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Surprise Discovery! Sam Donaldson…Cub Reporter, 1967

Posted on February 7, 2013April 28, 2021

Surprise Discovery! Sam Donaldson…Cub Reporter, 1967

At 11:05 you’ll see WTOP TV shooting film then picking up the story in the studio with a very young Sam Donaldson on the set with an RCA TK41. You’ll even see him in the viewfinder! Sam’s part actually starts at 10:27 and he is back with the TK41 at 13:15. Enjoy!

http://CDN.eyesofageneration.com/Content/Viewseum/samdonaldson.mp4

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