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1956
Adventures Of Superman: The Big Freeze

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 68th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Stage 7: The Secret Weapon Of 117

Gene RoddenberryThe TV anthology series Stage 7 presents the first produced science fiction television script written by future Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, The Secret Weapon Of 117. Ricardo Montalban stars as one of a pair of aliens trying to assess whether or not Earth has the technology to retaliate against infiltration and invasion by their species. Drawing from his past police work, Roddenberry has already sold scripts to Ziv Television Programs for Mr. District Attorney and Highway Patrol, and pitched an ultimately unsold script to Ziv’s Science Fiction Theatre series; this is his first genre work to make it to the screen. Sadly, no recordings still seem to exist of this self-contained story.

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Adventures Of Superman: Peril By Sea

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 69th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. Claude Akins guest stars.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Signals From The Heart

Science Fiction TheatreThe 40th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Peter Hansen and Walter Kingsford, and is the first episode of Science Fiction Theatre’s second season. For budgetary reasons, the second season reverts to black & white filming (the first season was shot in color).

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Long Sleep

Science Fiction TheatreThe 41st episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Dick Foran and John Doucette.

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Videotape

Ampex VRX-1000 VTRAt the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention in Chicago, Ampex demonstrates the first commercially-available videotape deck, the Ampex VRX-1000 Quad VTR, using two-inch-wide open-reel videotape, in spools with a 14-inch diameter, to record and play back up to an hour of television programming. Over the next four days, Ampex receives orders from broadcasters totaling over two million dollars. CBS will give the VRX-1000 its first national on-air use in November, tape-delaying a newscast to its stations on the west coast, allowing the first broadcast of a single program at the same hour in different time zones. NBC will also have the VRX-1000 in use at the beginning of 1957. A newer model capable of recording and playing back programming in full color will become available in 1958. Though it does not record at the same resolution as film, the relative ease of use of videotape will see it replace kinescope film in most TV operations.

Science Fiction Theatre: Who Is This Man?

Science Fiction TheatreThe 42nd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Bruce Bennett and David Alpert, and is directed by William Castle.

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Adventures Of Superman: Topsy Turvy

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 70th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Godzilla, King Of The Monsters!

GodzillaThe first Godzilla movie, Gojira, is re-released in America, dubbed into English with additional scenes starring actor Raymond Burr, as Godzilla, King Of The Monsters! Despite the quite noticeable differences between old footage and new, the movie proves popular, and sparks the western world’s obsession with Toho Studios’ signature creation. It is also just the first of several attempts to westernize the Godzilla mythos (chiefly for American audiences).

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Adventures Of Superman: Jimmy The Kid

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 71st episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Green Bomb

Science Fiction TheatreThe 43rd episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Whit Bissell and Kenneth Tobey, and plays on the rising nuclear fear of the fifties.

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Science Fiction Theatre: When A Camera Falls

Science Fiction TheatreThe 44th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Gene Lockhart.

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Adventures Of Superman: The Girl Who Hired Superman

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 72nd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Bullet Proof

Science Fiction TheatreThe 45th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Marshall Thompson.

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Adventures Of Superman: The Wedding Of Superman

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 73rd episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Flicker

Science Fiction TheatreThe 46th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Victor Jory.

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Adventures Of Superman: Dagger Island

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 74th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Unguided Missile

Science Fiction TheatreThe 47th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Ruth Hussey.

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Adventures Of Superman: Blackmail

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 75th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Adventures Of Superman: The Deadly Rock

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 76th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Science Fiction Theatre: Mind Machine

Science Fiction TheatreThe 48th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Bill Williams and Cyril Delevanti.

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Adventures Of Superman: The Phantom Ring

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 77th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Missing Waveband

Science Fiction TheatreThe 49th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Dick Foran and Stafford Repp.

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Adventures Of Superman: The Jolly Roger

The Adventures Of SupermanThe 78th episode of The Adventures Of Superman airs in syndication, starring George Reeves, Noel Neill, and Jack Larson. This is the fourth season finale.

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Science Fiction Theatre: The Human Experiment

Science Fiction TheatreThe 50th episode of the syndicated science fiction Science Fiction Theatre airs on stations across the U.S. Hosted by Truman Bradley, the episode stars Marshall Thompson and Virginia Christine.

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