The first fabulous fifty, 1976 October 10-November 7 [manuscript].

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The first fabulous fifty, 1976 October 10-November 7 [manuscript].

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"A limited edition of treasures from the NBC Radio Network's 50 years of broadcasting"..."excerpts from 5 NBC Radio Network specials broadcast...October 10 through November 7, 1976" written, produced and directed by Elliot Drake and Charles Garment, narrated by Benjamin Franklin Grauer, Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Arlene Francis and John William Chancellor.

2 sound discs : analog ; 33 1/3 rpm ; stereo.

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