FCC Chairman Newton Minow and others discuss "the vast wasteland of television" Robert Sarnoff, the president of NBC, testifies, president Kennedy, comments on FCC controls.
U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers is exchanged for Rudolph Abel, a Russian spy, comments from the man-on-the-street, George Romney will run for the Governor of Michigan,
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut.
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov:
Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN
Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961
Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75
Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000
Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400
Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min.
No. of Orbits Three 17 One
Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460
Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1
Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs.
Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
An NBC news special on the flight of Colonel John Glenn.
Host: Frank McGee
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov:
Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN
Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961
Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75
Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000
Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400
Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min.
No. of Orbits Three 17 One
Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460
Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1
Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs.
Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
John Glenn's orbital flight with Charles Collingwood and Walter Cronkite. A recap of the flight and press interviews with the Glenn family. President Kennedy also comments on the flight.
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov:
Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN
Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961
Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75
Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000
Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400
Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min.
No. of Orbits Three 17 One
Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460
Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1
Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs.
Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
Preliminaries, take-off, and post-flight from all three networks.
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov:
Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN
Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961
Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75
Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000
Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400
Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min.
No. of Orbits Three 17 One
Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460
Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1
Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs.
Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
Astronaut John H. Glenn, Jr is successfully launched into space aboard the Friendship 7 spacecraft on the first orbital flight by an American astronaut.
NOTE: BOX SCORE IN SPACE RACE
A COMPARISON OF THE ORBITAL FILGHTS OF American Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr., and the Russian astronauts Maj. Yuri A. Gagarian and Maj. Gherman Titov:
Date GLENN TITOV GAGARIN
Launch Feb. 20, 1962 Aug. 6, 1961 April 12, 1961
Altitude (Miles) 100-160 110-159 110-187.75
Distance (Miles) 81,000 435,000 26,000
Speed (MPH) 17,350 17,750 17,400
Flight Time 4 Hrs. 56 Min. 25 Hrs. 15 Min. 1 Hr. 45 Min.
No. of Orbits Three 17 One
Weight of Craft 4,200 lbs. 10,430 10,460
Craft Name Friendship 7 Vostok 2 Vostok 1
Rocket Thrust 360,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs. 800,000 lbs.
Weightlessness 4 Hrs. 45 Mins. 24 Hrs. 59 Mins. 89.1 Mins.
Duplicate of 8387.
Press conference with astronaut John Glenn after becoming the first American astronaut to successfully orbit the earth, performing the feat three times in February, 1962.
Highlights: President De Gaulle proclaims an end to the Algerian war, the French secret army vows to fight to finish with the Algerian National extremists, (OAS) to continue shootings, assassinations, the Soviet air force harass Berlin air corridor, the US is expected to send 2,000 advisors to South Vietnam in aid against the Viet Cong, Castro's Cuba urges the US to abandon Guantanamo, food rationing in Cuba is tightened.
Boxer Benny (Kid) Paret may not recover from a serious brain injury suffered during his middleweight boxing bout vs. Emile Griffith,
French troops occupy downtown Oman to curb the OAS, Mrs. Kennedy rides a camel in Pakistan.
France to vote on Algerian peace, OAS kills three French officers in order to break the ceasefire. South Vietnam battle with government troops victorious, test ban debate in Geneva, possible dictatorship in Argentina, scientists link cancer to cigarette smoking.
Jockey Eddie Arcaro to retire, boxer Benny (Kid) Paret dies of a brain injury he suffered in his middleweight boxing fight vs. Emile Griffith in Madison Square Garden in New York City ten days ago, OAS terrorists keep up the violence in Algeria, Elizabeth Taylor to divorce Eddie Fisher, she is romancing with Richard Burton.
NOTE: Emile Griffith's career was overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave Benny "The Kid" Paret in their 1962 title bout. The outcome darkened the world of boxing even prompting some network television stations to stop showing live fights. It also cast Griffith as a pariah to many inside and outside the sport. Emile Griffith went on to have a successful career after that fatal fight, but Griffith acknowledged later in life that he was never the same boxer. He would fight merely to win, piing up the kind of decisions that praised by purists but usually jeered by fans hoping for a knockout.
Film covering Lt. Col. John Glenn's space flight, prepared by the General Dynamics Corporation for NASA. The program will have voice over narration by CBS News correspondent Walter Cronkite.
President John F. Kennedy holds a press conference on the rising cost of steel prices. He criticizes United States Steel and several other United States steel producers for the rising costs.
May 3,1948 - April 13,1962
Douglas Edwards with the News
Original title: CBS Television News
On May 3, 1948, Douglas Edwards began "The CBS-TV News," a regular 15-minute nightly newscast later named "Douglas Edwards with the News." It was broadcast nationally weeknights at 7:30 PM (EST).
This was the first regularly scheduled weekday television news program in American history.
It should be noted that prior to the historic premiere May 3, 1948 weekday CBS-TV News broadcast there were other CBS TV News broadcasts and anchors dating back to Larry LeSuer, doing a 15 minute newscast beginning in June 1946 on Thursday evenings and Saturday evenings with also Tom O’Connor handling the weekend newscast as well.
