November 28 - During the live broadcast of the Armchair Theatre play Underground on the ITV network in the UK, actor Gareth Jones dies between two of his scenes while in make-up. Director William Kotcheff is forced to improvise with his cast to carry on the play to its conclusion, with producer Sydney Newman ordering him to "shoot it like a football match".
Senator Estes Kefauver holds congressional hearings on the rising rates of juvenile crime and publishes an article in Reader's DigestReader's Digest is a general interest family magazine published monthly by the Reader's Digest Association. As of 2004, the U. edition of Reader's Digest prints 12. 5 million copies and reaches 44 million readers each month. It is also published in a larg called "Let's Get Rid of Tele-Violence."
AmpexNeeds more here on the development of the system. Plus, Ampex isn't just a tape format, it's also a company, so maybe needs separate entries for each. AMPEX is an acronym, created by its founder,. It actually stands for (A)lexander (M). P)oniatoff (Ex)cel demonstrates their design for a color Video Tape Recorder.
In the United Kingdom, the top-rated show of the year was the ITV game show Dotto , based on children's Join the Dots puzzles.
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