One Step Beyond "The Inheritance" Network print

Originally titled "Alcoa Presents"; this print as broadcast on ABC on October 27, 1959 and contains all of the Alcoa Aluminum commericals from that broadcast date.

[@GLC2013]

How nice to see a fine grain print, with the original commercials! Late '50s and early '60s commercials were the best; instead of giving you eye fatigue and a headache, they actually told you about the product. What a concept!

[@HikerBiker]

Always enjoy re-watching these shows from my childhood when they include the original commercials.

[@kayekaye251]

I love seeing the old commercials too. Helps bring a full history to the show.

[@dooremieke.janssens1240]

Love the old ads,love the show,these were the days,now everything to fast,to empty shells.

[@allisonmcandrew915]

I absolutely love watching these!

[@thraciangrapes]

Alcoa was and is owned by the Pitcairn family. They also built the towns surrounding Warrington, and also the air craft base there in Willow Grove was built for their private planes and their research and development buildings for inventing lightweight aircrafts made of aluminum. Later the government acquired their ideas and the airfield became an official US airforce base.

[@joyceperry3729]

Thanks for sharing. Always enjoy hearing about interesting historical facts.

[@karimoon5323]

✌ THANK YOU!

[@izzynutz2000]

I work on Brunswick A-2 machines all of the aluminum on these machines are cast by alcoa

[@garp-cm7te]

Evil

[@terrykelly6113]

Interesting, I grew up near that area. I went to nursing school with a girl who went to the Swedenbirgen church..

[@radhasen2604]

Love these short stories! Anything that reminds me of the golder era of the 50's is fascinating. It was the time I was born...

[@karenfields-sb4cq]

I was born in 1956. I can watch them now 😊

[@melanieking4357]

loved this episoode too. they are all good so far. Binge bing binge....lol THANK YOU for uploading and love the ads too. They are a part of our history and fascinating to see.

[@Rocabear]

I cracked up at the bus fair part. Savage!

[@dee1955]

The actress playing the hand maid,(or whatever she would be called) reminds me of Frances McDormand!

[@jimst.george669]

She was also famous as Madge the manicurist in The Palmolive dish soap commercials. I also saw her at the end of the Movie "The Swimmer " with Burt Lancaster 1968.

[@bookerjones8123]

@@jimst.george669 Omg, that IS Madge!!!

[@bookerjones8123]

Very much so.

[@boenania6078]

That actor who was cast as the maid is Jan Miner

[@WilldoAldone]

Yes she sure does

[@nutcracker2916]

I love that haunting kind of heavenly music they used.

[@alexireland1435]

Especially @ night 🌙

[@hana.the.writer5074]

Fits all plots. Deserves an award.

[@nugsymalone1247]

Harry Lubin- fear. I have the vinyl for this shows music

[@stafonvoncamron]

Well they call them chokers for a reason.

[@timeandplace4114]

😃

[@christineleblond7777]

Lol!!

[@foundationforbuilding-scar2060]

I'm all chocked up over your response 😆

[@ToBeAnnounced2024]

I was going to watch it but now I don't have to do i

[@roxismith6122]

Note to self: ask for bracelets or rings but not necklaces.

[@Angie_bae]

Hand or finger get chopped off to poor circulation 🤣😂

[@patpeters6331]

😂😂

[@DSheartlady]

great episode thank you!

[@choiceofyahuwah]

The first rich victim had worn the deadly necklace many times at dinners and parties, and it had given her boy toy lover and husband great pleasure to hook it around her neck, before it had a change of heart and decided to become a strangler. I think the necklace decided it's deadly path after witnessing it's owner disrespect and belittling of others. This should be a lesson to everyone, get rid of hatred and practice more respect. Today it's a necklace, tomorrow the traffic light could turn against you.

[@janetlieb2507]

Yes!

[@MonibooFinebean]

are you a writer , very wise

[@robertbrawley5048]

Leona Hemsley that what she was, Leona Hensley

[@hookbeak3516]

@@MonibooFinebean Just being 'here' makes you a writer for whatever your reason? Thoughts, feelings, points of view be that good, bad or indifferent. All opinions are valid to the fabric of society, big data thrives on it.

