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Walter Cronkite on the challenges and technological innovations behind covering a live political event 06:03
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Profession: Anchor
Walter Cronkite on the 1952 political convention where the term "Anchorman" was first coined (by Sig Mickelson); the resentment from radio professionals toward the new television medium 03:40
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Show: CBS News
Walter Cronkite on the 1952 political convention where the term "Anchorman" was first coined; the resentment from radio professionals toward the new television medium 03:40
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Television and the Presidency
Walter Cronkite on first being aware that newsmen could be recognized in public by their audience; anecdote about Eric Sevareid being recognized at the '52 political convention 02:00
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Fame and Celebrity
Walter Cronkite on covering the first nationally televised political convention in 1952; describes the chaotic, exciting scene and the challenges to broadcast this as-it-happened 04:02
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Television and the Presidency
Walter Cronkite on the challenges and technological innovations behind covering a live political event 06:03
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Technological Innovation
Walter Cronkite on the changes in political coverage of the Presidential conventions between 1952 and the 1980s 02:26
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Television and the Presidency
Walter Cronkite on covering the 1952 Presidential election of Dwight D. Eisenhower 02:40
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Dwight D. Eisenhower
Walter Cronkite on the use of the Univac to predict election results in the 1952 Presidential election 02:40
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Technological Innovation
Walter Cronkite on conducting the first televised tour of the White House, with President Harry S. Truman, whom he calls "one of our better Presidents" 03:14
Interview: Walter Cronkite | Topic: Harry S. Truman
On first appearing on a demo television at the Chicago World Fair (1933) 59:32
Interview: Walter Cronkite
On joining CBS (ca 1950); on being assigned the CBS radio eleven o'clock news 57:42
Interview: Walter Cronkite
On being assigned the six o'clock television evening news on CBS affiliate WOIC in Washington, DC. On his disappointment in not getting assigned as a correspondent in Korea 54:14
Interview: Walter Cronkite
On his relationship with Edward Murrow; on CBS's policy to not include editorial opinion in news commentary. 42:06
Interview: 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
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