Finding Aid for the Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) Television Scripts PASC.0078
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Title: Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) television scripts
Identifier/Call Number: PASC.0078
Physical Description:
4.5 Linear Feet
(9 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1959-1963
Abstract: Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) sponsored various television programs during the 1950s and early 1960s. This collection
includes scripts from some of those programs, which included
Alcoa Premiere,
One Step Beyond, and
Fred Astaire Presents.
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[Identification of item], Aluminum Company of America (Alcoa) Television Scripts (Collection Number PASC 78). UCLA Library
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The Aluminum Corporation of America sponsored various television programs during the 1950's and early 1960's. The sponsor
started with
The Alcoa Hour, a 60 minute live anthology drama in the fall of 1955. The 1956/57 television season brought a trend to replace live broadcasts
with pre-recorded film.
The Alcoa Hour went off the air in September 1957 and became a thirty minute filmed program. Other Alcoa shows followed in the late 1950s
and early 1960s:
Alcoa Premiere,
Alcoa Presents, and
Alcoa Theatre.
Collection consists of various script drafts and production credits related to
Alcoa Presents,
Alcoa Premiere,
One Step Beyond, and
Fred Astaire Presents television programs.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Television scripts.
Television producers and directors -- Archives.
ALCOA PREMIERE
FRED ASTAIRE PRESENTS
ONE STEP BEYOND