On November 30, 1956, the first network news show to be videotaped for rebroadcast to the West Coast was achieved. This video tape is not known to exist today as is most of all of Douglas' news broadcasts, in any broadcast form.
On April 16, 1962, Walter Cronkite succeeded Edwards as CBS's evening newscaster. Douglas Edwards continued to broadcast the local WCBS nightly weekly newscast. He also did a five-minute daytime newscast until April 1, 1988.
NOTE: This was the third from last CBS NEWS WITH DOUGLAS EDWARDS newscast with Douglas Edwards at the anchor desk, ending am amazing fourteen year run. Five days later Walter Cronkite would replace Edwards in that chair.
News reported include:
President Kennedy condemns irresponsibility of steel companies
in raising the price of steel, Byron White's appointment as a Supreme Court justice is approved, Fidel Castro to release some sick Cuban POW's, George Rockwell Nazi troopers arrive in New York, talk about their movement.
October 29th, 1956-July 31st, 1970.
The Huntley-Brinkley report replaced the Camel News Caravan with John Cameron Swayze on October 29th, 1956. Originally a fifteen-minute news broadcast it was expanded to a half-hour on September 9th, 1963, a week after the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite expanded to a half-hour. Chet Huntley was in New York City and David Brinkley was in Washington, DC.
World reaction on the US resumption of nuclear testing, M.S. Ranger rocket lands on the moon, the US indicts two steel companies. Five members of negro organization congregate in New Orleans.
Special Report hosted by Jules Bergman of US space exploration, featuring interviews with John Glenn, Scott Carpenter and NASA officials. Also, a step-by-step outline of the program designed to put an American on the moon and a look at the need for young Americans to participate in these new adventures. Finally, a view of plans for the Gemini and Apollo missions and a preview of carpenter's upcoming three-orbit flight.
April 16th, 1962 - March 6, 1981
On April 16th, 1962, Walter Cronkite made his debut as the anchor of the CBS Evening News replacing Douglas Edwards. He was not only the anchorman for the network newscast, but also served as its "managing editor." the dual position gave him considerable latitude in the selection, timing and arrangement of the day's news stories. It was during Cronkite's early says at anchor that the nightly broadcasts expanded from fifteen to thirty minutes. The first half-hour show aired September 2, 1963, a week ahead of NBC's Huntley-Brinkley first expanded newscast and featured a special interview with President John F. Kennedy.
Color broadcasts of the evening news began early in 1966, about two months after NBC's. During this year most Network television transitioned from Black And White to Color.
From the late 1960's until his retirement in 1977, Eric Sevareid commentated on The CBS Evening News.
NOTE:
Moving images of Walter Cronkite reading the news in his studio every night for six years (1962–August 2, 1968) are mostly gone and not extant in any broadcast form. Exceptions are his coverage of the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 and the November 1963 events in Dallas, Texas: the JFK assassination, the shootings of police officer J. D. Tippit and Lee Oswald and all three funerals, as well as his introduction of the Beatles and his criticism of the Vietnam War.
Douglas Edwards anchored the live five-minute segment The CBS Afternoon News five afternoons a week between 1962 and 1966. He started the segment immediately after the twenty-five minute broadcast of the Goodson-Todman game show To Tell The Truth. Not one second from four years' worth of The CBS Afternoon News was preserved in any way.
Archival Television Audio original off the air sound recordings of network and local television news broadcasts, pre-1968, are extremely rare and not preserved at The Library of Congress, Paley Center for Media or UCLA Film & TV Archive.
Communist push deepens into Laos, the Senate led by Senator Thomas Dodd investigates sex and violence in TV programs such as the CBS drama, "Route 66," stock market reversal for the sixth day in a row, future planetary vehicles discussed by space expert.
CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (1962–1981)
ANCHOR:
Walter Cronkite 1962-1981
EMINENT CORRESPONDENTS INCLUDE:
Roger Mudd 1963-1980
Eric Sevareid 1963-1977
Bill Plant 1968-1980
Robert Pierpoint 1963-1980
Charles Kuralt 1968-1975
Bob Schieffer 1975-1980
Dan Rather 1963-1980
Richard Threlkeld 1968-1977
Bruce Morton 1968-1980
Lesley Stahl 1974-1980
Harold Dow 1974-1980
Marvin Kalb 1963-1979
George Herman 1963-1975
Nelson Benton 1963-1968
Bob Gregory 1968
Harry Reasoner 1963-1980
Bernard Kalb 1963-1979
Terry Drinkwater 1974-1975
Bob McNamara 1977-1980
Ed Bradley 1978-1980
Happy ending of the flight of "Aurora 7. A CBS Special half-hour report on the successful three-orbit space flight of Scott Carpenter, completed earlier in the day.
Live coverage from all three networks of the "Aurora 7" fourth USA spaceflight launch with naval officer Scott Carpenter. Joined in progress at T-15 minutes (7:19 AM EST.). Carpenter was the second American astronaut to orbit in space.
