Open Channel D: #2 in the Television History & Criticism List in Australia.
Open Channel D: #2 in the Television History & Criticism List in Australia. Channel D Kindle Australia: goo.gl/vvVeJ8 # ManFromUNCLE
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UNCLE ultra high tech gadgets (from 1964)
The Man From UNCLE was from the start a TV series committed to what was most advanced at that time in terms of technology. Here are some examples of what was advanced in 1964, the year of its first season. Above is the clock used by Napoleon Solo. The brand was erased. James Bond wore an Omega Seamaster. One of the UNCLE Headquarters "powerful" computers. At that time, "computer" was synonymous with mainframe, in the style popularized by IBM in so many spy movies. One of the many communications switches used inside UNCLE HQ. A typical low budget "control center" in a Man From UNCLE episode: a big analog watch, one "Danger Auto Destruct monitor", one loose wire in the wall. Much more about UNCLE: Amazon.com - http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia - http://goo.gl/ODQYPY Amazon Brazil - http://goo.gl/qYPYg6 Amazon Canada - http://goo.gl/XrC6gc Amazon France - http://goo.gl/I...
Arkansas Times: The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the post 9/11 world
The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and the post 9/11 world Posted By Richard Drake on Tue, Jun 21, 2016 at 12:54 PM Every month I go through my books and donate some to various sources - Fayetteville Library bookstore, Goodwill, etc - and a few weeks ago my eye fell upon a Man from U.N.C.L.E. novel I’ve had for decades. That might be fun to read again, I thought. What I discovered was a book that accurately predicted our world in the 21st Century, even though it was published in 1966. To be honest, “The Affair of the Gentle Saboteur,” by Brandon Keith, is not all that highly regarded by many fans of the old spy series, because it doesn’t read like an episode of the show. What it does read like, however, is very much a Cold War novel. Growing up in the military, I tended to enjoy this sort of story in junior high and high school. Though hardly in the John le Carré class, it still offers an interesting view of world politics in the ...
UNCLE # 8: The Double Affair Complete Episode
The Man From UNCLE Episode 8 The Double Affair Writers : Joseph Calvelli and Clyde Ware Director : John Newland Guests: Senta Berger (Serena), Michael Evans (Darius Two), Sharon Farrell (Sandy Wister) Filmed : 28 August - 04 September 1964 Premiere : 17 November 1964 Places : New York and Washington (USA) and Alps (Austria) The affair: Illya Kuryakin finishes his nightshift and exits UNCLE HQ through Del Floria's. In the street he's attacked by missiles fired by little toy robots, but manages to destroy them. At THRUSH New York Headquarters, Darius Two says eliminating Kuryakin is important for the success of a new operation. A bandaged man on the operating table turns out to be a exact lookalike of Napoleon Solo. Meanwhile, the real Solo enters a restaurant with his companion, flight attendant Sandy Wister. His double, still covered with gauze, sits beside her. Napoleon finds Serena (from THRUSH). She seduces him. Solo is made unconscious by gas a...
UNCLE Special Guest: Anne Francis
Man From UNCLE Special Guest in episodes 3 and 7 Date of Birth 16 September 1930 , Ossining, New York, USA Date of Death 2 January 2011 , Santa Barbara, California, USA Birth Name Anne Lloyd Francis Height 5' 8" (1,73 m) Anne Francis got into show business quite early in life. She was born Ann Marvak on September 16, 1930 in Ossining, New York, the only child of Phillip Marvak, a businessman/salesman, and the former Edith Francis. A natural little beauty, she became a John Robert Powers model at age 6 and swiftly moved into radio soap work and television in New York. By age 11, she was making her stage debut on Broadway playing the child version of Gertrude Lawrence in the star's 1941 hit vehicle "Lady in the Dark". During this productive time, she attended New York's Professional Children's School. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer put the lovely, blue-eyed, wavy-blonde hopeful under contract during the post-...
UNCLE and the age of the big jets
"It was a Monday. The New York Times was full of advertising pages showing clothing for women in stores like Sak's and Sears. Men drooled for the big cars (like the Plymouth Barracuda or the Pontiac GTO) and electronics ("portable" TVs and sound systems with turntable and AM/FM receivers). And for both genres there were everywhere announcements of international air travel with accessible prices. The four-engine jet propeled Boeing-707 was the symbol of this era. International travel is no longer the privilege of the very wealthy". (Open Channel D: The Man From UNCLE Affair) The extinct Pan American's Boeing 707. Episode 8. The New York international airport, in 1964. In the picture, 2 Lockheed Constellation (from TWA) and one Douglas DC-7 (from United). Episode 9. Douglas DC-8 from SAS (Scandinavian Airlines System). Episode 10. Much more about UNCLE: Amazon.com - http://goo.gl/OD1XKW Amazon Australia - http://goo.gl/...