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  • Our World (1986–1987)
  • TV Series | 60 min | History
Our World (1986–1987)
TV Series | 60 min | History

Each episode focuses on a few months in history and what was going on at the time. Politics, society, music, and other subjects are explored. Interviews with people involved with the stories are featured.
Seasons
Directors
Consuelo Gonzales | Roger Goodman | Vincent Stafford (Elizabeth McGovern directed by) | Denise Schreiner (Eichmann Dramatization Directed by) | Rolfe Tessem (EG Marshall Directed by)
Writers
Linda Ellerbee (written by) | Ray Gandolf (written by) | Anthony Potter (written by) | Richard O'Regan & 7 more
Producers
Anthony Potter (producer) | Richard O'Regan (producer) | Vincent Stafford (producer) | Rolfe Tessem (producer) & 8 more
Composer
Editors
Len Schneiderman (tape editor) | Frank J. De Meo (senior editor) | Walter Essenfeld (senior editor) | James Flanagan (film editor) & 25 more
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Sep 25, 1986

Release date (First episode)
Sep 25, 1986 (United States)
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Cast

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288 cast members
Name Episodes Known for
Linda Ellerbee
Self - Host / Self - Hostess Self - Host / Self - Hostess   See fewer
23
Ray Gandolf
Self - Host Self - Host   See fewer
23
4
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Self - U.S. President (archive footage) Self - U.S. President (archive footage)   See fewer
4
4
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self - U.S. President (archive footage) Self - U.S. President (archive footage)   See fewer
3
Pierre Salinger
Self - Kennedy press secretary Self - Kennedy press secretary   See fewer
3
Theodore Sorensen
Self - Kennedy advisor Self - Kennedy advisor   See fewer
3
2
2
Andrew Goodpaster
Self - Defense Policy Adviser Self - Defense Policy Adviser   See fewer
2
Lou Cioffi
Self - ABC News correspondent Self - ABC News correspondent   See fewer
2
Jules Bergman
Self - ABC News Correspondent / Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage) Self - ABC News Correspondent / Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage)   See fewer
2
Anthony Nutting
Self - Author Self - Author   See fewer
2
2
2
2
2
2
Richard Bissell
Self - Presidential consultant Self - Presidential consultant   See fewer
2
1
Sting
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Elvis Presley
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Ronald Reagan
Self - Governor of California (archive footage) Self - Governor of California (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Glen Campbell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Jimmy Durante
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Janis Joplin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Pearl Bailey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Martin Luther King
Self (archive footage) (as Martin Luther King Jr.) Self (archive footage) (as Martin Luther King Jr.)   See fewer
1
1
The Temptations
The Temptations (archive footage) The Temptations (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Chuck Berry
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
The Andrews Sisters
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jim Lovell
Self - American astronaut (as James A. Lovell Jr) Self - American astronaut (as James A. Lovell Jr)   See fewer
1
Jesse Jackson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Rosa Parks
Self - NAACP Advisor Self - NAACP Advisor   See fewer
1
1
1
Chet Huntley
Self - NBC News Broadcaster (archive footage) Self - NBC News Broadcaster (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Ted Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Yogi Berra
Self - New York Yankees Catcher Self - New York Yankees Catcher   See fewer
1
1
1
David Brinkley
Self - NBC News Broadcaster Self - NBC News Broadcaster   See fewer
1
Éva Szörényi
Self - Actress (as Eva Soreny) Self - Actress (as Eva Soreny)   See fewer
1
John Ehrlichman
Self - Presidential Advisor Self - Presidential Advisor   See fewer
1
Bobby Seale
Self - Black Panther leader Self - Black Panther leader   See fewer
1
Tom Seaver
Self - 1969 New York Mets Self - 1969 New York Mets   See fewer
1
Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Fred Haise
Self - American astronaut (as Fred W Haise Jr) Self - American astronaut (as Fred W Haise Jr)   See fewer
1
Reuven Frank
Self - NBC News Producer Self - NBC News Producer   See fewer
1
Stephen Bales
Self - NASA official (as Steve Bales) Self - NASA official (as Steve Bales)   See fewer
1
Lisa Law
Self - Photographer at Woodstock Self - Photographer at Woodstock   See fewer
1
Guenter Wendt
Self - Rockwell International Self - Rockwell International   See fewer
1
Jim Lowe
Self - New York Disc Jockey Self - New York Disc Jockey   See fewer
1
Joe Kerwin
Self - NASA Official Self - NASA Official   See fewer
1
1
Gordon Stoker
Self - The Jordanaires Self - The Jordanaires   See fewer
1
Bob Wolff
Self - Sportscaster Self - Sportscaster   See fewer
1
Don Larsen
Self - New York Yankees Pitcher Self - New York Yankees Pitcher   See fewer
1
Neal Matthews Jr.