From Mercury Control, Shorty Powers. CBS TV coverage by Walter Cronkite. ABC and NBC reports with correspondents Jay Barbee, LIsa Howard, Bill Ryan. There is a "hold" at 11 minutes because of fog. Charles Von Freud earlier interview with John Carpenter. Countdown is picked up. Launch time 7:45 AM EST. count down at T-5 minutes and counting.
The US resumes nuclear testing, the New York stock market has a bad day-heavy selling wave, Scott Carpenter believed to be "tired" on his third orbital flight, President Kennedy talks on Laotian policy.
Douglas Edwards anchored the CBS EVENING NEWS from May 3, 1948 to April 13, 1962. He would continue his affiliation with CBS NEWS doing a five minute daytime weekday news broadcast until April 1, 1988.
The stock market suffers its worst day since the crash of 1929, the paper value drops $20 billion dollars.
A Schweppes commercial is included.
Stock market rally reverses decline, Scott Carpenter receives welcome and degree at Colorado University, American hero Sgt Alvin C. York is Ill and hospitalized.
After leaving CBS (1948 to 1951) to NBC, News Correspondent / Reporter / Announcer since 1931, Robert Trout returned to CBS in 1952. He doubled as a network correspondent and as main anchor of local evening news at CBS' New York City television flagship,
WCBS-TV until June 17, 1965.
Adolf Eichmann is executed in Israel, the federal government will aid in ridding New York of juvenile delinquency.
May 3, 1948 - April 13, 1962
Douglas Edwards with the News
Original title: CBS Television News
On May 3, 1948, Douglas Edwards began "The CBS-TV News," a regular 15-minute nightly newscast later named "Douglas Edwards with the News." It was broadcast nationally weeknights at 7:30 PM (EST).
This was the first regularly scheduled weekday television news program in American history.
It should be noted that prior to the historic premiere May 3, 1948 weekday CBS-TV News broadcast there were other CBS TV News broadcasts and anchors dating back to Larry LeSuer, doing a 15 minute newscast beginning in June 1946 on Thursday evenings and Saturday evenings with also Tom O’Connor handling the weekend newscast as well.
On November 30, 1956, the first network news show to be videotaped for rebroadcast to the West Coast was achieved. This video tape is not known to exist today as is most of all of Douglas' news broadcasts, in any broadcast form.
On April 16, 1962, Walter Cronkite succeeded Edwards as CBS's evening newscaster. Douglas Edwards continued to broadcast the local WCBS nightly weekly newscast. He also did a five-minute daytime newscast until April 1, 1988.
Adolf Eichmann is hung, a report from Israel.
Eric Sevareid was an American author and CBS news journalist from 1939 to 1977. He became a fixture on CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite form 1965 to 1977 giving commentaries at the end of thousands of broadcasts.
In July 1965, he was the last journalist to interview Adlai Stevenson at the U.S. embassy in London just days prior to his death.
Sevareid always considered himself a writer first and often felt uneasy behind a microphone and even less comfortable on television.
Eric Sevareid appeared in or on CBS coverage of every presidential election from 1948 to 1976, the year before his retirement.
A plane crash kills 130 people in France, the plane contained art lovers from Atlanta, Georgia, Harold Macmillan happy after visiting French president De Gaulle, Russia accuses the US on the proposed nuclear test.
February 1st, 1953-October 13th, 1957 (CBS)
September 11th, 1971-September 2nd, 1972 (CBS)
Walter Cronkite was the host and chief correspondent for this Sunday afternoon program that began on radio in 1947. Each week a well-known historical event was recreated and the leading figures in each episode were interviewed by CBS news correspondents. The show was revived on September 11th, 1971, and was aimed at children. Cronkite was host and correspondent for both versions of the program.
Today's episode: A Re-Run "Chamberlain At Munich."
March 26, 1962--January 29, 1965
Ron Cochran, previous with WCBS News for seven years, became anchor of ABC News Evening Report on March 26, 1962.
President Kennedy talks to West Point graduates on Military might, us considers sending troops to Laos, A special report from Al Mann in Los Angeles, Richard Nixon on the political comeback trail leads in the California Primary, assured the GOP nomination for Governor of California, Governor Pat Brown comments on the forthcoming campaign, Bridget Bardot's marriage is breaking up, reminiscing on the 18th anniversary of Normandy Beach. An interview with Sam Karpa, a World War !! veteran involved in the D-Day landing. The veteran recalls the 1944 landing and strafing error by US planes. A special report from John Scully in Washington, D.C.
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin.
NOTE: This broadcast is the earliest archived example of WORLD TODAY in the Archival Television Audio collection. It is one of the thousands of "lost" pre1968 Radio news broadcasts that are also preserved in the archive.
The 12th anniversary of the Korean war outbreak, comment by George H. Combs, a review of the deteriorating Western position in Southeast Asia, an interview with Mrs. Claire Chennault, Berlin problems, British charge North Vietnam with aiding Reds in South Vietnam.
World Today is a radio news program broadcast over the Mutual Broadcasting System and hosted by Tony Marvin.
The Supreme Court rules prayer in classrooms is unconstitutional, the OAS still continues terrorist activities in Oran, Algeria, medical men predict a major breakthrough in cancer within 2-4 years.
Host: Tony Marvin.
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