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On the Road with Charles Kuralt: Set 1
“Hello, I’m Charles Kuralt. We’re off again to meet a few people on the back roads of America….” For 20 years beginning in 1967, Charles Kuralt wandered America’s byways in search of the overlooked and underappreciated. For his homespun vignettes and sharp reporting, he won two Peabody Awards and numerous Emmys. This set gathers 18 episodes compiled by the Travel Channel from the long-running CBS Evening News series. “The spirit of America at its best”—Los Angeles Times. SDH subtitles; approx. 378 min. on 3 DVDs. EXCLUSIVE
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Disc 1
Episode 1: Blenheim Ginger Ale, Golden Gate Bridge Workers, Bicycle Man
Episode 2: Super Shoe Salesman, Down-Home Remedies, 80-Year-Old Cook, Unique Mailbox Posts
Episode 3: American Citizen, Blowing Bubbles, Junk-Mail Heat, Simplify
Episode 4: Domino Theory, Old Advertisements, Building Wooden Boats, Roadside Shangri-la
Episode 5: Kentucky Croquet-Playing Field, "Black Diamond" Private Railcar, Twidd, The Circus Bandleader
Episode 6: Whistle-Stop Ride, Toothpick Artist, National Weather Survey
Disc 2
Episode 7: All-Night Library, Life on the Bayou, Living in a Small Town
Episode 8: Lady Mayor, Bullfighter, Wind Symphony, Carousels, Shipbuilders of Maine
Episode 9: Interstate 80, Farming and Fishing in Kansas, Greek Sponge-Fisherman, Bishop of Spokane, Volkswagens
Episode 10: Piney Woods Thoreau, Coffee Cups, Wheat Harvest, Cadillac Ranch, Nebraska: Bountiful Desert
Episode 11: Abraham Lincoln's Hometown, Hummingbirds, Maple Sugar, Woman Driver, Mayor of Duncan
Episode 12: Dowser, One-Room Schoolhouse, Brick Maker, Cable Cars, Iowa
Disc 3
Episode 13: Mushrooms, Covered Bridges, Turkey Trot, Kite Man, Montana: Little Big Horn
Episode 14: 104-Year-Old Man, Cymbals Factory, Sleighs, California: The Mission Trail
Episode 15: Chicken Man, Idaho, The River of No Return, Man Who Waves at Traffic
Episode 16: Pauli Murray, Delta Queen, Street Vendor, Colorado Prospectors
Episode 17: Stone Skipping, New Mexico: Atomic Bomb, Pothole Festival, Greenup H.S. Cheerleaders, Crop Artist
Episode 18: Bike Messenger, Lace Making, Cicadas, Capitals of the World, South Dakota: Cowboys of Deadwood |
- About On the Road
- Road Updates
- Biography of Charles Kuralt
| Packaging: Boxed set
Run Time: 378 minutes
Format: Full screen
Number of discs: 3
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
Color or B&W: Color
CC: No
SDH: Yes
Region Code: 1
Aspect Ratio: 4:3
Rating: N/A | "The spirit of America at its best"—Los Angeles Times
"Magical . . . part of TV legend"—Chicago Tribune
"…our beloved visiting uncle…a deToqueville in a motor home…"—Newsweek
"Television’s Norman Rockwell"—Los Angeles Times
"Any time…with Kuralt is time worth taking."—USA Today | Mr. Kuralt is a winner of 13 Emmy Awards including:
- Emmy Award Winner ATAS Broadcast Journalism Award for “CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite” (1962) For the “On The Road” segments. (1978)
Mr. Kuralt’s many career awards include:
- Columbia-Dupont Journalism Award Winner (1996)
- International Radio and Television Society Winner for Broadcaster of the Year (1985)
- Peabody Award Winner (Personal) for "On The Road" reporting (1976)
- Peabody Award Winner (Personal) for "On The Road" reporting (1969)
- Television Critics Association Award: Career Achievement Award (1994)
- Ernie Pyle Memorial Award (1956) for the human interest columns he wrote for the Charlotte News.
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