[@bobsaturday4273]

"get rid of hatred and practice more respect. " tell that to the antifa and blm and anarchist marxists punks burning the cities and murdering and the progressives and liberal perverts that enable them and want to silence anyone that stands up and speaks for decency and democracy

[@melaniejerrils3671]

I love this show. Its really so good. Does anyone remember Sea Hunt? Loved that too.

[@cathycarlin8747]

Was that the one with Lloyd Bridges?

[@garp-cm7te]

Looking back it was fun to watch but now he can see the weaknesses of the time but it was still a great show Lloyd Bridges did a great job and I will not comment against it it's just the filming of the time

[@melaniejerrils3671]

@@garp-cm7te i wasnt born till the 70s but man i had such a crush on him.

[@flaps_rickenbacker247]

As scuba diver Mike Nelson

[@EYE_GOTCHA]

I loved the show, too, but Lloyd Bridges was rumored to be an awful man who took advantage of young, naive girls even while posing as a devoted family man.

[@debbiehenri345]

I like the way so many people are nostalgic over the Alcoa Aluminium adverts.

[@kevincozens6837]

Another interest OSB story. I love the old ALCOA commercials talking about products made using that "new" Aluminum metal.

[@ginavillani8928]

GREAT SHOW ! WATCHED ALL THE RERUNS WHEN I WAS A CHILD

[@melbae.1124]

Its incredible how charming was that commercial of the aluminum cans! But also hiding under that charm was then beginnings of a new way of earth contamination. There's always a dark side under something so innocent.

[@michaelhoffman5486]

its called we dont care bout human beings CAPITALISM my dear a very bad system for greedy humans to follow

[@RayPointerChannel]

They didn't quite know the long term affects then.

[@melbae.1124]

@@RayPointerChannel the point here is how beautiful commercials were back then. Because now they know a lot about all the chemicals in canned and regular food and still sell it to the people helped by their commercials.

[@smasome]

"A dark side..." Yes, but it's hard for us today to appreciate the advantages of such developments as aluminum cans.

[@AwesomeAlexAdam]

I even like the old ads. I don't skip em.

[@foundationforbuilding-scar2060]

If you don't learn from others who have fail to show kindness displayed in this episode, you repeat their consequences.

[@jamesholmen9725]

The man who was the main character played the part of a villain on the TV show, “The Rifleman”!

[@marienelson4261]

I like all the old shows mostly I always look at one step beyond

[@timw.9466]

Im 61. Youll find shows like gunsmoke, twilight zone, outer limits, the 1960s versions. Andy griffith, honeymooners etc.. And many others from this era hard to beat if not impossible. Real music soundtrack's and terriffic writng that complement the shows. Reality tv sucks i find myself watching all the old classics all the time. Sadly tvs golden era ehen everyone competed for 4 to 6 stations sponsering. Not 200 channels of paid advertising, 5 to 8 minute commercial breaks and minimal quality programming. Miss those days.

[@johanna5688]

Marie, Tales from the Dark Side were good too. My favourite series from the early 70s was GHOST STORY aka CIRCLE OF FEAR. Available in a 6 dvd box set. I'd long forgotten the title of these series, though I did remember some of the stories. I found it by chance online. Happiest day ever. Beautiful supernatural tales. I still watch them. Such great quality stories. I highly recommend these series.

[@fdowd5467]

The actress who plays the countess also played the contessa in "Rome Adventure" starring Troy Donahue.

[@dianacassinelli4932]

I have a set of outdoors furniture made out of aluminum...is like 40 years old...a few scratches but not rust

[@charlesameyer1]

John Newland couldn’t mention it lest he offend the sponsor, but the necklace was made of...aluminum

[@withgoddess]

😂

[@kathleenmcgrath3749]

what a great touch--THE TIMER!

[@jaminova_1969]

One of the worst things to happen was when ALCOA shut the plant I worked in and laid off 800 workers permenantly back in 1995. They sent the whole operation overseas.

