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2.55 West is West
The West that most people know is Hollywood's West. Recently a BBC camera crew spent three months in Wyoming and Montana-'the high country'-filming the real West as it is today and, in lonely valleys where the relics are still undisturbed, the West as it must have been in the days of the pioneers.
Photographs filmed by Pearce Studios
An Adventure presentation
First transmission on April 25

3.25 Mahalia Jackson Sings

accompanied by Mildred Falls (piano), Edward Robinson (organ), Rupert Nurse (bass), Fitzroy Coleman (guitar).
First transmission on September 5

3.55 The World of Tonight
Introduced this week by Fyfe Robertson.
The world and its events as the Tonight team reported them last week.

Contributors

Sound mixer (West is West):
Patrick Whitacker
Sound recordist (West is West):
Bob Roberts
Cameraman (West is West):
Brian Tufano
Film editor (West is West):
Raoul Sobel
Narrated and produced by (West is West):
Tim Slessor
Singer:
Mahalia Jackson
Pianist:
Mildred Falls
Organist:
Edward Robinson
Bass:
Rupert Nurse
Guitarist:
Fitzroy Coleman
Producer:
Ernest Maxin
Presenter (The World of Tonight):
Fyfe Robertson
Cameraman (The World of Tonight):
Ken Willicombe
Cameraman (The World of Tonight):
Hannen Foss
Cameraman (The World of Tonight):
Reg Pope
Cameraman (The World of Tonight):
Ewart Needham
Sound recordist (The World of Tonight):
Dennis Panchen
Sound recordist (The World of Tonight):
Don Martin
Sound recordist (The World of Tonight):
Ted Read
Film editor (The World of Tonight):
Mansel Lloyd
Film editor (The World of Tonight):
John McNicholas
Film editor (The World of Tonight):
Bill Wright
Film editor (The World of Tonight):
Tom Foley
Film editor (The World of Tonight):
Eddy Montague
Editor (The World of Tonight):
Alasdair Milne
Editor (The World of Tonight):
Derrick Amoore

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