On 21 September 2001, stars from film, television and music joined the live America: A Tribute to Heroes telethon. Six reviewed archive images show Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Cruise, Will Smith, Muhammad Ali, Mariah Carey, Neil Young and a celebrity phone bank.
The sequence moves from Goldberg taking donation calls to Cruise speaking on a candlelit set and Smith appearing alongside Ali. Carey, the phone-bank ensemble and Young at the piano complete this record of the broadcast.
The telethon was broadcast from New York, Los Angeles and London on 21 September 2001 to raise money for disaster relief. The source records carry editorial credit to Big Pictures Archive.
