version has the additional fun of William Walton's tunes, many written as operatic parodies.
With English Chamber Orchestra
Leader Kenneth Sillito
Conducted by Sir William Walton
(Plenty to Enjoy: page 11)
Contributors
Composer/Conductor:
Sir William
Walton
Libretto:
Paul
Dehn
Based on a play by:
Anton
Chekhov
Musicians:
English Chamber
Orchestra
Orchestra leader:
Kenneth
Sillito
Associate Conductor:
James
Lockhart
Repetiteur:
Richard
Nunn
Costumes:
Charles
Knode
Make-up:
Toni
Chapman
Sound:
Ray
Angel
Lighting:
Jim
Richards
Designer:
Richard
Wilmot
Producer:
Cedric
Messina
Director:
Rudolph
Cartier
Madame Popova, a wealthy widow:
Regina
Resnik
Grigory Smirnov, a middle-aged landowner:
Thomas
Hemsley
Luka, the old manservant:
Derek
Hammond-Stroud
On the night of 7 September 1936 three men - a university lecturer, a Baptist minister, and a schoolmaster-set fire to a training school for bomber crews being built by the Government on the Lleyn Peninsula, North Wales.
The schoolmaster was D. J. Williams who died early this year. In this film, made last summer, he retells the story of their action, now a part of Welsh history. 'It was not an act of vandalism but a direct protest in the name of the whole Welsh Nation.'
Also appearing: J. E. Jones, Catkin Daniel, Berta Ruck
Contributors
Presenter:
D. J.
Williams
Interviewee:
J. E.
Jones
Interviewee:
Catkin
Daniel
Interviewee:
Berta
Ruck
Producer:
Stephen
Peet
Director:
Jane
Oliver
by Emile Zola
Dramatised in five parts by David Turner
The rioting miners have destroyed the Jean-Bart mine and wrecked Maigrat's shop. The situation has become so serious that troops have been called in and starvation faces the miners.
Contributors
Author:
Emile
Zola
Dramatised by:
David
Turner
Script Editor:
Lennox
Phillips
Make-up:
Jeanne
Richmond
Lighting:
John
Summers
Designer:
Don
Homfray
Producer:
David
Conroy
Director:
John
Davies
Captain:
Michael
Davis
Sergeant:
Robert
Cross
Alzire:
Deborah
Rawlings
Maheude:
Rosemary
Leach
Maheu:
Freddie
Jones
Bonnemort:
Jack
Lambert
Jeanlin:
Spencer
Banks
Etienne:
Mark
Jones
Gregoire:
John
Wentworth
Deneulin:
Edward
Jewesbury
Jules Plogof:
Stephen
Yardley
Souvarine:
Donald
Burton
Mme Rasseneur:
Joyce
Latham
Rasseneur:
Ken
Jones
Chavat:
Graham
Haberfield
Catherine:
Annette
Robertson
Mouquette:
Alex
Marshall
Ma Brule:
Eileen
Way
Levaque:
Norman
Mitchell
Miners:
John
Caesar
Miners:
Steve
Emerson
A weekly look at the cinema with stars, previews, and a dig into the past
Introduced by Tony Bilbow with Philip Jenkinson
This week's guest: David Lean director of Lawrence of Arabia, Dr Zhivago, and now Ryan's Daughter.
Contributors
Presenter:
Tony
Bilbow
Presenter:
Philip
Jenkinson
Guest:
David
Lean
Editor:
Rowan
Ayers