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Expodition: Famous faces at Expo 67
Broadcast Date: Aug. 8, 1967
When the whole world is beating a path to your door, a few in the crowd are bound to be famous. Throughout Expo 67, a steady stream of world leaders, movie stars, singers and dancers have brought a bit of extra razzle dazzle. Today, CBC Radio's Expodition catches up with Peter Ustinov, sporting a beard at the Cuba pavilion, and finds Harry Belafonte wishing he was gliding atop a pair of water-skis.Expodition: Famous faces at Expo 67
• Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) was a writer, director and Academy Award-winning actor (twice, for Spartacus in 1960 and Topkapi in 1964). He was a goodwill ambassador for the United Nations agency UNICEF.• Harry Belafonte is also a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. He is best known as a calypso artist and singer of The Banana Boat Song ("Day-O!").
Expodition: Famous faces at Expo 67
Medium: Radio
Program: Expodition
Broadcast Date: Aug. 8, 1967
Guest(s): Harry Belafonte, Peter Ustinov
Announcer: Jim Robertson
Host: Bob MacGregor
Reporter: Lynn Jackson, Martin Bronstein
Duration: 14:09
Photo: Library and Archives Canada
Last updated:
Feb. 23, 2011
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Teenagers groove to the blues and musicians with the Dave Brubeck Quartet and The Seekers chat with Expodition.
Expodition: Famous faces at Expo 67.
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Last updated: Feb. 23, 2011.
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