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This Is Your Life

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Ralph Edwards hosts this show where guests were surprised celebrities whose lives are told through people who know them. The two programs on this tape are Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy and Buster Keaton.

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Runtime: 49 minutes 11 seconds

Topic: Arts
Subtopic: Performing Arts
Grade/Interest Level: 10 - 12
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Producer/Distributor: Pan American Video
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Group of people stand in a cluster with cars in background. Caption. Living inside and outside of mainstream American society.

Cropped black and white photo. Midsection of figure wearing leather jacket and knee-high boots while holding on to an airplane propeller.

Man stands with hands clasped and lips parted mid-speech. Backdrop displays photo collage of Chinese people. Caption. Made martial arts a part of mainstream America.

Still frame of people examining produce outside a market on a busy city street. Caption. Have harbored smaller ethnic enclaves.

Man dressed as a French Revolutionist looks out, face illuminated with red light. Caption lyrics. All. Just know the divinist intervention.

Senior man lays down on a couch with a woman standing behind him and touching his shoulders in an indoor space. Caption. Come on, I wanna dance!

Woman faces camera and gestures in sign language, making an L shape with thumb and index finger. Caption. And coordinating both the interpreter and ASL programs.

Woman curtsies at a man dancing a few feet away. Both wear colorful Mexican folk dance clothing. Caption. To bring Mexican folk dance to the forefront.

White S, U, V driving down city street with parked cars. Covered bridge with windows in the distance. Caption. Queens is home to many Bolivians living in New York City.

2 women in traditional Indian dance costumes speak on a city sidewalk. Caption. Over 200,000 Indian-Americans call New York their home.