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    BWt3 ELLINGTON & COMPANY lire. JLJD VE R TI S IJSTG 535 FIFTH AVENUE-NEW YORK 17 March 2, 195U Mr. Jack Pepper Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce Las Vegas, Nevada Dear Mr. Pepper: I understand that you might possibly have some 3?· mm footage of the Sands Hotel. I am extremely anxious to obtain some footage, approximately 50 to 100 feet which identifies the Sands and possibly several varieties of angles. Our purpose is to use these in a commercial for Webster Cigars on our Saturday evening, coast to coast, American Broadcasting Company fight program. If you have such footage that can be made available for this purpose, I should very much like to obtain a print to see if we can work out such a commercial ?╓¬ f Sincerely yours, A. Burke Crotty " Executive Producer WJ.DE WIDE WORL ABCiRG TV ??-?╜. It* \k> December 15th, 1955 Mr. Al Freeman 449 Soiath Beverly Drive Beverly Hills, Calif. Dear Al: I thought the pickup was great. With the way the crowd that assembled looked I guess you got all your money back - you thief] I might tell you the rating indicated that there were approximately 30,000,000 viewers that day. ^^^C^ESr^pe^^TTwaldr suggest that you write ToT5r^"iSamuel Ghotzinoff - NBC Opera - 30 Rockefeller PLaza, and get your information from Mm. ^fhajtksL agaim - hege to see you^soojJL^ Sincerely, Barry Wood Executive Producer Concerning the color transparencies, I don't know to whom you sent them. NATIONAL BROADCASTING COMPANY, 30 ROCKEFELLER PLAZA, NEW YORK