[@christystrike4751]

Oh that's so terrible 😩 I just hope that you all were looked after,, after that.

[@juneebennett22]

The planned obsolescence of the United States and her citizens.

[@stacynels4]

So sorry to read of all the lay offs..my question to your knowledge is what and how did that happen and by whose authority?

[@kimjohnson8471]

Ty Bill Clinton and NFTA!

[@garp-cm7te]

Don't blame me I voted for the wonderful and truly elected President Donald Trump🇱🇷🇱🇷🙏🇱🇷

[@MONGOOSE1ful]

The actress playing The Maid in this classic "ONE STEP BEYOND" episode is Jan Miner, who later gained fame in the 1970s as "Marge" In the dish soap commercials, possibly Palmolive-don't know if that's correct, but Jan Miner was well established back then! Sean McClory was also an exceptional actor back in those days!

[@auaiao9]

Madge, not Marge. Yes, it was Palmolive.

[@sheiladavis6523]

@@auaiao9 😊 have a safe & enjoyable 🎄 December 5,2020

[@willmfrank]

@@auaiao9 `You`re soaking in it.` Ìn DISHWASHING LIQUID?!` `Relax! It`s Palmolive!

[@auaiao9]

@@willmfrank Yep!

[@prycerobertson4695]

I like Sean McClory as Jack McGivern on The Californians, a show about how law and order evolved in Gold Rush-era San Francisco.

[@juliam7056]

Great fun, great television !

[@ivorytower99]

Excellent episode!

[@geezermann7865]

Alcoa Aluminum. I guess it was a new product when I was 8 years old. I had never seen those commercials. I liked the one with the steel balls dropping through the foil, but not the Alcoa foil, hmmm. And I see that this show had a very good hairdresser on set - all the women had great coifs.

[@TheRealNova99]

I noticed that too. Every one of those women had little old lady hair way before their time. I wondered what was up with that.

[@milindphadnis3990]

The word was first proposed by Davy in the form "alumium", and changed by him to "aluminum"; but was finally made "aluminium" to conform to the analogy of sodium, potassium, etc. The form "aluminum" is in common use in mining, manufacturing, and the trade in the United States; the form "aluminium" is used with practical uniformity in Great Britain and generally by chemists in the United States. Source: Merriam Webster.

[@Bebecat477]

Thank you for the upload. I love these!

[@yolandalemus1373]

When I hear that music. It takes me to those pleases

[@rachelegreer3692]

Now I see why she left him the 💎necklace

[@nancyneyedly4587]

The maid character, Miss. Hartness(?) played by Jan Miner looks like a cross between Francis McDormand and Kate McKinnon to me.

[@vashon100]

4:40 his profile reminds me of benny hill LOL

[@laurasmith3382]

Also, Patricia Arquette, from that "Medium" t.v. show

[@2degucitas]

Yes, Francis McDormand

[@jimst.george669]

Jan Miner was famous as Madge the manicurist in the Palmolive dish soap ads. She also had a small but good part at the end of the Movie " The Swimmer" with Burt Lancaster.

[@andrewstinson3284]

ALCOA: The aluminum company that bought out the 180 acres of Fox Studios' back lot between Pico Blvd and Santa Monica Blvd and developed it into the high rise district of Los Angeles we know as Century City.

[@reneejordan7550]

That mirror was in another episode.

[@fromthesidelines]

Alcoa sponsored the series from January 1959 through September 1961 [ABC, Tuesdays, 10pm(et)]. Of course, in syndication, the title became "ONE STEP BEYOND".

[@belkyhernandez8281]

Why is there a time stamp if more than 1 hour if the video is less than 30 minutes?

[@helennicholas6016]

Great shows classic

[@SK-nd7db]

Loved this show! Some episodes were a little scary!

[@brianphillips5576]

Cruel people are bitter. They don't have the ability to forgive.

[@valeriebellomo3573]

Yes..the old ALCOA THEATRE!!! memories....

[@missjoshemmett]

I was 13 and I don't remember the ads! Odd for me.

