Don Hewitt

On his childhood and early influences; on his first experience with the word "television," and his overview of the early days of television; on his first job, at the "New York Herald Tribune"

On his experience during World War II; on his first job at CBS, and covering the sinking of the Andrea Doria and the Queen Elizabeth Coronation; on the early differences between CBS and NBC's news operations

On producing Douglas Edwards with the News, and on inventing a method for superimposing names on air; on covering the Korean War for CBS News, and on how the technology of the industry has changed; on covering the political conventions in 1948 and 1952, and on anchors Douglas Edwards and Walter Cronkite

On why the public trusted Walter Cronkite; on Edward R. Murrow taking on Senator Joseph McCarthy; on Fred Friendly's impact on network news; on producing the Kennedy-Nixon debates

On the 1960 Kennedy-Nixon Debates; on early sponsorship of network news programs

On CBS News covering the assassination and funeral of John F. Kennedy; on being dismissed from CBS News in 1964, and on the creation of 60 Minutes; on Mike Wallace on 60 Minutes, and on the success of the show

On the first episode of 60 Minutes, and on the spate of 60 Minutes clones; on the monetary success of 60 Minutes; on the CBS coverage of the Gulf of Tonkin hearing

On how television changed the public's opinion of the Vietnam War and on the coverage of the Gulf War; on the correspondents of 60 Minutes; on Lesley Stahl on 60 Minutes, and on finally having female correspondents on the show

On Andy Rooney on 60 Minutes, and on the Brown & Williamson Tobacco affair on the show; on the then-future of 60 Minutes, and on the audience of the show; on the most rewarding aspect of being a producer of television news, and on what represents the best of television

On various people with whom he worked in his career; on the fictional character "Hildy Johnson" from the play "The Front Page"; on an encounter with Nikita Khrushchev, and on stealing NBC's convention plans one year

Don Hewitt on various people he worked with in his career

Don Hewitt on b-roll footage of pictures of his career- Hewitt describes them first, and the pictures follow with no sound- with John F. Kennedy at the Kennedy-Nixon debate; with John F. Kennedy; with Lyndon B. Johnson; with Ronald Reagan; with Dwight David Eisenhower; with his father; with William S. Paley; with Richard Nixon