Search Results
279 records found for CBS EVENING NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE
1962-05-11, CBS, min.
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 1978-19801962-08-06, WCBS, 6 min.
Walter Cronkite, who began anchoring the CBS Evening News only three and a half months prior to this newscast, reports on the death of Marilyn Monroe. By closed circuit television, he also discusses the tragic death with Kim Novak and signs off the air with his familiar "And That's The Way It Is Aug. 6th 1962." Partial Transcript: Walter Cronkite: "Good Evening from the CBS News Headquarters in New York." Announcer: "This is the Evening News Edition of CBS News with Walter Cronkite. Brought to you by Dristan. WC: " Capturing the world attention caused by her death. Even the Russians today sat in judgement calling her a victim of Hollywood. In Hollywood today a team of doctors and psychiatrists were still trying to determine exactly what she was a victim of. Her own hand or an accident? But the coroners inquest can only tell us how Marilyn Monroe died, and not why? Why with everything to live for with fame and fortune in their grasp are so many of our movie queens desperately unhappy. By closed circuit television I asked that question to Miss Kim Novak in Hollywood this afternoon. Kim Novak responds and discusses her insight with Walter Cronkite in a four minute segment.1962-12-18, CBS, min.
British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan meets President Kennedy in the Bahamas to discuss Skybolt, the Congo, the European Common Market, James Donovan is in the last stages of negotiations to free 1200 invasion prisoners from Castro's Cuba, the US will pay $62 million dollars in ransom (in form of medicines and food), Attorney General Robert Kennedy returns from Brazilian trip. Anchor: Walter Cronkite.
1963-09-02, CBS, 30 min.
April 16, 1962-March 6, 1981. On April 16, 1962, Walter Cronkite replaced Douglas Edwards and became the anchor on "The CBS Evening News" which ran 15 minutes Monday thru Friday in primetime. The broadcast expanded to 30 minutes on September 2, 1963.1963-09-02, CBS, 23 min.
First extended broadcast of the CBS EVENING NEWS. It is now thirty minutes, extended from fifteen minutes. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-09-02, WCBS, 30 min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Henry Cabot Lodge
- John F. Kennedy
- Dan Rather
- Nelson Benton
- Bernard Kalb
- Henry Cabot
- Peter Kalisher
- Ted Mack
- Eric Sevareid
Walter Cronkite anchors the first network half-hour daily prime time news program. Till now news was telecast for fifteen minutes, weekday evenings. This first half-hour show features a special Cronkite interview with President John F. Kennedy...less than twelve weeks prior to Kennedy's assassination. Nelson Benton reports on anxious moments in Alabama as school integration is being tested. Dan Rather reports from Louisiana on Negro demonstrations. Bernard Kalb reports on Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and Eric Sevareid comments on today's 69 year old Labor Day Holiday. From Tokyo, Peter Kalisher reports on the first Broadway play to be staged in Japan, "My Fair Lady." Walter Cronkite signs off. This broadcast includes original commercials used throughout the telecast: Paxton Cigarettes, Ted Mack for Geritol, Anacin tablets, and Crest toothpaste. NOTE: CBS Evening News appearances On November 22, 1963, Sevareid joined Walter Cronkite on CBS television with a commentary about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the road ahead for the new president, Lyndon Johnson. From 1964 to his 1977 retirement from the network, Sevareid's two-minute segments on the CBS Evening News (anchored by Cronkite) inspired his admirers to dub him "The Grey Eminence IN ACTUALITY ERIC SEVAREID BEGAN DOING COMMENTARIES AT THE END OF CBS EVENING NEWS WITH WALTER CRONKITE LONG BEFORE NOVEMBER 22, 1963 ON AN IRREGULAR BASIS.
1963-09-09, CBS, min.
Alabama Governor George Wallace blocks three students in Birmingham, Alabama, Eric Sevareid speaks about Barry Goldwater.1963-10-29, CBS, min.
Actor Adolphe Menjou dies at age 73. Walter Cronkite reports.1963-10-30, CBS, min.
President Kennedy is in Philadelphia to speak at a fund raising event. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-11-01, CBS, min.
Coup in Saigon, President Kennedy in Philadelphia, comment from President Kennedy, Barry Goldwater comments, JFK comments he would like Lyndon Johnson to be his vice-presidential running mate again in 1964, President Kennedy comments on the space race. Includes commercials.
