TVC 740.4: Phil Gries of Archival Television Audio plays more audio highlights of In Celebration of US, including coverage of the jazz festival held on July 4, 1976 that also commemorated the 100^th birthday of jazz great Louis Armstrong, plus a few minutes of the Major League Baseball game that day between the Houston Astros and the Cincinnati Reds.  Audio courtesy Archival Television Audio. Image of Louis Armstrong courtesy Britannica.com

Harlem School: 1970, the "direct cinema" documentary that Phil Gries originally filmed, produced, and directed in 1970, will become available on Blu-ray through Kino Lorber on Tuesday, Aug. 25