Omnibus

Omnibus

1952
★★★☆☆ 6.0/10
📺 8 Seasons
🎬 158 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Talk
Omnibus is an American, commercially sponsored, educational television series.

Seasons

Season 1
1952 • 28 Episodes
Season 2
1953 • 24 Episodes
The program has five segments: (1) "Glory in the Flower" (story based on William Inge play), (2) "The Little Kitty Stayed Cool" (James Thurber short story), (3) "The Little Fugitive" (interview with the 8-year-old star of the prizewinning film), (4) "Excerpts from Oklahoma" (selections from Rodgers and Hammerstein's record-breaking musical), and (5) "Struggle for Survival" (showing of 1944 Swedish wildlife film).
Season 3
1954 • 26 Episodes
The program has four segments: (1) "Treadmill to Oblivion" (play telling the story of Fred Allen's radio career), (2) "Percussion" (a demonstration of musical percussion instruments), (3) "Around the World" (an airplane trip around the world in 18 minutes), and (4) "Dance to Freedom" (two escaped Hungarian dancers from East Berlin perform a ballet number).
Season 4
1955 • 24 Episodes
The program has only one segment: "The Birth of Modern Times" (a live program tracing the revival of the arts, literature, music and learning during the Renaissance period).
Season 5
1956 • 22 Episodes
Season 6
1957 • 12 Episodes
Season 7
1958 • 15 Episodes
The program has only one segment: "Capital Punishment" (an examination of the case for capital punishment).
Season 8
1960 • 7 Episodes

Crew

Producer
Robert Saudek

Network

CBS, ABC, NBC

Production

JustFilms / Ford Foundation

Keywords

educational