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Was that when it premiered on network television in the 70's? If so I remember it well. It was a big deal. The talk of all the school kids.
The Birds (film - Wikipedia)

It premiered on NBC on January 6, 1968.

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The film's first television broadcast was in Canada on CTV television on December 30, 1967. Its subsequent U.S. appearance was on NBC television on January 6, 1968, and became the most watched film on television surpassing The Bridge on the River Kwai with a Nielsen rating of 38.9 and an audience share of 59%.[58] The record was beaten in 1972 by Love Story.[58]

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