httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_OLyEYqb5I&NR=1
"The Obsolete Man" (part one)
(Friday, June 2, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — In a future totalitarian society where books have been banned, librarian Romney Wordsworth (Burgess Meredith) is put on trial for the crime of being obsolete on tonight’s season two finale of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading Season 2 finale: ‘The Twilight Zone’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXsPrlNJPvQ
(Wednesday, May 31, 1961) — U.S. President and Mrs. Kennedy were warmly welcomed when they landed at Orly Airport in Paris this morning for their State visit to France.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xgxLmnzURc
(Monday, May 29, 1961) — A Raisin in the Sun, a drama film starring Sidney Poitier and Ruby Dee, opened today in New York.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5npJ5nX-dZEv
"Will the Real Martian Please Stand Up?" (part one)
(Friday, May 26, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — A group of bus travelers find that there is an extra person when they stop at a diner on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading Tonight on TV: ‘The Twilight Zone’
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCT87WGdeb8
(Wednesday, May 24, 1961) — U.S. Vice President Lyndon Johnson flew into Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, today, concluding a 15-day globe circling tour that took him to seven nations threatened by Communists, including South Vietnam.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2XGe9oAaTc
(Saturday, May 20, 1961) — A white mob attacked a busload of Freedom Riders in Montgomery, Alabama, today prompting the federal government to send in U.S. marshals to restore order.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUrD4-xz99E
Kennedy arrives at House of Commons, May 17, 1961
(Wednesday, May 17, 1961) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy urged Canada today to become a partner with the United States in Western Hemisphere affairs. In a speech to Parliament he declared his belief that “all the free members of the Organization of American States would be heartened and strengthened by any increase in your hemispheric role.” Continue reading Kennedy asks Canada to be partner in hemisphere aid
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMQiNNQdih8
JFK tree planting (@ 1:39)
(Tuesday, May 16, 1961) — U.S. President John F. Kennedy, having just arrived for a state visit in Ottawa, Canada, badly strained his injured back tonight during a tree planting ceremony on the lawn of Government House. It couldn’t have happened at a worse time. He would be dependent on massive injections of painkillers as he faced Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Vienna next month.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDSwNVOhhsY
(“Jack Goes to Las Vegas,” March 19, 1961)
(Tuesday, May 16, 1961) — “The Jack Benny Program” won Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Humor and “Hallmark Hall of Fame” won Outstanding Program Achievement in the Field of Drama tonight at the 13th Emmy Awards, hosted by Dick Powell.
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuw2Xnhdmpg
“The Mind and the Matter” (part one)
(Friday, May 12, 1961, 10 p.m. ET) — Mr. Archibald Beechcroft (Shelley Berman) uses mental powers to change the world he lives in on tonight’s episode of The Twilight Zone. Continue reading Tonight on TV: ‘The Twilight Zone’
