1950 Christmas Seal Campaign, Celebrity Spots

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 1950-12-uu.

Twenty public service announcements from celebrities urging the public to buy Christmas Seals to fund the National Tuberculosis Association.

Side 1:
1. John Garfield
2. Ronald Reagan
3. Gene Autry
4. Ray Bolger
5. Mark Stevens
6. Gene Kelly
7. Victor Mature
8. Wendell Corey
9. Dick Powell
10. Ginny Simms

Side 2:
1. June Allyson
2. Van Johnson
3. Jo Stafford
4. Dick Haymes
5. Alexis Smith
6. Ronald Colman
7. Barbara Stanwyck
8. Mickey Rooney
9. Gordon McRae
10. Richard Widmark


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150736
Municipal archives id: LT441

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