1951 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: 1951-12-uu.

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

Side 1:
1. Robert Young
2. Audrey Totter
3. Susan Hayward
4. William Lundigan
5. Bob Crosby
6. Giselle Mackenzie
7. Dennis Morgan
8. Steve Cochran
9. Ronald Reagan
10. Virgina Mayo
11. Gordon MacRae

Side 2:
1. Ronald Colman
2. Barbara Stanwyck
3. Van Johnson
4. June Allyson
5. Richard Widmark
6. Douglas Fairbanks, Jr.
7. Jo Stafford
8. Dick Haymes
9. Gene Kelly
10. Ray Bolger
11. Victor Mature


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 150744
Municipal archives id: LT4093

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