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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

When I discovered this week,I wrote an article about it and I became borderlineobsessed...

When I discovered this week,
I wrote an article about it and I became borderline
obsessed with it

Full Transcript

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- When I discovered this week, I wrote an article about it
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and I became borderline obsessed with it.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:09
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
I started searching for what might exist. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
I started searching for what might exist.
I started interviewing people - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
I started interviewing people
(bright music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(bright music)
The time right now is 6:18 and - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
The time right now is 6:18 and
There is a collection of early TV audio in Old Westbury - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
There is a collection of early TV audio in Old Westbury
- Phil Gries has collected thousands of audio tapes - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
- Phil Gries has collected thousands of audio tapes
- Well, there are about 2,000 programs - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
- Well, there are about 2,000 programs
(gentle piano music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
(gentle piano music)
This is the Harry Belafonte tape from February 5th and 6th - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
This is the Harry Belafonte tape from February 5th and 6th
The first experience with audio recording television - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
The first experience with audio recording television
I taped a lot of "Tonight Shows." - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
I taped a lot of "Tonight Shows."
(gentle music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
(gentle music)
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(audience applauding)
He apparently opened every episode with a song - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:33
He apparently opened every episode with a song
But I tell you, my greatest comfort - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
But I tell you, my greatest comfort
We have a film that I would like to show you. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
We have a film that I would like to show you.
One of the things that stands out to me - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
One of the things that stands out to me
(gentle music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(gentle music)
(audience laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(audience laughing)
(gentle music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
(gentle music)