I'm even more feeling left out :( Being in Western Pennsylvania, not far from both Butler and Pittsburgh, I feel a double irony. First Bantam in Butler submitted the first prototype quarter ton vehicle to the Army. Secondly, Pittsburgh is the home of the first publicly supported TV station, and it was also the fifth educational station to sign on in 1954. The program is NOT listed on their schedule. :(
{I'll let the comment on Jeeps and Ohio slide for now. :) }
RJ
Near Butler, PA
"Birthplace Of The Jeep"
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Allen" <jimallen@...>
To: <WillysTech@...>
Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: [WT] The story of Jeep Thursday 9/27/07 at 8:00pm Eastern Time on PBS
If you are outside Ohio, it will be a while before you can see,
"Jeep: Steel Soldier" on your local PBS station. It was produced by
WGTE Toledo as part of an Ohio PBS effort to make documentaries on
Ohio WWII topics to compliment the Ken Burns "The War" series. It
will run first at all the Ohio PBS stations. Makes sense. Jeep is
about as Ohio as it gets, especially for a Toledo station. I was told
that other PBS stations around the country may pick it up as they
choose.
Shortly after it airs, I don't know how shortly, they will start
selling DVDs which can be purchased from the station (wgte.org) and
likely from the main PBS site as well at some point.
I hesitate to review something I was involved with, but I think it
hits the mark. Accurate, just the right amount of enthusiasm, a fair
shake for each of the three companies that helped develop the quarter-
ton and some pictures and footage you may not have seen.
Jim Allen
On Sep 25, 2007, at 8:44 PM, Keith Johnson wrote:
5 PBS Channels here, and not on any of them. Crap.
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