Walter Cronkite

Born: 1916-11-04

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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Thirteen Days

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Released: 2000-12-25

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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House

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Released: 2017-09-28

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Milk

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We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story

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Released: 1993-11-24

Captain New Eyes travels back in time and feeds dinosaurs his Brain Grain cereal, which makes...

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All the President's Men

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Released: 1976-04-09

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Apollo 11

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Released: 2019-03-01

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Reversing Roe

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Fail Safe

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This Film Is Not Yet Rated

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Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues

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The Newspaperman: The Life and Times of Ben Bradlee

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4 Little Girls

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I Am Richard Pryor

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Released: 2019-03-12

The life story of Richard Pryor (1940-2005), the legendary performer and iconic social satirist...

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Night of 100 Stars III

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Released: 1990-05-21

A celebrity benefit for The Actors' Fund of America, featuring music, songs, dance and comedy.

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The Janes

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Released: 2022-05-03

Defying the state legislature that outlawed abortion, the Catholic Church that condemned it, and...

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Chicago 10

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Released: 2008-02-29

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Apollo: Missions to the Moon

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Released: 2019-07-07

National Geographic's riveting effort recounts all 12 crewed missions using only archival...

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Ethel

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Released: 2012-01-20

Filmmaker Rory Kennedy interviews her mother, Ethel Kennedy, who discusses family, marriage and...

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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words

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Released: 2014-08-04

From 1971 to 1973, Richard Nixon secretly recorded his private conversations in the White House....

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The Movie Orgy

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Clips from assorted television programs, B-movies, commercials, music performances, newsreels,...

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Beyond JFK: The Question of Conspiracy

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The Choice 2020: Trump vs. Biden

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Released: 2020-09-22

A look into what has shaped President Donald Trump and presidential candidate Joe Biden, where...

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Amandla! A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony

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A Private Battle

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Released: 1980-10-07

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Added Attractions: The Hollywood Shorts Story

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Released: 2002-02-05

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Led Zeppelin Played Here

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Released: 2014-10-11

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Gloria: In Her Own Words

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Despite decades of opposition from the right, and recent personal setbacks, Gloria Steinem...

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The Reagan Show

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Released: 2017-04-22

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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater

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Released: 2007-07-31

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Sing! Sesame Street Remembers Joe Raposo and His Music

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Released: 1990-05-16

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I Am Jackie O

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Released: 2020-11-26

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The Real Right Stuff

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Released: 2020-11-20

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Walt Disney: One Man's Dream

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Released: 1981-12-12

Various entertainers and artists look at how Walt Disney influenced these areas through his work...

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Dateline: Saigon

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Released: 2017-03-07

How does a nation slip into war? Dateline-Saigon profiles the controversial reporting of five...

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The Making of 'Network'

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Released: 2006-02-28

An engrossing feature-length documentary about the making of Sidney Lumet's classic film "Network."

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Woodward and Bernstein: Lighting the Fire

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Released: 2006-02-28

Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward changed American history through their dogged pursuit of the...

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All Power to the People!

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Released: 1996-06-01

Using government documents, archive footage and direct interviews with activists and former...

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Killing John F. Kennedy

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Released: 2020-05-24

John F Kennedy was one of America's greatest presidents. He was the voice of the people who was...

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The Secret of the Wild Child

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Released: 1994-10-18

A documentary about Genie, who spent the first thirteen years of her life imprisoned in her...

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A Note of Triumph: The Golden Age of Norman Corwin

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Released: 2005-08-19

On May 8th, 1945, writer, director Norman Corwin broadcast ON A NOTE OF TRIUMPH, an...

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50 Years of Television: A Golden Celebration

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Released: 1989-11-26

A special highlighting fifty years in the history of television. Includes tributes to Lucille...

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Back to Neverland

as Walter Cronkite
Released: 1989-04-30

Legendary TV news anchor Walter Cronkite takes ecstatic Disneyland tourist Robin through the...

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JFK: One PM Central Standard Time

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Released: 2013-11-13

A special recounting the riveting story of the reporting from Dallas and the New York CBS...

