LESLIE MITCHELL INTRODUCES FOR TELEVISION THE 1951/1952 TELEVISION AWARDS - SOUND

(31 Dec 1952) Good for fluffs and bloopers. CU of Leslie Mitchell in dinner jacket and black bow tie. He is making speech to camera but keeps forgetting his lines and stumbling over his words. He begins by saying: “Give me a thumbs up for speech will you?“ then waits for signal. His speech is a welcome and lets viewers know that they will hear for the first time the names of the National Television Awards Winners 1951/52. They will also see a brief gala show representative of the variety of entertainment found on television of the period. As he tries to get the lines right at various points he shouts: “cut“, “sorry“, ducks out of shot swearing to himself and gets very exasperated. Following entertainers are mentioned: Skyrockets Orchestra under direction of Wolf Philips / Phillips and The Twelve Toppers - neither are seen. Find out more about AP Archive: Twitter: Facebook: ​​ Instagram: You can license this story through AP Archive: