ABC Afterschool Specials
To produce a well-balanced, effective, yet entertaining, television series for young people and children is an undertaking which requires the utmost in human skills. It is not all that difficult…
ABC Afterschool Specials
A George Foster Peabody Award for presenting an outstanding series of hour-long specials, which successfully focused upon the interests and concerns of young people. The series varied both in format…
A Special Gift (An ABC Afterschool Special)
A boy with two exciting talents—basketball and ballet—gives the American television viewer a real treat in the ABC Afterschool Specials presentation A Special Gift. Martin Tahse Productions took a story…
The National Geographic Specials
When members of the Peabody Board were viewing the four National Geographic Specials submitted in this year’s competition—Chesapeake Borne, Creatures of the Mangrove, Jerusalem: Within These Walls and Realm of…
The Woman Who Willed a Miracle
Part of the ABC Afterschool Specials series, The Woman Who Willed A Miracle is a powerful drama for adults as well as for children. The film centers on May and…
The National Geographic Specials
Excellence is nothing new to WQED, Pittsburgh, and its fine staff. Now, meld this excellence with the outstanding contributions of the National Geographic Society and you have something that is…
CBS Television for The Exceptionally Well-Done Four-Part Series of Dramatic Specials Based on the Life of “Benjamin Franklin”
A Peabody Award to CBS for its four 90-minute dramatic specials based on the life of Benjamin Franklin, and starring as Franklin, at various stages in his life, Eddie Albert,…
National Geographic Specials
National Geographic Specials, CBS, were an outstanding scientific, entertaining television series including Hidden World, Americans on Everest, Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man, The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau, The…