Squaw Valley Gold: American Hockey's Olympic Odyssey

The untold story of how the first American gold medal in ice hockey saved the Olympic Winter Games for television.

The 1960 Olympic Winter Games in Squaw Valley, California literally introduced winter sports, particularly ice hockey, to the American public through television. During the average minute the Olympics were on the air, 26.1% of homes with sets (black and white only) were tuned in. Twenty million Americans watched the nationally televised game between the U.S. and Russia on Satur...