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    TV Episode | 48 min | Documentary, History

Modern Marvels

Television: Window to the World
TV-14
TV Episode | 48 min | Documentary, History

Modern Marvels looks at the history of television from its invention by Philo Farnsworth to its popularization by David Sarnoff.
Writers
Josh Hanig (written by) (as Joshua Hanig) | Chuck Hayes (written by) | Bruce Nash (creator)
Producers
Josh Hanig (as Joshua Hanig) | Chuck Hayes
Status
Edit Released
Updated Dec 31, 1999

Release date
1999 (United States)
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Cast

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26 cast members
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John Logie Baird
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Alexander Graham Bell
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Laurence Bergreen
Self - Author and Broadcast Historian Self - Author and Broadcast Historian   See fewer
Milton Berle
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Ken Bilby
Self - David Sarnoff Biographer (as Kenneth Bilby) Self - David Sarnoff Biographer (as Kenneth Bilby)   See fewer
Walter Cronkite
Self - Broadcast Journalist Self - Broadcast Journalist   See fewer
Allen B. DuMont
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Thomas A. Edison
Self (archive footage) (as Thomas Edison) Self (archive footage) (as Thomas Edison)   See fewer
Philo T. Farnsworth
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Herbert Hoover
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Bob Hope
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Charles Francis Jenkins
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Jerry Lewis
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Guglielmo Marconi
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Dean Martin
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Marilyn Monroe
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Earl Muntz
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Edward R. Murrow
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William Paley
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Michael Ritchie
Self - Author and Director Self - Author and Director   See fewer
Harlan Saperstein
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
David Sarnoff
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Harry S. Truman
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Charles Van Doren
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Orson Welles
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Vladimir K. Zworykin
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