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Willis Conover and family

Description: Home movie of Willis Conover and his third wife, Johara, with unidentified family members.
Date: 1958~
Duration: 2 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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American Airlines: Preventative Maintenance and Progressive Overhaul

Description: Willis Conover narrates a promotional video featuring American Airlines' systems for preventative maintenance, progressive overhaul, and quality assurance.
Date: 196X
Duration: 13 minutes 19 seconds
Creator: Peckham Productions Incorporated
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Routes of American Airlines: Chicago; Dallas; San Francisco

Description: Willis Conover narrates promotional films for American Airlines. The films are from reels found in the Willis Conover Collection, not corrected for color. This set of films features large American cities.
Date: 196X
Duration: 14 minutes 01 second
Creator: American Airlines
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Routes of American Airlines: Montauk Point; Acapulco; San Diego

Description: Willis Conover narrates promotional films for American Airlines. The films are from reels found in the Willis Conover Collection, not corrected for color. This set of films features fishing destinations.
Date: 196X
Duration: 14 minutes 32 seconds
Creator: American Airlines
Partner: UNT Music Library
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The Voice

Description: A documentary on the Voice of America, on the occasion of its 50th anniversary.
Date: 199X
Duration: 58 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: United States Information Agency
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC News segment on the Voice of America

Description: A report by John Dancy of NBC News about changes and debates within the Voice of America under the Reagan administration. Willis Conover appears from 3:20 to 4:10.
Date: 1982~
Duration: 4 minutes 42 seconds
Creator: NBC News
Partner: UNT Music Library
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H.Res.189 - Honoring cultural achievements of the Voice of America, 103rd Congress of the United States

Description: Representatives Lee H. Hamilton (D., Indiana), Benjamin A. Gilman (R., New York) and Robert H. Michel (R., Illinois) speak on H. Res. 189 in the 103rd Congress, honoring the Voice of America and Willis Conover for their cultural programming related to jazz. Rep. Michel notes at the 7:22 mark that Conover is present for the resolution, though he is not shown on camera. Speaker Pro Tempore G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery (D., Mississippi) presides.
Date: June 8, 1993
Duration: 10 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: United States. Congress. House
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC News: Warsaw Jazz Jamboree

Description: NBC News segment on the Warsaw Jazz Jamboree and Willis Conover's influence on jazz in Eastern Europe.
Date: 198X
Duration: 3 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: National Broadcasting Company
Partner: UNT Music Library
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WRC feature on Willis Conover

Description: WRC television feature on Willis Conover.
Date: 198X
Duration: 3 minutes 52 seconds
Creator: WRC-TV (Television station : Washington, D.C.)
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Short promotional film for Music USA

Description: A short promotional film, perhaps designed as a "day in the life" of Willis Conover. The film follows him from the Voice of America studios to a tour of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts under construction, to the New York City club Jim and Andy's, at the piano with his wife at the time, Shirley Conover, and back to the studio.
Date: 1971~
Duration: 3 minutes 26 seconds
Creator: Voice of America
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Voice of America documentary: 50 Magnificent Years

Description: A documentary produced for the 50th anniversary of the Voice of America. Among many other interviewees, Willis Conover appears at 7:56, and former Polish president Lech Wałęsa appears at 13:44.
Date: 1992
Duration: 17 minutes 05 seconds
Creator: Voice of America
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Don't Shoot the Music! / Nie strzelać do muzyki!

Description: An extended montage of street musicians in New York City.
Date: 1979
Duration: 19 minutes 25 seconds
Creator: Centralna Wytwórnia Programów i Filmów Telewizyjnych Poltel
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Willis Conover documentary on Polish television

Description: Documentary broadcast on Poland's TVP2, from Conover's final visit to Poland in 1995. The program includes comments from Andrzej Jaroszewski, Paweł Brodowski, Jan Ptaszyn Wróblewski, Andrzej Trzaskowski, and photos from Marek Karewicz. The program is followed by a musical interlude, and the news program Panorama, and additional programming.
Date: 1995
Duration: 27 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: TVP2
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Obiektywnie o Willis Conover

Description: Video program in tribute to jazz broadcaster Willis Conover, hosted by photographer Marek Karewicz.
Date: 199X
Duration: 28 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Karewicz, Marek
Partner: UNT Music Library

Bulgarian-language documentary on Willis Conover

Description: Bulgarian-language documentary on Willis Conover in conjunction with the program Dobro Utro (Good Morning). The program features interviews with passersby on the street, as well as Jordan Rupchev, along with extensive footage of Conover inside VOA studios, performance footage from Milcho Leviev, Ella Fitzgerald, Louis Armstrong, and Duke Ellington. Other topics continue at the 17:50 mark, concluding with the video of "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Annie Lennox and Al Green for the movie S… more
Date: 1990~
Duration: 26 minutes 18 seconds
Partner: UNT Music Library
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CBS Nightwatch - Duke Ellington, April 28, 1989 / American Masters - John Hammond, August 20, 1990

Description: Videotaped recordings of the April 28, 1989 episode of CBS Nightwatch, and the PBS American Masters documentary John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen. Willis Conover is interviewed along with Mercer Ellington in the CBS Nightwatch segment beginning at 10:19. Due to copyright restrictions, streaming access is embargoed.
This item is restricted from view until January 1, 2111.
Date: 1989/1990
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes 36 seconds
Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc.
Partner: UNT Music Library
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A Duke Named Ellington

Description: A PBS documentary on Duke Ellington, from the network's American Masters series, with interview and performance footage of Duke Ellington, Herb Jeffries, Adelaide Hall, Ben Webster, Teddy Wilson, Charles Mingus, Alice Babs, Herbie Hancock, Clark Terry, Cootie Williams, Russell Procope, Jimmy Hamilton, Leonard Feather, Louie Bellson, Willie "The Lion" Smith, and Alvin Ailey, among others. Streaming access to this item is embargoed due to copyright restrictions.
This item is restricted from view until January 1, 2109.
Date: 1988
Duration: 1 hour 46 minutes 49 seconds
Creator: Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Partner: UNT Music Library
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