Our World Dangerous Assumptions: Spring 1953
TV Episode | 60 min | History

Our World

Dangerous Assumptions: Spring 1953

TV Episode | 60 min | History

The last episode of the series looks at the Rosenberg executions, the conquering of Mount Everest, Ike and the Korean war, England's new queen, television's popularity worries big Hollywood, 'healthy' filtered cigarettes debut, and more.

Director

Consuelo Gonzales (as Consuelo Gonzalez)

Writers

Linda Ellerbee (written by) | Ray Gandolf (written by) | Pat Jaffe (written by)

Producer

Pat Jaffe

Editors

Kate Hirson | Len Schneiderman | Paul Trejo

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Edit Released

Updated May 28, 1987

Release date

May 28, 1987 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

1 win

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Cast	+ Add Cast
22 cast members

Name	Known for
Linda Ellerbee Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Nick News with Linda Ellerbee (1991)
Ray Gandolf Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	Our World (1986)
Desi Arnaz Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) Ricky Ricardo (archive footage) See fewer	I Love Lucy (1951)
Tony Bennett Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
Perry Como Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1948)
Dwight D. Eisenhower Self - U.S. President (archive footage) Self - U.S. President (archive footage) See fewer	Nazi Concentration and Prison Camps (1945)
Edmund Hillary Self (as Sir Edmund Hillary) Self (as Sir Edmund Hillary) See fewer	The Conquest of Everest (1953)
Bob Hope Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Ghost Breakers (1940)
John Hunt Self Self See fewer	The Conquest of Everest (1953)
Robert Lamphere Self Self See fewer	The Red Bomb (1994)
George Lowe Self - Member of Hillary Expedition (archive footage) Self - Member of Hillary Expedition (archive footage) See fewer	Antarctic Crossing (1959)
Mary Martin Self Self See fewer	Peter Pan (1960)
Michael Meeropol Self Self See fewer	The Unquiet Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg (1974)
Robert Meeropol Self Self See fewer	The Unquiet Death of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg (1974)
Ethel Merman Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
Patti Page Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Die Hard 2 (1990)
Vincent Price Self Self See fewer	The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971)
Queen Elizabeth II Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Civilisation (1969)
Dinah Shore Self - Chevrolet Spokesperson (archive footage) Self - Chevrolet Spokesperson (archive footage) See fewer	The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (1956)
Ed Sullivan Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Bye Bye Birdie (1963)
Max E. Youngstein Self (as Max Youngstein) Self (as Max Youngstein) See fewer	Submersion of Japan (1973)
Darryl F. Zanuck Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Longest Day (1962)