1963-11-19, CBS, min.
Highlights: Pro Castro Commandos in Venezuela, Philip Scheffler reports, Vietnam: bomb a day in South Vietnam, Richard C. Hottelet reports, George Herman reports on the TFX controversy, new disasters in Haiti, bombings at the University of Alabama, 100 year commemoration of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address speech, New York Stock Exchange, Harry Reasoner reports. Includes commercials Hosted by Walter Cronkite
1963-11-20, CBS, 25 min.
Highlights: Cambodia elections, Iraq students take over embassy, report of Congo unrest, Khrushchev gets a rocking chair, In Rome, Pope Paul VI favors increased Bishop powers, Winston Burdett reports. Absolution of all Jews for death of Christ, person who arrested Anne Frank revealed as Austrian police officer Karl Silberbauer following two year hunt. Host: Walter Cronkite. Joined in progress.
1963-11-20, CBS, min.
Highlights: a report on the TFX Fighter Plane, Roger Mudd reports, Jimmy Hoffa news update, Eric Sevareid commentary on organized crime, one billion trading stamps shipped to housewives in the United Kingdom. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-11-26, CBS, min.
Updates on the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963-11-27, CBS, min.
CBS TV news of the days events with Walter Cronkite anchoring form 6:30pm to 7:00pm. Latest on the JFK assassination. NOTE: In a rare departure from concluding his broadcast stating just the date within the iconic phrase "And that's the way it is," Walter Cronkite ends this CBS EVENING NEWS broadcast stating: "And that's the way it is, or perhaps that's the way we hope it will be, November 27, 1963. This is Walter Cronkite. Good night."
1963-12-05, CBS, min.
The Warren Commission begins its investigation into the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
1963-12-10, WCBS, 4 min.
On Dec. 12, 1963, Alexander Kendrick reports on the phenomenon of The Beatles who have yet to come to America. Their appearance on the "Ed Sullivan Show" took place Feb. 9, 1964. Walter Cronkite anchors this flashback news report on the Dec. 19, 1980 edition of the CBS Evening News.1963-12-11, CBS, min.
This newscast is joined in progress. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-12-11, CBS, min.
Charles Kuralt reports on the release of Frank Sinatra Jr. Patrolman who found him comments. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1963-12-13, CBS, min.
News events of the day are reported.
1963-12-13, CBS, min.
Capital Records signs right of first refusal agreement with the Beatles.
1963-12-23, CBS, min.
A fire on the Greek ship Laconia kills 128 people.
1963-12-24, CBS, min.
Greeks and Turks riot in Cyprus.
1963-12-25, CBS, min.
Walt Disney's "The Sword In The Stone" is released.
1963-12-26, CBS, min.
"Double Dublin" opens at the Little Theatre in New York City for four performances, one of the most famous wrestlers of his time George ("Gorgeous George") Wagner dies.1963-12-27, CBS, min.
This news broadcast is joined in progress.
1964-01-13, CBS, min.
Host: Walter Cronkite. Joined in progress, brief excerpt only.
1964-01-13, CBS, min.
Snowstorm in New York City with 40 MPH wind gusts. Host: Walter Cronkite
1964-01-15, CBS, min.
American Jazz trombonist and vocalist Jack Teagarden dies from bronchial pneumonia at age 58. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1964-04-15, CBS, min.
17.6 mile long Chesapeake Bay Bridge opens, considered the world's largest bridge-tunnel complex.
1964-05-01, CBS, min.
At Dartmouth University, the first basic program runs on a computer.
1964-05-05, CBS, min.
An interview with General Edwin Walker.
1964-06-02, CBS, min.
Lal Bahadur Sjastri elected premier of India. California primary election, comments and returns.
1964-06-05, CBS, min.
A report on D-Day June 5th, 1944, twenty years later.
1964-10-21, CBS, 11 min.
The presidential political campaign warms up and gets dirtier, comments by President Johnson, services for former President Hoover, Charles Kuralt reports. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1965-03-03, CBS, 29 min.
