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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
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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
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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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Video
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.)
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Partner: UNT Music Library
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