Self - The Jordanaires Self - The Jordanaires   See fewer
1
Al Oerter
Self - Olympic Discus Medalist Self - Olympic Discus Medalist   See fewer
1
Orval Faubus
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Endre Marton
Self - AP Correspondent in Budapest (archive footage) Self - AP Correspondent in Budapest (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Henry Ford
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Gregory Jackson
Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage) (as Greg Jackson) Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage) (as Greg Jackson)   See fewer
1
1
Dick Shoemaker
Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage) Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Charles Murphy
Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage) Self - ABC News correspondent (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Nick Martin
Self - Hungarian Athlete Self - Hungarian Athlete   See fewer
1
Ervin Zádor
Self - Hungarian Olympic Swimmer Self - Hungarian Olympic Swimmer   See fewer
1
1
1
Dale Mitchell
Self - Brooklyn Dodgers Left Fielder Self - Brooklyn Dodgers Left Fielder   See fewer
1
Dennis Hayes
Self - Earth Day organizer Self - Earth Day organizer   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Judy Garland
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Natalie Wood
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Dean Martin
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Clark Gable
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Doris Day
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ed Wynn
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Wayne Rogers
Captain Trapper John McIntyre (archive footage) Captain Trapper John McIntyre (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Olivia de Havilland
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress   See fewer
1
Rita Hayworth
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Jerry Lewis
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
John Houseman
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
1
1
Desi Arnaz
Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) Ricky Ricardo (archive footage)   See fewer
1
George Burns
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Joan Rivers
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Vaughn Taylor
Admiral Luetjens (archive footage) Admiral Luetjens (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Johnny Cash
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Ethel Merman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Evelyn Keyes
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress   See fewer
1
1
1
Jack Benny
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Clayton Moore
The Lone Ranger (archive footage) The Lone Ranger (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Jay Silverheels
Tonto (archive footage) Tonto (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Dinah Shore
Self - Chevrolet Spokesperson (archive footage) Self - Chevrolet Spokesperson (archive footage)   See fewer
1
John F. Kennedy
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Ed Sullivan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Queen Elizabeth II
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Gracie Allen
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Stevie Wonder
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Mary Anderson
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress   See fewer
1
Butterfly McQueen
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actress   See fewer
1
The Rolling Stones
Themselves (archive footage) Themselves (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Larry Gelbart
Self - Writer Self - Writer   See fewer
1
Darryl F. Zanuck
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Artie Shaw
Self - Bandleader Self - Bandleader   See fewer
1
1
1
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Paul Robeson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Perry Como
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
Ed Herlihy
Self - Newsreel announcer (archive footage) (voice) Self - Newsreel announcer (archive footage) (voice)   See fewer
1
Benny Goodman
Self - Bandleader Self - Bandleader   See fewer
1
Frankie Laine
Self (voice) Self (voice)   See fewer
1
1
1
Patti Page
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Frank Wills
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ted Koppel
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Harry S. Truman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Ruth Westheimer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Fred Crane
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actor Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Actor   See fewer
1
Bud Collyer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Bobby Fischer
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Billy Graham
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Floyd Patterson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Studs Terkel
Self - Actor Self - Actor   See fewer
1
1
1
John Glenn
Self - American astronaut Self - American astronaut   See fewer
1
Jim McKay
Self - ABC Sports Reporter (archive footage) Self - ABC Sports Reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Bob Smith
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Mark Spitz
Self - Olympic Swimmer Self - Olympic Swimmer   See fewer
1
Frank Mankiewicz
Self - Public Relations Executive Self - Public Relations Executive   See fewer
1
William Schreiner
Adolf Eichmann Adolf Eichmann   See fewer
1
Mike Burstyn
Eichmann's Interrogator (as Michael Burstyn) Eichmann's Interrogator (as Michael Burstyn)   See fewer
1
1
Adlai Stevenson
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Adolf Eichmann
Self - Nazi fugitive (archive footage) Self - Nazi fugitive (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Lionel Hampton
Self - Vibraphonist Self - Vibraphonist   See fewer
1
1
1
Raymond A. Klune
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Production Manager (as Ray Klune) Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Production Manager (as Ray Klune)   See fewer
1
1
Lyle R. Wheeler
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Art Director (as Lyle Wheeler) Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Art Director (as Lyle Wheeler)   See fewer
1
Edmund Hillary
Self (as Sir Edmund Hillary) Self (as Sir Edmund Hillary)   See fewer
1
Arthur Schlesinger Jr.
