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GIL CATES - DIRECTOR by Ira Gallen: I was a 20 year old College Student back in 1972 when I did a 16mm Aucicon Camera interview with the director who would soon after give me my start in the business GIL CATES, the film of his that imspired me was I NEVER SANG FOR MY FATHER. You'll all so find the super 8 (Cellioud) Home Movies & Stills I shot on the set of SUMMER WISHES, WINTER DREAMS, JOHNNY WE HARDLY KNEW YA,TO ALL MY FRIENDS ON SHORE and DRAGONFLY when I had the chance to work my way up from a production assistamnt to a DGA Asssistamt director because of him. The largest collection of TV SHOWS,FILMS, CARTOONS, NEWSREELS,FILM SHORT SUBJECTS, SILENT & SOUND FILMS, HOME MOVIES, ,INDUSTRIALS & especially TV COMMERCIALS from the 1950’s/60’s can be found on DVD or on GOOGLE VIDEO DOWNLOADS at www.tvdays.com Aging Baby-Boomer Ira H. Gallen has spent over 30 years collecting and restoring this collection from 16mm & 35mm Celluloid Film, and Kinescopes to Video tape, with the help of Museum of Television and Radio in New York. Now he’s trying to save his VIDEO ARCHIVES from decomposing by transferring to new digital formats by offering his life’s work so far on DVD or GOOGLE VIDEO DOWNLOADS. www.mtr.org In the same way that American Movie Classics tries to get viewer support to preserve feature film history (but ignores TV's heritage), you'll find Ira obsessed with uncovering the lost art of Television's past, which includes an element of the FBI's Most Wanted as he turns to the public to help save Television's past. If you were an actor, director or a part of the staff creating these TV Shows, or Commertcials let us know at www.tvdays.com Ira is best known on Television as the Toy, Gadget, and Consumer products guy appearing many of the leading news and magazine shows including: Fox and Friends, ABC's Business Week/ Money Talks, CNBC; CNN; Access Hollywood; E-Entertainment; Good Day New York; and The View among others. SPECIAL THANKS: www.VALUEWEB.com www.LACIE.com www.DISCMAKERS.com www.ADOBE.com