Ranked #1
Fred Astaire: Dancing On The Ceiling
Fred Astaire: Dancing On The Ceiling
Fred Astaire, in this 1971 interview, recalls the making of the iconic scene in the film “Royal Wedding” in which he dan... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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3mins
Ranked #2
George McAneny: The First Interview; Charles Burlingham: Benjamin Cardozo
George McAneny: The First Interview; Charles Burlingham: Benjamin Cardozo
Segments from the first interviews undertaken by the Columbia Center for Oral History by founder Allen Nevins in 1949.
20 Dec 2011
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5mins
Ranked #3
Kenneth Lipper: Campaigning with Koch
Kenneth Lipper: Campaigning with Koch
Kenneth Lipper, former New York City Deputy Mayor, explained how an incident in a movie theater, not only illustrated Ma... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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5mins
Ranked #4
Mario Savio: Mississippi Summer
Mario Savio: Mississippi Summer
In a 1985 interview Mario Savio, American political activist and leader of the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, recalls th... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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7mins
Ranked #5
Muriel Gardiner: Vienna, 1938
Muriel Gardiner: Vienna, 1938
American Psychoanalyst Muriel Gardiner recalls an evening in 1938 when Nazi soldiers and sympathizers marched into Vienn... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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4mins
Ranked #6
Nita Naldi: Blood And Sand
Nita Naldi: Blood And Sand
Actress Nita Naldi, interviewed in 1959 for a project on the American Popular Arts, describes how she won the lead role ... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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3mins
Ranked #7
Orvil Faubus: Little Rock
Orvil Faubus: Little Rock
In 1971 Arkansas Governor Orvil Faubus defended his record on Civil Rights and recounted a private meeting he had with P... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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5mins
Ranked #8
Thurgood Marshall: Appointment
Thurgood Marshall: Appointment
Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, in this 1977 interview conducted by Ed Edwin, recounts how he first learned of ... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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6mins
Ranked #9
A Medley Of Voices: Bella Abzug; Gene Kelly; Learned Hand; Alice Paul; Bennet Cerf; Omar Bradley; Edward Koch; Norman Thomas
A Medley Of Voices: Bella Abzug; Gene Kelly; Learned Hand; Alice Paul; Bennet Cerf; Omar Bradley; Edward Koch; Norman Thomas
A medley of voices from the archives of the Columbia Center for Oral History including segments from interviews with Bel... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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6mins
Ranked #10
A Medley Of Voices: Hubert Humphrey; James Cagney; Joan Ganz Cooney; Ralph Flanders
A Medley Of Voices: Hubert Humphrey; James Cagney; Joan Ganz Cooney; Ralph Flanders
A medley of voices from the archives of the Columbia Center for Oral History including segments from interviews with Hub... Read more
20 Dec 2011
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3mins