Cronkite Returns to Air South African Children Report
CBS Reports: Children of Apartheid airs with Walter Cronkite guiding a look at youths in apartheid South Africa. The film contrasts black and white children, including Roxanne Botha and Zinzi Mandela, and sketches fear, privilege, and the politics shaping their lives. Cronkite recounts visa hurdles, filming under tight control, and evolving pass laws, noting progress yet lingering tensions.
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Walter Cronkite
CBS News
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Ellis
Roxanne Botha
South Africa
P. W. Botha
Zinzi Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Zinzi
Cronkite Examines Youth and Conflict in a Divided Nation
The program follows children whose lives mirror a country torn by hate and polarization. Intervviewed youths discuss peace, oppression, and political struggle, with some having prison terms and abuse experiences. It includes a visit to an integrated school where debate on race unfolds.
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Roxanne
Cronkite
Miracle on 34th Street colorized in seasonal edition
CBS REPORTS Children of Apartheid surveys life in South Africa through the voices of white and black youths. The TV documentary examines daily conditions and social realities in the apartheid era.
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Santa
Edmund Gwenn
Kris Kringle
Natalie Wood
John Payne
Maureen O'Hara
CBS Reports
HOWDY DOODY TIME CELEBRATION AND FIREWALKER REMAKE
In a TV nostalgia feature Buffalo Bob Smith hosts a 40 year salute with guest Gary Coleman Monty Hall and others. The segment also notes a 1986 riff on Raiders of the Lost Ark titled Firewalker with Chuck Norris as a laid back troubleshooter in an Aztec temple teamed with Louis Gossett Jr.
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Buffalo Bob Smith
Gary Coleman
Monty Hall
Chuck Norris
Louis Gossett Jr
ABC Cancels Two Shows as Schedules Drown
ABC reshuffles its low rated replacements on Friday and Saturday replacing The Pur suit of Happiness with The Thorns created by Mike Nichols and starring Tony Roberts Kelly Bishop Marilyn Cooper Mary Louise Wilson and Lori Petit. Juarez debuts Saturday January 16 at 9 2 with Sgt Rosendo Juarez Ada Maris in a Hispanic cast. December 26 at 10 p.m. features The Room with Linda Hunt Annie Lennox Julian Sands Donald Pleasance. The Dumbwaiter previously aired to critical praise but failed to draw viewers.
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Rose Thorn
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Linda Hunt
Annie Lennox
Julian Sands
Donald Pleasance
Harold Pinter
Sister singers Crystal and Robyn Bernard from Texas
Crystal Bernard is Robyn Bernard's younger sister. Both began singing as children with their evangelist father and still harmonize occasionally. They were born in Texas.
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Robyn Bernard
General Hospital
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Lenille Ball
Desi Arnaz
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A. Langford
Lakeland
Fla
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Ralph Evinrude
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