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Six to watch: US miniseries
From giant spaceships and alien overlords to slavery and war, here's our rundown of the best US short TV series
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Monday 6 August 2012 05.57 EDT
Roots (1977)
Roots was reportedly the most watched miniseries of all time when it was broadcast over eight consecutive nights – which must have delighted studio bosses who feared the show would flop. Based on Alex Haley's acclaimed novelisation of his own family ancestry, the series jumps through history to examine the physical and mental torment of slavery. Roots landed a slew of awards but its lasting legacy is in bringing its unflinching portrayal of American slavery into a nation's living rooms.
From 8/17/1960 ( the Soviet Union trial of the United States Central Intelligence Agency pilot Gary Powers begins in Moscow Russia Soviet Union ) To 11/8/1971 ( premiere United Kingdom TV miniseries "The Runaway Summer" ) is 4100 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/23/1977 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV miniseries "Roots" ) is 4100 days
From 8/17/1960 ( premiere US film "The Time Machine" ) To 11/8/1971 ( premiere United Kingdom TV miniseries "The Runaway Summer" ) is 4100 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/23/1977 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV miniseries "Roots" ) is 4100 days
From 5/27/1949 ( premiere US film "The Doolins of Oklahoma" ) To 8/17/1960 ( premiere US film "The Time Machine" ) is 4100 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/23/1977 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV miniseries "Roots" ) is 4100 days
From 5/27/1949 ( premiere US film "The Doolins of Oklahoma" ) To 8/17/1960 ( the Soviet Union trial of the United States Central Intelligence Agency pilot Gary Powers begins in Moscow Russia Soviet Union ) is 4100 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/23/1977 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV miniseries "Roots" ) is 4100 days
From 10/28/1949 ( premiere US film "Deputy Marshal" ) To 4/10/1972 ( the beginning date of record of the 2nd United States Navy Medal of Honor for my biological brother Thomas Reagan the United States Navy Commander circa 1972 ) is 8200 days
8200 = 4100 + 4100
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/23/1977 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV miniseries "Roots" ) is 4100 days
From 3/16/1951 ( premiere US film "The Red Badge of Courage" ) To 6/6/1962 ( premiere US film "13 West Street" ) is 4100 days
From 11/2/1965 ( my birth date in Antlers Oklahoma USA and my birthdate as the known official Deputy United States Marshal Kerry Wayne Burgess and active duty United States Marine Corps officer ) To 1/23/1977 ( RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 - premiere US TV miniseries "Roots" ) is 4100 days
http://www.tv.com/shows/roots-the-complete-miniseries/part-1-roots-the-saga-of-an-american-family-1020934/
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Roots: The Complete Miniseries
Part 1 Roots: The Saga of An American Family
Season 1, Episode 1, Aired Jan 23, 1977
The dramatic birth of Kunta Kinte in the village of Juffure, Gambia, West Africa, marks the opening chapter of this saga. The story follows the young Kunta Kinte from his childhood through to his teens as a goat-herder learning the cultural and religious traditions of his rural village during the mid-1700s. But what should have been a joyous occasion upon his successful return from ritual manhood training, instead results in tragedy. He and others from villages nearby are caught by slavers and are eventually transferred to a ship bound for America to be sold into bondage.
LeVar Burton Kunta Kinte
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Google Books
Jet Jan 23, 1995
This Week In Black History
January 23, 1977
Roots, an adaptation of Alex Haley's best-selling novel, made television history on this day.
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Release dates for
13 West Street (1962)
Country Date
USA 6 June 1962
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13 West Street (1962)
An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
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Release dates for
The Red Badge of Courage (1951)
Country Date
USA 16 March 1951
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Release dates for
"The Runaway Summer"
Part 1 (1971)
Country Date
UK 8 November 1971
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The Runaway Summer: Season 1, Episode 1
Part 1 (8 Nov. 1971)
Release Date: 8 November 1971 (UK)
http://www.tv.com/shows/roots-the-complete-miniseries/part-2-1020944/
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Roots: The Complete Miniseries [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Part 2
Season 1, Episode 2, Aired Jan 24, 1977
Quotes
Fiddler: (to Kunta Kinte) Now don't you make no trouble now. Ain't gonna hurt you. You just stay quiet now. You belongs to Massa Reynolds now, that's all there is to it. There ain't no more in Africa, Guinea man. Now you listen to ole Fiddler if you wants to keep alive. You in America now.
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Release dates for
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
Country Date
USA 27 May 1949
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Memorable quotes for
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
Marshal Sam Hughes: Remember, we, the law, will beat them because right is on our side - and that makes a big difference.
http://www.tv.com/shows/roots-the-complete-miniseries/part-2-1020944/
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Roots: The Complete Miniseries [ RACKETEER INFLUENCED AND CORRUPT ORGANIZATIONS US Title 18 ]
Part 2
Season 1, Episode 2, Aired Jan 24, 1977
Quotes
Fiddler: (tearfully ministering to Kunta after his near-fatal whipping) There gonna be another day. You hear me? There gonna be another day!
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House Un-American Activities Committee Testimony
Ronald Reagan
October 23, 1947
Reagan was president of the Screen Actors Guild at this time. His interest and involvement in politics was really only beginning. He was, however, a committed anti-Communist, and here cooperated with HUAC in commenting on the alleged activities of communists in Hollywood and the Screen Actors Guild.
CHAIRMAN J. PARNELL THOMAS: The record will show that Mr. McDowell, Mr. Vail, Mr. Nixon, and Mr. Thomas are present. A subcommittee is sitting. Staff members present: Mr. Robert E. Stripling, chief investigator; Messrs. Louis J. Russell, H.A. Smith, and Robert B. Gaston, investigators; and Mr. Benjamin Mandel, director of research.
STRIPLING: Would you say from your observation that that is typical of the tactics of the communists, to solicit and use the names of prominent people to either raise money or gain support?
REAGAN: I think it is in keeping with their tactics, yes sir.
STRIPLING: Do you think there is anything democratic about those tactics?
REAGAN: I do not, sir.
STRIPLING: As president of the Screen Actors Guild, you are familiar with the jurisdictional strike which has been going on in Hollywood for some time?
REAGAN: Yes, sir.
STRIPLING: Have you ever had any conference with any of the labor officials regarding this strike?
REAGAN: Yes, sir.
STRIPLING: Do you know whether the communists have participated in any way with this strike?
REAGAN: Sir, the first time that this word "communist" was ever injected into any of the meetings concerning the strike was at a meeting in Chicago with Mr. William Hutchinson, president of the carpenters' union, who were on strike at the time. He asked the Screen Actors Guild to submit terms to Mr. (Richard) Walsh, and he told us to tell Mr. Walsh that, if he would give in on these terms, he in turn would break run this Sorrell and the other commies out -- I am quoting him -- and break it up. I might add that Mr. Walsh and Mr. Sorrell were running the strike for Mr. Hutchinson in Hollywood.
STRIPLING: Mr. Reagan, what is your feeling about what steps should be taken to rid the motion picture industry of any communist influences?
REAGAN: Well, sir, 99 percent of us are pretty well aware of what is going on, and I think, within the bounds of our democratic rights and never once stepping over the rights given us by democracy, we have done a pretty good job in our business of keeping those people's activities curtailed. After all, we must recognize them at present as a political party. On that basis we have exposed their lies when we came across them, we have opposed their propaganda, and I can certainly testify that in the case of the Screen Actors Guild we have been eminently successful in preventing them from, with their usual tactics, trying to run a majority of an organization with a well organized minority. In opposing those people, the best thing to do is make democracy work. In the Screen Actors Guild we make it work by insuring everyone a vote and by keeping everyone informed. I believe that, as Thomas Jefferson put it, if all the American people know all of the facts they will never make a mistake. Whether the party should be outlawed, that is a matter for the government to decide. As a citizen, I would hesitate to see any political party outlawed on the basis of its political ideology. However, if it is proven that an organization is an agent of foreign power, or in any way not a legitimate political party -- and I think the government is capable of proving that -- then that is another matter.
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