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Welcome to the official Omnibus With Alistair Cooke channel on YouTube - Featuring the landmark series broadcast live across the US from 1952 to 1961. Here w...
The program has three segments: (1) "Arms and the Man" (staging of George Bernard Shaw's play), (2) "Manufacturers - Machines and People" (a look at manufacturing processes), and (3) (Alistair Cooke summarizes Omnibus' first season).
Omnibus - The Golden Age of Television’s Most Distinguished Series. globalimageworks. 22 videos 11,102 views Last updated on Jul 21, 2015. Highlights from the Omnibus TV series. For licensing...
Overview. Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series. Robert Saudek. Creator. Season 8 of Omnibus premiered on November 13, 1960. (8x7, April 16, 1961) Season Finale. Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.
Omnibus was an American, commercially sponsored, educational variety television series. Quick Facts Omnibus, Genre ... Close. History. Omnibus was created by the Ford Foundation, which sought to increase the education level of the American public. The show was conceived by James Webb Young who hired Robert Saudek as producer.
Omnibus was the most successful cultural magazine series in the history of U.S. commercial television and a prototype for the development of programming on educational television.
Premiering on 9 November 1952 and originally broadcast live from New York City at 4.00 pm on Sundays, Omnibus began as an experiment underwritten by money from the Ford Foundation for Adult Education and intended as a cultural and educational television showcase.
