Very nice profile of artist Sam Berman:

http://drewfriedman.blogspot.com/2013/05/jackie-gleasons-honeymooners-caricature.html

Sam Berman & the "1947 NBC PARADE OF STARS":

http://drewfriedman.blogspot.com/2011/06/sam-berman-1947-nbc-parade-of-stars.html

I found this comment especially interesting:
wiedep April 6, 2014 at 12:26 AM
The fireworks in the open were shot by a fella named Al Stahl, who had a film editing studio in the north end Times Square for many years. I worked with him on a series of travelogs in the early 80's, he showed me the raw footage he said he shot out at Coney Island. Lost track of him many years ago, quite an eccentric in a cramped studio.
According to this site (http://tralfaz.blogspot.com/2013/03/al-stahls-cartoon-studio.html), Al Stahl died in 1999. I wonder where that footage ended up.