Lowell Thomas...a reporter of the world

Before the likes of Brokaw, Cronkite, Murrow, Reasoner, Sawyer, etc., we had Lowell Thomas...reporter of the world via theater newsreels and radio.

Wikipedia said..."So varied were Thomas's activities that when it came time for the Library of Congress to catalog his memoirs they were forced to put them in "CT" ("biographies of subjects who do not fit into any other category") in their classification."

Lowell Thomas' last broadcast [May 14th, 1976]...

Lowell Thomas [Wikipedia]

He was also a narrator...

Oil: More Power To You

ca 1930

The New York World's Fair

1964

A forgotten plastic...Bakelite--functional and aesthetically pleasing

The Graduate [1967]...

Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.

Benjamin: Yes, sir.

Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?

Benjamin: Yes, I am.

Mr. McGuire: Plastics.

Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?

Decades earlier Bakelite was just about everywhere.

Bakelite plastic promotional film...

The Fourth Kingdom

1937 

Narrated by Lowell Thomas

Bakelite Corporation

Bakelite [Wikipedia]