Self - Kennedy advisor Self - Kennedy advisor   See fewer
1
1
Nelson Rockefeller
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Gary Hart
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Roone Arledge
Self - ABC Sports President Self - ABC Sports President   See fewer
1
Sander Vanocur
Self - Former NBC News White House correspondent Self - Former NBC News White House correspondent   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Thomas E. Dewey
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Marcella Rabwin
Self - Executive Assistant to Selznick Self - Executive Assistant to Selznick   See fewer
1
1
Don Dunphy
Self (as Don Dunphy Sr) Self (as Don Dunphy Sr)   See fewer
1
Margaret Truman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Edward V. Padula
Self (as Edward Padula) Self (as Edward Padula)   See fewer
1
John Mitchell
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
Edward Bowes
Self - Radio Host (archive footage) (as Major Bowes) Self - Radio Host (archive footage) (as Major Bowes)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Edmund G. Brown
Self (as Edmund G. Brown Sr.) Self (as Edmund G. Brown Sr.)   See fewer
1
James Roosevelt
Self - Son of FDR Self - Son of FDR   See fewer
1
1
1
1
Katherine Brown
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Story Editor (as Kay Brown) Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Story Editor (as Kay Brown)   See fewer
1
Myrlie Evers-Williams
Self (as Myrlie Evers) Self (as Myrlie Evers)   See fewer
1
1
Bess Truman
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
1
1
1
George Lowe
Self - Member of Hillary Expedition (archive footage) Self - Member of Hillary Expedition (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Lydia Schiller
Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Script Supervisor Self - 'Gone With The Wind' Script Supervisor   See fewer
1
1
Avery Brundage
Self - International Olympic Committee President (archive footage) Self - International Olympic Committee President (archive footage)   See fewer
1
Alexey Leonov
Self - Soviet cosmonaut (as Alexei Leonov) Self - Soviet cosmonaut (as Alexei Leonov)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Telford Taylor
Self - Attorney Self - Attorney   See fewer
1
Max E. Youngstein
Self (as Max Youngstein) Self (as Max Youngstein)   See fewer
1
Vivian Malone
Self (as Vivian Malone Jones) Self (as Vivian Malone Jones)   See fewer
1
Victor Reuther
Self - United Auto Workers Self - United Auto Workers   See fewer
1
1
Jerome B. Wiesner
Self - President Emeritus MIT (as Jerome Wiesner) Self - President Emeritus MIT (as Jerome Wiesner)   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
1
Carl Mydans
Self - Photographer Self - Photographer   See fewer
1
Joachim Prinz
Self (as Rabbi Joachim Prinz) Self (as Rabbi Joachim Prinz)   See fewer
1
Abe Osheroff
Self - History Professor Self - History Professor   See fewer
1
1
1
1
1
Willi Daume
Self - German Olympic Committee Self - German Olympic Committee   See fewer
1
German Titov
Self - Soviet cosmonaut Self - Soviet cosmonaut   See fewer
1
1
Martin Agronsky
Self - NBC News correspondent Self - NBC News correspondent   See fewer
1
1
Gabriel Bach
Self - Supreme Court of Israel Self - Supreme Court of Israel   See fewer
1
David Schoumacher
Self - news reporter (archive footage) Self - news reporter (archive footage)   See fewer
1
John Ostrander
Self - General at NASA (archive footage) Self - General at NASA (archive footage)   See fewer
1
William Levitt
Self - Real Estate Developer Self - Real Estate Developer   See fewer
1
1
Rosalie S. Asher
Self (as Rosalie Asher) Self (as Rosalie Asher)   See fewer
1
1
Milt Wolff
Self - Writer / Self - Activist Self - Writer / Self - Activist   See fewer
1
Sid Darion
Self - ABC New producer Self - ABC New producer   See fewer
1
Gad Tsabari
Self - Wrestling Coach Self - Wrestling Coach   See fewer
1
1
John Fremont Melby
Self - American Diplomat (as John Melby) Self - American Diplomat (as John Melby)   See fewer
1
Edwin Darby
Self - Time Magazine Financial Columnist Self - Time Magazine Financial Columnist   See fewer
1
Thomas Richardson
Self - Retired Lt. Colonel, USAF Self - Retired Lt. Colonel, USAF   See fewer
1
Shaul Rosolio
Self - Consultant Self - Consultant   See fewer
1
Howard Sollenberger
Self - Retired Diplomat Self - Retired Diplomat   See fewer
1
1
1
Andrew Transue
Self - Attorney Self - Attorney   See fewer
1
Bill Wheeler
Self - Retired Sales Executive Self - Retired Sales Executive   See fewer
1
Eddie Lawrence
Self - Comedian Self - Comedian   See fewer
1
Mel Anderson
Self - Retired Carpenter Self - Retired Carpenter   See fewer
1
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