[@litasheward6822]

That's a dumb comment at the end about the countess taking revenge with the necklace being that it killed her too.

[@TheWorld-xs8ly]

I believe the Countess died from a heart attack while wearing the necklace, resulting in some kind of curse. I don’t think she was strangled by it like the others……at least that’s how I interpret it

[@brunab8867]

that rich wife, looks older than her husband to me! I prefer the maid who is nicer and plain and natural. That's what makes her beautiful.

[@marytilley4915]

This was the best story they showed for me

[@christinalaw6367]

She wasn't so nice when she didn't phone for an ambulance.

[@ann48luv79]

@@christinalaw6367 i wouldn't too if i was in her shoe.

[@ann48luv79]

Actually her maid have a sweet looking face💗

[@jmourgos55]

Alcoa never figured how to recycle them until decades later

[@Theywaswrong]

Alcoa close a large operation near Little Rock decades ago. One of the main routes off the interstate is still called "Alcoa Road" exit. The town is called Bauxite.

[@rachelgarber1423]

The only thing about that explanation is that the necklace killed her too.

[@victoriouslight3838]

Always put the synopsis below the film please . 👍

[@danlhendl]

“A matter of human record” that settles that

[@fromthesidelines]

John, Collier Young, Merwin Gerard and Ivan Klapper were *very* meticiulous about the real-life incidents of supernatural and psychic phenomena they dramatized each week. Of course, some dramatic license was taken in certain cases, and names were certainly changed- but the incidents happened.

[@one-step-beyond-1959]

This is great (!) Could you say the source of these "network prints", please (?)

[@luiszuluaga6575]

Scary from the onset! 😬 🤷🏻‍♂️ 📺

[@SignedOff402]

Aluminum, the friendly heavy metal.

[@jeffwads]

The maid could have been Frances McDormand's mother. Looks just like her.

[@powerofloveism]

Zopiclone , sleep medication has aluminum in it

[@fromthesidelines]

29:02- "ALCOA THEATRE" (alternating with "GOODYEAR THEATRE") was a more traditional anthology series produced by Screen Gems/Columbia [syndicated as "AWARD THEATER" and repeated on A&E as "THE GOLDEN AGE OF TELEVISION" in the 1980's], on NBC's Monday night schedule at 9:30pm(et).

[@franklesser5655]

It's almost as if the necklace chokes any woman that wears it!

[@judysanchez6329]

She's like Joan Crawford mean ugly?

[@TAROTAI]

Is there anyone you know who is on *Human Record* ? Is that like 33 1/3 RPM?

[@edwardvogel9094]

In case anyone wants to know, 30 centavos was the equivalent of exactly 2.4 cents, the lofty Mexican being worth eight cents at the time.

[@marvwatkins7029]

It's interesting to see the host get involved in the story. I can't recall Rod Sterling doing that. But then, did he ever act?

[@johanna5688]

Rod Serling did introduce his audience to the T.Zone stories and also with Night Gallery. The Twilight Zone stories were the best & so popular. Rod was a great writer. A writer doesn't need to be an actor.

[@fromthesidelines]

Occasionally, John would set the scene for the story by talking to one of the principals involved, which would then unfold as a flashback {as in "Vanishing Point"}.

[@fromthesidelines]

The only time Rod was actually a part of a story was at the end of "A World of His Own", where he appears to assure the audience that the idea of creating someone from a description on a tape recorder was "ridiculous nonsense". Keenan Wynn (as "Gregory West") disputes him, pulling an envelope out of his wall safe with Rod's name on it, taking out a strand of tape, and throws it into the blazing fireplace. "Well, that's the way it goes", Rod shrugs, as he vanishes, too.

[@patpeters6331]

@@fromthesidelines Oh my goodness, as I read your comment I remembered that ending. Thanks for sharing.

[@fromthesidelines]

You're VERY welcome!

[@stephenzamarin3193]

Are there any other network prints with the original commercials of One Step Beyond?

[@DoubleF3lix]

How did you find this?

[@sandyfreyman3501]

Sounds like some witch put a demon into that thing.