- Malcolm X
- Walter Cronkite
- Elizabeth Taylor
- Jimmy Hoffa
- Neil Strausser
- Roger Mudd
- Robert Kennedy
- Ralph Abernathy
- Bill Plante
- Jimmie Lee Jackson
- Billy Sol Estes
- Dave Duggan
- Gaston Sanz
Coverage of yesterday's raid in North Vietnam, third suspect arrested in death of Malcolm X, Bill Plante reports from Selma, Alabama on murder of Jimmie Lee Jackson two weeks ago, Reverand Ralph Abernathy gives eulogy. Other news: Red China's hold on Africa getting larger In East Berlin: underground nuclear tests, approval of disarmament bill, Roger Mudd reports on Robert Kennedy's investigation of Jimmy Hoffa which is called "unfair", Neil Strausser interview with RFK, military pay raise, study on dangers of pesticides, Dave Duggan story on antiquated Atlas missiles, Elizabeth Taylor's chauffer, Gaston Sanz, strikes and kills 78-year-old woman while driving her from Dublin airport. Taylor issues statement to police. Report on minute man missiles, latest on Billy Sol Estes, Walter Cronkite sign off "and that's the way it is, March 3rd, 1965." Host: Walter Cronkite Commercials included. Marlboro commercial with music included.
1965-03-10, CBS, min.
The United States officially enters the Vietnam war. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1965-03-23, CBS, min.
Gemini 3 launched, first US two-man space flight, Gus Grissom and John Young aboard. President Johnson talks to astronauts.
1965-05-10, CBS, min.
Peace in Santo Domingo. Includes commercials. Host: Walter Cronkite.
1965-05-11, CBS, 12 min.
Eric Sevareid subbing for Walter Cronkite.
1965-05-14, CBS, 1 min.
Included in this CBS news broadcast with Walter Cronkite are segments of NBC News with David Brinkley and John Chancellor.
1965-07-01, CBS, 28 min.
News events of the day. Walter Cronkite reporting.
1965-08-16, CBS, 3 min.
Charles Collingwood reports on the European reaction to the Watts rioting.
1965-11-01, CBS, 29 min.
Congress looking into Ku Klux Klan activities, Klan interviews, Vietnam report: Moley Safer reports from Vietnam regarding 48 civilians killed by friendly fire of United States Air Force 1 sky raiders, editorial by Eric Sevareid on China and current view of country and policy. Host: Walter Cronkite. Includes commercials.
1965-11-17, CBS, min.
Eighty-six US troops killed in Vietnam fighting, Morley Safer reports on an amphibian assault by US Marines against the Viet Cong, continuous Vietnam fighting.
1965-11-22, CBS, min.
Morley Safer reports from Vietnam. Second anniversary of death of President John F. Kennedy. Commentary by Eric Sevareid.
1965-11-23, CBS, min.
244 US soldiers killed in action in Vietnam war during first four years, 1961-1964 of US involvement. Last week 240 US soldiers killed in action in Vietnam. 1335 dead, 6131 wounded thus far in Vietnam war. General William Westmoreland claims military victory "is not in sight." Wife of soldier interviewed. Reads last letter received from him before his death.
1965-11-26, CBS, 28 min.
- Walter Cronkite
- Eric Sevareid
- Roger Mudd
- Robert Kennedy
- Robert F. Kennedy
- Dave Duggan
- Robert Shackne
- Adam Raphael
- Sanford Gottlieb
- Myra Hess
- William Marlin
Critics of Vietnam war will demonstrate in Washington, DC tomorrow, 20,000 expected. Two 14th century manuscripts stolen from Vatican library, Pope Paul VI speaks on birth control. Robert F. Kennedy tours South America, report on job core. Nuclear Carrier Enterprise to Viet Nam, Space Race - France launches its first Satellite. Report from Montgomery Alabama in 13 years no Negro has been on a jury, Myra Hess dead at 75, Former Governor William Marlin dead at 47, An editorial from Eric Sevareid on the job core and today's chronic poverty and hard-core unemployment. Walter Cronkite sign off. Commercials include: Black & Decker Power Saw, Vicks Cough Silencers, Vicks Senex Nasal Spray, Cutlass Supreme from Oldsmobile, Car of the Year, Coronado, Micron Breath Freshener, Micron Antiseptic. Anchor: Walter Cronkite1965-12-29, CBS, min.
US contemplates cease fire with North Vietnam. Interspersed with Huntley-Brinkley Report on NBC.
1965-12-30, CBS, min.
The US officially enters the Vietnam war following the Gulf of Tonkin incident.