# John R. Cash--what's the earliest video available?

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**Created:** [March 15, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-r-cash-whats-the-earliest-video-available/348414 "2006-03-15T04:03:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![NoCoolUserName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5fc32e/32.png) [@NoCoolUserName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoCoolUserName)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-r-cash-whats-the-earliest-video-available/348414/1 "2006-03-15T04:03:37Z")

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So we watched “Walk the Line”–I (musician) thought it was perty darned good. VeryCoolSpouse was less impressed. DadInLaw is a country musician and Mr. Cash was played around the house a LOT in childhood, so the music didn’t quite ring true for VCS.

I’d like to catch up, so to speak, by checking out the real Man In Black as far back in history as possible. What’s available?

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**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2006, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-r-cash-whats-the-earliest-video-available/348414/2 "2006-03-15T04:42:59Z")

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The DVDs _Good Rockin’ Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records_ and _Johnny Cash: The Anthology_ have TV footage from the 1950s and 1960s.