Highlights: Yuri Gagarin receives a hero's welcome in Moscow, he's greeted by Nikita Khrushchev, more anti-Castro sabotage in Cuba, Castro accuses President Kennedy of being an arsonist, a rebel uprising in Angola, UN sends Indian troops to Congo, planes airlift 2100 troops, Senators Alexander Wiley and Estes Kefauver Hassel over electrical price fixing,    

Duplicate of 13539.                        

Moscow's reception for Yuri Gagarin.             

Highlights: Deputy Director on the proposed "crash program" to put a man on the moon, Eichmann trial, Eichmann's personality described, General Edwin Walker, denies John Birch Society indoctrination of troops, Elijah Muhammad denies Black Muslims preach black supremacy.                          

Highlights: Yuri Gagarin receives a hero's welcome in Moscow, he's greeted by Nikita Khrushchev, more anti-Castro sabotage in Cuba, Castro accuses President Kennedy of being an arsonist, a rebel uprising in Angola, UN sends Indian troops to Congo, planes airlift 2100 troops, Senators Alexander Wiley and Estes Kefauver Hassel over electrical price fixing,                           

Cuban invasion attempt- 1400 Cuban exiles launched a botched invasion at the Bay of Pigs on the south coast of Cuba. 

Highlights: News on the Cuban invasion, Cuba accuses the US of directly aiding Cuban invasion in an "international crime of aggression," the US denies direct aid, a mass uprising on the island of Cuba is predicted, Adolf Eichmann pleads not guilty, General Edwin Walker relieved of army command because of John Birch Society views.                         

Highlights: Cuba is invaded by anti-Castro rebels, sea-borne invasion force to be coordinated with uprising within the island, Senator Jacob Javits says the US will not invade Cuba, Castro accuses the US of an air attack in Cuba, Eichmann pleads not guilty to charges against him for crimes against the Jews, Laotian prince Souvanna Phouma in Moscow for talks on the Laotian crisis.                          

Highlights: Russians whip up anti-US sentiment, urge the US to interfere in Cuba, students stone the US embassy in Moscow, Khrushchev asks President Kennedy to put an end to its aggression in Cuba, Russians will aid Cubans US sympathies with anti-Castro rebels, the US claims no aid for invasion, fighting continues in Cuba, rebels reported 90 miles from Havana.                          

Highlights: The US will not permit outside intervention in Cuba, in answer to Khrushchev threat, Cuban invaders under MIG attack, Castro claims victory over the invaders at the Bay Of Pigs, Israeli prosecutor details Nazi horrors in Eichmann trial,                           

Highlights: Gary Cooper is critically ill with Cancer, new beachheads established in Cuba, rebels scale down the scope of the invasion suffer some reverses, anti-Castro demonstrations before Russian embassy on Park Ave in New York City,             

Highlights: Czech president Antonin Novotny sends congratulations to Fidel Castro for his victory over the invaders. Czechs will aid "heroic" Cuban people with equipment. Eichmann's trial continues.                                       

Highlights: Castro's severe repression on the island cause an anti-Castro invasion to fail.             

Jimmy Fidler was a Hollywood gossip columnist, journalist, and radio and television personality.           

Highlights: Pro Castro supporters demonstrate in New York City against President Kennedy and the CIA.            

Students from Latin America comment on "Yankee imperialist aggression in Cuba."                          

EYEWITNESS - September 30, 1960 - July 26, 1963

Originally titled "Eyewitness to History" title shortened to "Eyewitness" by the Fall of  1961

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EYEWITNESS
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 'CBS News' Production
US Documentary series 1960-63   30 minute Documentary program

Hosted by Charles Kuralt (1960-61)
Hosted by Walter Cronkite (1961-1962)
Hosted by Charles Collingwood (1962-1963)

A CBS special report and analysis on the failure of the Cuban invasion.

Host: Walter Cronkite.                                     

Highlights: US is directly responsible for invasion "of peace-loving Cuba" US attacked for invading Laos.             

Highlights: Insurgents in Algeria against De Gaulle granting independence to Algeria, "revolt of the army generals" post-mortems of Cuban adventure-comments from Britain.                          

The Sunday Night Evening News (15 minutes from 11:00 - 11:15pm) provided a weekly anchoring role for Walter Cronkite at WCBS in New York. The Premiere broadcast was the only time   during the run of this weekend Sunday newscast that would be telecast in COLOR.
Premiere- April 17, 1955.

