Fred W. Friendly (born Ferdinand Friendly Wachenheimer, October 30, 1915 – March 3, 1998) was a president of CBS News and the creator, along with Edward R. Murrow, of the documentary television program "See It Now". He originated the concept of public-access television cable TV channels.
Presents a filmed, intercontinental conversation that links moderator Edward R. Murrow in New York with three internationally known figures located in different parts of the world. What set this apart from other televised interview/discussion programs was the fact that its participants could not see each other but could hear one another via telephone lines and radio.
Release Date1958-10-12
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count57
Vote Count3
In this CBS News production broadcast on Thanksgiving 1960, Edward R. Murrow points out the plight of migrant farm workers in America. Topics range from the harsh living conditions, endless travel, low wages, and poor opportunities for their children.
Release Date1960-11-25
DepartmentWriting
JobWriter
Vote Count8
See It Now is an American newsmagazine and documentary series broadcast by CBS from 1951 to 1958. It was created by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly, Murrow being the host of the show. From 1952 to 1957, See It Now won four Emmy Awards and was nominated three other times. It also won a 1952 Peabody Award, which cited its
Release Date1951-11-18
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Episode Count2
Vote Count4
An undercover investigative documentary on illegal bookmaking in Boston, using concealed-camera footage to expose institutional corruption and regulatory failure, and triggering major political and law-enforcement reforms following broadcast. (Note: Originally produced and broadcast as part of CBS Reports, but widely cited, archived, and treated as an independent investigative documentary due to production method, cultural impact, and historical significance.)
Release Date1961-11-30
DepartmentProduction
JobExecutive Producer
CBS News correspondent Edward R. Murrow reports on the integration problem in Norfolk, VA. and the civil rights issues involved in educating children.
Release Date1959-01-21
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
A look at the confluence of the Red Scare, McCarthyism, and blacklists with the post-war activism by African Americans seeking more and better roles on radio, television, and stage. It begins in Harlem, measures the impact of Paul Robeson and the campaign to bring him down, looks at the role of HUAC, J. Edgar Hoover and of journalists such as Ed Sullivan, and ends with a tribute to Canada Lee. Throughout are interviews with men and women who were there, including Dick Campbell of the Rose McLendon Players and Fredrick O'Neal of the American Negro Theatre. In the 1940s and 1950s, anti-Communism was one more tool to maintain Jim Crow and to keep down African-Americans.
Release Date1998-01-01
DepartmentCrew
JobThanks
Vote Count4
A look at the way TV affects and manipulates viewers.
Release Date1985-02-12
DepartmentProduction
JobConsulting Producer
In this 1957 biography film of the jazz-great Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong, he and his band tour the world as American good-will ambassadors bring jazz at its best to the people of the world. Within the film, the life of Louis Armstrong is portrayed through the music. One of the outstanding scenes in this "biography/docudrama" shows blind songwriter W. C. Handy, with tears streaming down his face, as Armstrong, backed by Leonard Bernstein leading the New York Philharmonic Orchestra, play Handy's immortal "St. Louis Blues."
Release Date1957-10-04
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Vote Count2
A 1953 U.S. civil defense preparedness film simulating an undetected air attack on New York City to promote civilian aircraft-spotter volunteer programs, narrated by Edward R. Murrow and directed by Don Hewitt.
Release Date1953-05-06
DepartmentProduction
JobProducer
Exhaustive 13-part survey of the television medium from its hesitant beginnings in the 1920s to the multi-million dollar extravaganzas of today and the cable and satellite technologies of the future [relative to 1985]. Tackling the medium as a worldwide phenomenon, the series examines each of the principal areas of programming - news, drama, documentaries, and light entertainment - and the unique impact of "live" coverage.
Release Date1985-02-12
Episode Count2
Vote Count1
