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+ Biography In Sound was a documentary series broadcast from 1954 to 1958 on NBC. Joseph Meyers, a NBC newsman, produced a documentary on Winston Churchill for his 80th birthday, November 30, 1954. It was an instant hit and highly praised by critics. Encouraged by the show's success, Meyers went on to produce another piece on the writer Ernest Hemingway, again to wide critical acclaim. After the third documentary on Gertrude Lawrence, the show was serialized and aired weekely for 60 minutes beginning in February, 1955. Click here to read more about Biography In Sound

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Air Date	Title	Synopsis
02.20.1955	carl sandburg	+ "Meet Carl Sandburg". The system cue has been deleted. The program was rebroadcast on May 25, 19...
01.23.1955	gertrude lawrence	+ "Meet Gertrude Lawrence". A repeat broadcast of a program originally heard January 23, 1955 and ...
01.16.1955	show biz	+ "Show Biz". A history of the past fifty years of show business, based on the book by Abel Green ...
12.19.1954	ernest hemingway
11.28.1954	winston churchill	+ "The Tumult and The Shouting: His Finest Hour". Sponsored by: Allis Chalmers. An audio biography ...
10.24.1954	sigmond romburg	+ "A Salute To Sigmund Romberg". The first show of the series. Recorded examples of Mr. Romberg's ...

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Featuring the complete existing series of this NBC program that featured bios on many people from the past & present as of the 1950s. It was broadcast on NBC from 1954 to 1958 (except for the 1964 special program that is included). It was produced by the NBC News Department, and narrated by many then current NBC newscasters.

BIOGRAPHY IN SOUND