Harry Belafonte performs a song that was originally censored by the TV network that aired this primetime variety show on 9-29-68, due to the song's controversial message highlighted with images of violence at a political convention. The censored broadcast is briefly shown, with the annoyed hosts taking audience questions instead of introducing Belafonte, followed by the long-unaired footage of the song and film images. This 20 minute compilation includes more recent footage of Belafonte and the two show hosts commenting on the controversy a quarter century later, and the other less-controversial Belafonte performances from the same episode are featured, including one with the hosts.
BetaGems are culled from an archive of over 1000 beta video tapes recorded from the early 1980s into the 1990s. Most feature live music performances broadcast on television in San Diego CA, though there are also rarely seen commercials, comedy clips, and other material that doesn't seem to be anywhere else on KZitem or online.
Most of the tapes were recorded on a Sony SL-HFT7 Super Beta Theater Hi-Fi Stereo - the same model was refurbished and is being used for these digital transfers and uploads. In rare occasions where a BetaGems clip does appear elsewhere, we're only uploading if our own beta master is better quality or contains material not seen previously. Much footage comes from public television and public access broadcasts that the taper, who worked for a local cable TV production company in the 1980s, monitored nightly for several years. Some of the programming is strictly regional, mostly from the San Diego area.
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