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On how he became interested in television news; on his first on-air audition 59:32
Interview: Dan Rather
On his first job as news director and host in 1960 at KHOU-TV in Houston, TX (a CBS affiliate); on learning from that job more about the craft of reporting "you have to love the news" 44:30
Interview: Dan Rather
On decisions about building the news program at KHOU; being a "breaking news" station whose slogan became "when the news breaks out, we break in"; on shooting film himself and also conducting interviews 40:28
Interview: Dan Rather
Dan Rather on building the first CBS affiliate news station in Houston: on "breaking news" 40:28
Interview: Dan Rather | Genre: News and Documentary
Dan Rather on what he learned about being in front of a camera as a newsman from Calvin Jones after his first audition 50:49
Interview: Dan Rather | Profession: Anchor
Dan Rather on what he learned about being in front of a camera as a newsman from Calvin Jones after his first audition 50:49
Interview: Dan Rather
On the early process of filming the news in 1960 while at a CBS affiliate in TX; "shoot film and get out" as the slogan for the start-up news organization 59:28
Interview: Dan Rather
On covering "Hurricane Carla" in Texas while developing the news program there; on being sent overseas for the first time and meeting President Eisenhower in 1960 49:42
Interview: Dan Rather
On how news television was transmitted in the early 1960s via telephone lines and microwaves 43:18
Interview: Dan Rather
Dan Rather on how news television was transmitted in the early 1960s via telephone lines and microwaves 43:17
Interview: Dan Rather | Topic: Technological Innovation
On the first time television carried an image of a live hurricane; Walter Cronkite's reference to him as being up to his ass in water moccasins 59:24
Interview: Dan Rather
On being offered a job at CBS News after his reporting on the Hurricane in Texas 11:12
Interview: Dan Rather
Dan Rather on Walter Cronkite's quote about him being up to his ass in water moccassins, while Rather was covering Hurricane Carla in 1960 21:57
Interview: Dan Rather | Person: Walter Cronkite
Dan Rather on the news profession and what it means to him "to live a purposeful life" 06:19
Interview: Dan Rather | Profession: Journalists & News Producers
Dan Rather on the news profession and what it means to him "to live a purposeful life" 03:10
Interview: Dan Rather
On the format of You Are There, and on Walter Cronkite as the host; on writing You Are There while blacklisted; on his novels 09:03
Interview: Abraham Polonsky
On writing for Kraft Television Theatre and Seaway ; on directing feature films like "Madigan" and "Tell Them Willie Boy is Here", and on working with Lew Wasserman 18:47
Interview: Abraham Polonsky
Abraham Polonsky on writing for You Are There 07:51
Interview: Abraham Polonsky | Genre: News and Documentary
Abraham Polonsky on writing for Kraft Television Theatre and Seaway 09:51
Interview: Abraham Polonsky | Genre: Classic Anthology Series
Abraham Polonsky on writing for Kraft Television Theatre and Seaway 09:51
Interview: Abraham Polonsky | Genre: Drama Series
Abraham Polonsky on the format of You Are There, and on Walter Cronkite as the host 04:52
Interview: Abraham Polonsky | Person: Walter Cronkite