[@bonniebester606]

That Face...lol!

[@miladydewinter7770]

I LOVE JOHN NEWLAND !

[@SK-nd7db]

Me, too !! He was so classy!

[@miladydewinter7770]

Sadly he was born many years before I was -- otherwise I'm sure we both could have been very happy together @@SK-nd7db

[@johanna5688]

Ghost Story aka as Circle of Fear is even more enjoyable than One Step Beyond. Made in the early 70s and in colour of course, come as a box set of 6 DVDs. Really top quality stories and acting. Some of the One Step Beyond episodes are ok, but I find these very dated. It's not of the same great quality as The Twilight Zone series or of Ghost Story series.

[@pacarter7169]

I find it ironic because... I don’t recall aluminum pop cans until the mid-70’s; Of which tin was the light weight metal was used prior... but would rust .

[@cathycarlin8747]

I remember them around 1968. When we were to play a game of softball, we had to pick up all the tabs off the field so we wouldn't get cut sliding into base or falling down!

[@patrickhamos2987]

so, this guy strangled a bunch of broads and used the old "cursed ghost necklace" story eh? classic

[@austinevplab7167]

Interesting. _Not for broadcast_ added after film’s release, then broadcasted on the world’s largest platform. The added timecode is wrong, shows timing of 24 fps but tv broadcasts were 29.97 fps.

[@TheRealNova99]

I absolutely love it when people share random stuff like this. I'll be 90, forget the names of all my family members and yet forever remember the useless things I learned on the Internet, lol.

[@vivopolis7563]

🖤🐶

[@synthetic_paul]

Wonder if Tolkien ever saw this one 😃

[@jamesdavidson4769]

A possessed neckless. True story.

[@annmacleod1099]

It's not good killing peoples spirit that's murdering them even if they are still living .

[@boenania6078]

Loox totally like Frances McDormand

[@danlhendl]

A matter of human record well I guess that proves it

[@jamesdavidson676]

What a weird episode this was.

[@SiiriCressey]

"Not for broadcast"?

[@kavannahlight5378]

If we only would have known back then what we know now about aluminum causing such physical harm such as alzheimers disease and other devastating diseases. It takes on a whole new meaning. The movies were simple and pure - the advertiser, not so much.

[@valeriebellomo3573]

U whacked?

[@valeriebellomo3573]

So not true..show me PROOF

[@ginavillani8928]

VIVA LA CONTESSA 1111

[@lilyrose7082]

How many men have thought of putting their wealthy wives necklaces on a bit too tight 😂 to stop belittling of those around them 🤣! Hahahaha! Then after she dies, she leaves him nothing!

[@denisemcdougal6445]

Why women like the bad boys

[@debrajohnson3259]

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[@marvwatkins7029]

No fizz on that champagne bottle opening. Hmm...

[@kathyflorcruz552]

The less fizz the better the quality.

[@totti.]

A human isnt a jukebox even a drunk isnt be worried and dont want 2 embaresse him & then pour him some alcohol so you get what you want ???????

[@garp-cm7te]

1🤺🐹😍🐓🤕👍

[@sukebanichigo7331]

Got to love how it say Not for broadcasting but they are more or less stealing the copy-rights. lol

[@marvwatkins7029]

Now I realize why I am not fan of jewelry.

[@TheSistaWarrior]

moral to the story ...for guys at least... don't be simp or a gigolo coz old chicks will burn you every time...after they've drained you dry of course

[@marvwatkins7029]

That counters is not help.

[@AudreyH100]

The wife is a nasty so and so. She is no oil painting herself.

[@marvwatkins7029]

Alcoa can help people pollute! Yahoo?!

[@cadaverdog1424]

‘Nicer’ maybe in this episode… but a nasty person in real life__ a terrible colleague_________________________|

[@jonhohensee3258]

What a load.

[@annmacleod1099]

Not that way in clined nina not interested .

[@marvwatkins7029]

Cut down on your activities. Like smoking, maybe?

[@judysanchez6329]

Another joke rapper