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On being offered a job at CBS by Edward R. Murrow, but ultimately turning it down after United Press made him a generous offer to stay 05:54
Interview: Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on how "intimate" television was in the early days of news broadcasting 04:05
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Genre: News and Documentary
Walter Cronkite on the subtle differences in TV journalism between editorials, commentary, and analysis 02:05
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Genre: News and Documentary
Walter Cronkite on the "acute journalistic capabilities" of Edward R. Murrow 02:01
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite on being offered a job at CBS by Edward R. Murrow, but ultimately turning it down after United Press made him a generous offer to stay 05:54
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite on doing the news broadcast in 1950 with no script 07:44
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Walter Cronkite on the subtle differences in TV journalism between editorials, commentary, and analysis 02:05
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Walter Cronkite on what it meant to be given a "watch" in the broadcast business 01:41
Interview: Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on how proud he was of the very first CBS Evening News broadcasts, done without a script and a very small staff 03:55
Interview: Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on the very first days of the CBS Evening News at 6pm, and how he went on with no script 07:44
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Show: CBS News
Walter Cronkite on the very first days of the CBS Evening News at 6pm, and how he went on with no script 07:44
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Show: CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on how the news went live in 1950 with no script 04:05
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: TV's Golden Age (1940s & '50s)
Walter Cronkite on seeing a television for the first time at the 1933 World's Fair 01:51
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Technological Innovation
On the program "You Are There"; on the historical reconstruction of the Hindenburg disaster filling his studio with smoke 59:09
Interview: Walter Cronkite
On the failure of the networks to stand up to the Hollywood Blacklist; on the influence of the sponsors; on Frank Stanton not standing up against the pressure, and how different this way from his later reputation 41:20
Interview: Walter Cronkite
On the journalistic integrity of You Are There ; changing a Winston cigarette slogan on-air 03:58
Interview: Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on trying to correct grammatical ad copy; he antagonized Winston cigarettes and never did another commercial 02:36
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Genre: Commercials
Walter Cronkite on director Sidney Lumet who worked with him on You Are There, a dramatic historical show 02:16
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Sidney Lumet
Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected the news industry; specifically the writers on the dramatic program You Are There 06:02
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Abraham Polonsky
Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected the news industry; specifically the writers on the dramatic program You Are There 06:02
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Walter Bernstein
Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected the news industry; specifically the writers on the dramatic program You Are There 06:02
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Charles Collingwood
Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected the news industry; Ed Murrow went along with the network 06:02
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Edward R. Murrow
Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected the news industry; and his dissappointment in learning that Frank Stanton did not do enough to protect his writers 04:02
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Person: Frank Stanton
Walter Cronkite on some of the bloopers that happened when filming live television for the program You Are There involving a historical re-creation of the Hindenburg disaster 03:00
Interview: Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected him and the news industry; and how he believes the networks should have stood up against it in resistance to the sponsors. 02:41
Interview: Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on trying to correct grammatical ad copy; he antagonized Winston cigarettes and never did another commercial 02:36
Interview: Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite on some of the bloopers that happened when filming live television for the program You Are There 10:31
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Show: You Are There
Walter Cronkite on how the Hollywood Blacklist affected him and the news industry; specifically the writers on the dramatic program You Are There 06:02
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Show: You Are There