New Year’s 1958

With 1959’s North by Northwest on TV last night and a Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy all weekend, and this editorial about how the idea of the year 1971 once seemed futuristic, I’m feeling a little wistful this morning about the passage of time. So here’s some TV footage from New Year’s Eve 1957-58, featuring the ball drop in Times Square, along with Guy Lombardo, “direct from the famous Grill Room of the Roosevelt Hotel,” sponsored by Clairol.