Word: gettysburg
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...many tragedies that coalesce into the great American tragedy of Gettysburg, the most compelling is the failure of Robert E. Lee. In less than 60 hours, his bold venture to carry the fight into the heart of the North was lost, and with it the Confederacy's last chance to turn the tide of the Civil War. What caused his failure? The obvious answer is: the Union Army. But there are many who insist that the answer is more subtle, that the blame lay in General Lee's constant concern for the feelings of his subordinates-a concern...
...focusing down to this controversial theme, ABC's Omnibus this week brought big historical drama to television. Lee at Gettysburg, a 78-minute play written in lucid, often eloquent blank verse by young (35) TV Dramatist Alvin Sapinsley, opposed the general's two chief subordinates like tongs of a forceps with which to lay bare and probe Lee's fatal flaw...
...typically ambitious Omnibus undertaking-but less ambitious in size than it started out to be. Two years ago, after listening to a British general expound over cocktails how Gettysburg "changed the course of civilization," Omnibus Executive Producer Robert Saudek decided to re-enact the battle on TV. At first it was to be treated as a classroom demonstration, with tin soldiers on a sand table. This gave way to a plan to film the battle at Lenox, Mass, on terrain resembling Gettysburg without the monuments. One hundred and fifty bearded and costumed actors and volunteer extras, all Civil War buffs...
Omnibus (Sun. 9 p.m., ABC). "Lee at Gettysburg," the story of the decisive battle of the Civil War and the three leading Southern generals involved, directed by Delbert Mann...
Peking's Hopes. The talks began in Washington, shifted to Ike's farm in Gettysburg, then back to Washington, lasting in all more than 14 hours. Laced into the discussions was some small talk, ranging from Nehru's interest in Ike's painting (and Ike's enthusiasm for the works of Grandma Moses) to Ike's short lecture, during a brief inspection of his property, on the problems of cattle breeding, which seemed to leave the Prime Minister singularly unexcited. What surprised Ike most was that Nehru, in private, dropped his customary tendency toward...