[quote name=\'Britgirl57\' post=\'148233\' date=\'Mar 14 2007, 09:10 PM\']
I wanted to let everyone know the results of my quest to find a 1958 episode of Concentration on which my father appeared. The Library of Congress has only 10 episodes from August 1958 (when the show started) to the end of 1959, which was the period during which I was guessing my dad appeared on the show. Miraculously one of those 10 episodes turned out to be an episode in which my father appeared and in fact won! I have just today heard from NBC that they are granting me a "personal use license" which will allow the Library of Congress to copy the negative. This whole entereprise is going to cost me over $1,000, but I reckon it'll be worth it to see the look on my dad's face when I fire up the DVD at his 80th birthday party in April.
Thank you to everyone on this board who contributed to my search.
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I am delighted, astonished and relieved about your success.
Relieved, because I still felt a little guilty about initially offering faulty information. I'd assumed your father's episode was at the Library of Congress along with all the other saved episodes of "Concentration." Well, blow me down - it turns out it was!
Astonished, because to be honest with you, I wasn't that optimistic about your chances. I would have given odds of 1 in 10 at best that you'd succeed. Glad to be wrong here.
And, of course, I'm delighted that your perseverance paid off - some of the more sensible members of this forum might have discouraged you, but you just kept plugging away, and you weren't disappointed.
Congratulations!