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6 picks · 1954–1960

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STUDENT OF THE SPONTANEOUS
profiles ·

PROFILE of Allen Funt, inventor & moving spirit of the TV show "Candid Camera," & its predecessor, "Candid Microphone The point of his work is to capture, …

THE PUBLIC BE SERVED
profiles ·

PROFILE of Stanley M. Isaacs who for the last 18 years has been a member of the Council of the City of New York, the 25-man parliament that was created in …

THE PUBLIC BE SERVED
profiles ·

PROFILE of Stnaley M. Isaacs, former Borough President of Manhattan, & for the last 18 years a member of the City Council, tells about his historic …

THE WALKERS.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about Thomas Storie & his wife, Catharine, who have spent their leisure time during the past 30 years waling thru urban streets. They …

REAL BEASTS.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about a drag-racing meet at the Westhampton Raceway, in Speonk, L.I., conducted by the Long Island Hot Rod Ass'n. "Hot-rodder" is the…

WELL CAUGHT, MR. HOLDER.
a reporter at large ·

REPORTER AT LARGE about cricket & about a match played in Van Cortlandt Park betw. the Inter-State League, of Bklyn, & the N. Y. League of Harlem, both …