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Film and TV History in January 1962

  • Jan 2 Nighttime version of "Password" with Allen Ludden premieres on CBS

Coco The Clown

Jan 15 Coco the Clown [Nicolai Poliakoff] is the subject of the BBC TV programme "This is Your Life"

  • Jan 16 Shooting begins on "Dr No" the first James Bond film
  • Jan 23 Film "Jules et Jim", based on the novel by Henri-Pierre Roché, directed by François Truffaut and starring Jeanne Moreau is released