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  David Hyde Pierce

  Narrator
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  Walter Cronkite

  Himself (archive footage)
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  Jimmy Carter

  Himself
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  Yo-Yo Ma

  Himself
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  Sylvia McNair

  Herself
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  Robert Shaw

  Himself (archive footage)
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  Marietta Simpson

  Herself
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  Jean Stapleton

  Herself (archive footage)

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  George Szell

  Himself (archive footage)
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  Alice Parker

  Herself
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  Donald Runnicles

  Himself
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  Uzee Brown

  Himself
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  William Preucil

  Himself
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  Alex Hitz

  Himself
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  Martin Goldsmith

  Himself