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New Orleans Television
by Dominic Massa
New Orleans Television uses close to 200 archival photographs to trace the history of local TV from its earliest days in 1948, with memories of popular programs and personalities from over the past 60 years.
Jim Tolhurst is featured on pages 60 & 61. Thanks, Dominic!
1 9 6 9 -- Fashion Is
A WWL-TV Special Project
written by Mickey Wellman & Phil Johnson
filmed & edited by Jim Tolhurst & Mike O'Connor
Narrated by John Pela
This hour-long television show featured the latest fashions in a variety of locations including, Avondale Ship Yards, Avery Island, oil rigs in the Gulf of Mexico, the New Orleans Zoo and more.
Awards:
1969 National Association of Television Program Executives Award for Excellence
1969 Press Club of New Orleans 1st Place Film Editing
TV Guide, Febraury 28-March 6 1970, ran a three-page feature on Fashion Is.
Freeport Host to Fashions in Gulf -- Freeporter, January 1970 -- Freeport Sulphur Company newsletter
Models Models Everywhere -- Avondale Salutes, Septmber/October 1968