Highlights: France faces paratroop invasion by French army insurgents from Algeria, a civil war is threatened, Castro UN speech threatens US with fearful consequences if interference continues, Castro likes remedy to Hitler, Laos fighting continues.  

Sponsored by Aero Wax.  Commercial included.                                                                                                                                                                  

Commentary on US interference in Cuban affairs.                         

CBS newsman Howard K. Smith comments on the Cuban invasion fiasco, he also comments on recent Russian supremacy over US in space and on other matters.                          

Insurgent generals revolt collapses, De Gaulle victorious vs. fanatics from Algeria, $500 million dollars in aid approved for Latin America,             

Commentary on US interference in Cuban affairs, favored by Senator William Fulbright.           

Highlights: Fidel Castro awarded the Vladimir Lenin peace prize, the crisis in Laos, and possible action by the US, favored by Senator James William Fullbright, and also in South Viet Nam, Bill Downs reports. The US to launch its first astronaut, a report on the carnival atmosphere in Cape Canaveral, Florida, condemns public spectacle of the occasion.                                                    

A special NBC radio report on astronaut Alan B. Shepard who becomes the first American to be launched into space. Broadcast live from Cape Canaveral, Florida.       


Duplicate of 8505. 

A special NBC radio report on astronaut Alan B. Shepard who becomes the first American to be launched into space. Broadcast live from Cape Canaveral, Florida.         

Highlights: The Shepard space flight, New York City Mayor Robert Wagner suggests a ticker-tape parade, Russians claim the space flight is inferior to theirs, street interviews with the public regarding space flight.            

Commentary on President Kennedy's first 100 days in office.            

Live coverage of the Freedom 7 space flight with Commander Alan B. Shepard aboard. Complete flight from countdown to post-flight report.            

The US to launch space flight with Commander Alan B. Shepard aboard a 21-mile high balloon flight, the crisis in South Vietnam, US to aid the country against the communist rebels infiltration.                                       

Live press conference with Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard, the first United States astronaut in space, three days after his historic flight.            

Live press conference with Rear Admiral Alan Bartlett Shepard, the first United States astronaut in space, three days after his historic flight.       

Duplicate of 6956A.     

President John F. Kennedy greets astronaut Alan B. Shepard at the White House following his historic 15-minute spaceflight on May 5th, 1961.            

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard holds a press conference following his historic spaceflight on May 5th, 1961.   

Montgomery racial crisis, comment on today's news the US supported the invasion of Cuba, comments by Castro on trading prisoners for tractors, comments on "mercenaries for "imperialist invasion."                        

Riots in Montgomery, Alabama against negro freedom riders, ten captured Cuban rebels come to the US to negotiate tractors for prisoners, Eleanor Roosevelt comments on trade, French-Algerian peace talks open.            

The Dominican Republic President Rafael Trujillo is assassinated outside the Dominican capital of Santo Domingo on May 30th, 1961, other news.                                      

Highlights: The hottest day of the year in New York City at 96 degrees, ABC and CBS are both down due to a power failure in New York City, the subway is affected as well as the East and West sides, 300 square blocks in all are affected.              

Highlights: Berlin crisis brewing, a possible attempt by East Berlin to seal escape route to West Berlin, a report from West Berlin on refugee escapes, Castro wants to reopen tractors for prisoners exchange, President Kennedy's peace corp is taking shape, recruits arrive for training, World War 1 pilot reunion in Dayton, Ohio.             

Astronaut Gus Grissom becomes the second American to be launched into space.        

Duplicate of 8506.     

SPECIAL REPORT of Highlights: Space flight by Virgil "Guss" Grissom.

Astronaut Gus Grissom becomes the second American to be launched into space.            

Special Report pilot Virgil "Gus" Grissom  on the "Liberty Bell 7" sub-orbital space flight.                          

President John F. Kennedy addresses the nation regarding the Berlin crisis.                          

Highlights: Berlin crisis, US and Russian tanks face each other at the Berlin border, Chinese communists warn people against fallout from Russian test, Russia explodes H-Bomb, proposes to set off fifty irrigation bombs, the US tests Saturn rocket.                          

NBC newsman Frank McGee hosts a preview of the proposed orbital space flight by Major John Glenn.                          

John Glenn's orbital flight is postponed due to heavy overcast.