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Walter Cronkite
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Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon l…
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Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist, best known as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for 19 years (1962–81). During the heyday of CBS News in the 1960s and 1970s, he was often cited as "the most trusted man in America" after being so named in an opinion poll. Although he reported many events from 1937 to 1981, including bombing in World War II, the Nuremberg trials, combat in the Vietnam War, the death of President John F. Kennedy, the death of civil rights pioneer Martin Luther King, Jr., Watergate, and the Iran Hostage Crisis, he was known for extensive TV coverage of the U.S. space program, from Project Mercury to the Moon landings to the Space Shuttle. He was the only non-NASA recipient of a Moon-rock award. Cronkite is well known for his departing catchphrase "And that's the way it is," followed by the date on which the appearance is aired. Description above from the Wikipedia article Walter Cronkite, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Walter Cronkite's Filmography
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JFK Assassination: A New Perspective
as Self (archive footage)
One to One: John & Yoko
as Self (archive footage)
Sally
as Self (archive footage)
The White House Effect
as Self (archive footage)
Bad Hostage
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo 13: Survival
as Self (archive footage)
JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World
as Self (archive footage)
Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues
as Self (voice) (archive sound)
Untold: Caitlyn Jenner
as Self (archive footage)
The Janes
as Self (archive footage)
The Martha Mitchell Effect
as Self (archive footage)
Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)
as Self - Host, CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite (archive footage)
Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
as Self (archive footage)
The Real Right Stuff
as Self (archive footage)
The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden
as Self (archive footage)
Killing John F. Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
as Self (archive footage)
Mike Wallace Is Here
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo: The Forgotten Films
as Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
8 Days: To the Moon and Back
as Self (archive footage)
Apollo: Missions to the Moon
as Self - CBS News (archive footage)
I Am Richard Pryor
as Self - Anchorman (archive footage)
Apollo 11
as Self (archive footage)
Reversing Roe
as Self (archive footage)
Studio 54
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Hope & Fury: MLK, the Movement and the Media
as Self (archive footage)
Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Fabulous Allan Carr
as Self (archive footage)
The Reagan Show
as Self (archive footage)
Dateline: Saigon
as Self (archival footage)
Led Zeppelin Played Here
as Self - Newscaster (archive footage)
The Man Who Saved the World
as Self
Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
JFK: One PM Central Standard Time
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
Newsflash: Stories That Stopped the World
as Self
Valentino's Ghost
as Self (archive footage)
SS United States: Made in America
as Self
Free Angela and All Political Prisoners
as Self (archive footage)
Ethel
as Self (archive footage)
Gloria: In Her Own Words
as Self (archive footage)
Home Away From Home: The Yanks in Ireland
as Narrator
Milk
as Self (archive footage)
SS United States: Lady in Waiting
as Self
Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite
as Reporter
No Poster
Legacy of War
as Host
The Pixar Story
as Self (archive footage)
War Made Easy
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
as Self
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
as Self
This Film Is Not Yet Rated
as Self - 1968 TV Newscaster (archive footage) (uncredited)
Apollo 13: The Inside Story
as Self - CBS Evening News Anchorman
The Making of 'Network'
as Self
Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire
as Self
Out of the Shadows: The Man Who Was Deep Throat
as Self
The Nuremberg Trials
as Self
No Poster
Return to Flight HD: The Inside Story
as Host
A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin
as Self
Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years
as Host
Empire of Dreams: The Story of the Star Wars Trilogy
as Self
America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir
as Narrator
Liberty's Kids - The Boston Tea Party
as Benjamin Franklin
Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power
as Self (archive footage)
Journalists: Killed in the Line of Duty
as Narrator (voice)
JFK: Breaking the News
as Self (archive footage)
Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite
as Self
JFK II: The Bush Connection
as Self - Anchor, CBS News (voice) (archive sound)
Amateur Radio Today
as Self
S.O.S. Planet
as Self
Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony
as Self (voice)
Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story
as Self (uncredited)
O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia
as Narrator
No Poster
Korean War Stories
No Poster
On Common Ground
as Self - Commentator
Thirteen Days
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Fail Safe
as Self - Host
No Poster
Television: The First Fifty Years
as Self
Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance
as Host
4 Little Girls
as Self - Special Correspondent CBS News
No Poster
Corwin
as Self
All Power to the People!
as Self (archive footage)
The Secret of the Wild Child
as Self
We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story
as Captain Neweyes (voice)
No Poster
As it Happened: The Killing of Kennedy
as Self (archive footage)
Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy
as Self - CBS News
The Real Malcolm X
Titanic: Treasure of the Deep
as Self
The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
as Self (archive footage)
Nixon
as Self (archive footage)
Night of 100 Stars III
as Self
Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music
as Self
50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration
as Self - Host
Back to Neverland
as Walter Cronkite
John F. Kennedy and the Memory of a Nation
as Self - Host
Who Shot President Kennedy?
as Self
An Empire of Reason
as Self
Irving Berlin's 100th Birthday Celebration
as Self
The Dream Is Alive
as Narrator
No Poster
J.F.K.: A One-Man Show
as Self - Narrator
No Poster
I, Leonardo: A Journey of the Mind
as Self - Host
No Poster
1984 Revisited
as Himself
Why was Cairo Calm
Walt Disney: One Man's Dream
as Self
A Private Battle
as Self
Hispanic America
as Self
New England Our Way
as Self
The Movie Orgy
as Self (archive footage)
No Poster
The Making of an Underground Film
as Self
CBS Reports: Biography of a Bookie Joint
as Self - Narrator
The Incredible Turk
as Narrator
No Poster
The Price of Liberty
as Narrator(voice)
Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11
as Self