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The Car and the Collector
In the 100 years that it has been with us the motor car has given rise to a great variety of collecting interests. Cars themselves of course are collectable and so are the bits and pieces associated with them. But the automobile has also influenced the decorative arts over a wide field. From the racetrack to the display cabinet, it has inspired some magnificent collections.
Arthur Negus answers viewers' questions: Hugh Scully introduces the programme
Director ROBIN DRAKE. Producer PAUL SMITH Series editor JOHN KING (Bristol)

Contributors

Unknown:
Arthur Negus
Introduces:
Hugh Scully
Director:
Robin Drake.
Producer:
Paul Smith

A series of six Chronicle programmes about the application of scientific research to the problems of solving the secrets of prehistory.
3: The Ashes of Atlantis
Introduced by Magnus Magnusson Excavations on Santorini - a volcanic island 60 miles north of Crete in the Aegean-have revealed a Minoan city buried, like Pompeii, under a preserving mantle of volcanic ash. Does it hold the clue to Atlantis - Plato's legend of a lost idyllic land? Chronicle cameras try to find the answer.
Producer JULIA CAVE
Executive producer PAUL JOHN STONE

Contributors

Introduced By:
Magnus Magnusson
Producer:
Paul John

For the first time on British television, four classic films from the Golden Age of the Hollywood musical.
Tonight starring Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler
with Glenda Farrell, Helen Morgan

In their only film together, the husband-and-wife team of Al Jolson and Ruby Keeler star in this story of an actor who plans to open a new nightclub and finds himself involved in a murder.
Director ARCHIE L. MAYO
Films: page 8

Contributors

Director:
Archie L. Mayo
Al Howard:
Al Jolson
Dorothy Wayne:
Ruby Keeler
Sadie Howard:
Glenda Farrell
Luana Bell:
Helen Morgan
The Duke:
Barton MacLaine
Blonde:
Sharon Lynne
Irma:
Patsy Kelly

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