- Date
- 1956-12
- Kind
- Publication
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationtourismrecreation
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The Christmas 1956 Beaver Beacon reported that Mort Neff’s “Michigan Outdoors” television program showed films of his Beaver Island partridge-hunting party.
Evidence and limits
This article documents a reported television publication and its island subject. It does not establish a surviving program reel, broadcast log, complete party roster, or independent wildlife finding.
Sources
- Reports that after Mort Neff’s early-November visit, the “Michigan Outdoors TV” program showed films of his party’s Beaver Island partridge hunt the following Thursday, naming Greg Smith as a writer and Matt Melville as guide. It documents the newspaper’s account of a broadcast, not a surviving program reel, broadcast log, complete party roster, or independent wildlife record. The holding institution's portal restricts automated access; the archive holds a copy of this issue and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 1956-12_Beaver-Beacon
- The held two-page issue scan is paired with the OCR source and confirms the published television-broadcast report; it does not expand the broadcast, film, or hunting record.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 1956-12_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Mort Neff broadcasts film from a Beaver Island hunt, 1956”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-mort-neff-television-broadcast-1956/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, Christmas 1956, “More About Mort.” (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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