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The Dream Is Alive

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Released: 1985-06-01

The Dream Is Alive takes you into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Share...

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Why was Cairo Calm

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Released: 1982-08-10

It begins in the days after Sadat's assassination in 1981 by an islamist cell of army officers....

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JFK: 24 Hours That Changed the World

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Released: 2023-11-22

Created for the 60th anniversary of the assassination of John F Kennedy, this is a unique,...

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American Experience: The Nuremberg Trials

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Released: 2006-01-30

One journalist described it as a chance "to see justice catch up with evil." On November 20,...

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Man on the Moon with Walter Cronkite

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Released: 2008-01-01

Relive humankind's incredible accomplishment of walking on the moon in this program that...

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Apollo: The Forgotten Films

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Released: 2019-07-20

Recently discovered footage reveals the secret history of NASA's first landing on the moon, and...

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Negroes with Guns: Rob Williams and Black Power

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Released: 2004-06-21

Rob Williams was an African-American living in Monroe, North Carolina in the 1950s and 1960s....

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New England Our Way

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Released: 1974-12-09

The program is a fascinating look some at the key people involved with JAWS before it was...

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O Holy Night: Christmas At Concordia

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Released: 2001-12-25

Concordia College's 75th Christmas Concert is celebrated on this recording. Walter Cronkite...

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Silicon Valley: A 100 Year Renaissance

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Released: 1998-01-01

More than a history of computing, this program shows how the mecca of computer technology caused...

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Man on the Moon: The Epic Journey of Apollo 11

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Walter Cronkite anchors a CBS news report on the Apollo 11 moon landing, during which astronaut...

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Apollo 13: The Inside Story

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Released: 2006-05-05

NASA mounts a rescue operation after an explosion tears through the hull of the Apollo 13...

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Silent Night, Holy Night with Walter Cronkite

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Released: 2003-10-07

The story of Silent Night, Holy Night is retold by Walter Cronkite and the Mormon Tabernacle...

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JFK II: The Bush Connection

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Released: 2003-09-09

Four part documentary about JFK's murder, and who had reasons and means to do it, and to escape....

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Amateur Radio Today

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Released: 2003-01-01

Short Subject vieo produced by Dave Bell and Amateur Radio outlining Ham Radio and its role in...

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SS United States: Lady in Waiting

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Released: 2008-05-03

Designed to be a secret weapon in the cold war disguised as a luxurious passenger liner, the SS...

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SS United States: Made in America

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Released: 2013-03-01

A sequel to SS United States: Lady in Waiting (2008), "Made In America" updates the progress on...

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The Incredible Turk

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Released: 1958-07-01

This film is about Mustafa Kemal Ataturk and the modernization of the Turkish Republic.

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S.O.S. Planet

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Released: 2002-10-31

Our planet, our home, our future… From the chill of the Arctic, to the depths of the ocean and...

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America's Choir: The Story of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir

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Released: 2004-08-03

Lee Groberg, the producer/director of PBS documentaries such as, "An American Prophet: The Story...

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Edward R. Murrow - The McCarthy Years

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Released: 2005-05-30

McCARTHY YEARS turns back the clock to the Fifties, a time when the country lurched into a murky...

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Who Shot President Kennedy?

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Modern forensic science re-examines the evidence. Walter Cronkite narrates. Definitive...

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The Mike Douglas Show

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First aired: 1961-12-11

The Mike Douglas Show is an American daytime television talk show hosted by Mike Douglas that...

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The Dick Cavett Show

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First aired: 1968-06-06

The Dick Cavett Show has been the title of several talk shows hosted by Dick Cavett on various...

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The Steve Allen Show

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First aired: 1956-06-24

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Late Night with Conan O'Brien

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First aired: 1993-09-13

Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that...

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The Mary Tyler Moore Show

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First aired: 1970-09-19

30-year-old single Mary Richards moves to Minneapolis to start a new life after a romantic...

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The Ed Sullivan Show

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First aired: 1948-06-20

The Ed Sullivan Show is an American TV variety show that originally ran on CBS from Sunday June...

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The Rosie O'Donnell Show

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First aired: 1996-06-10

The Rosie O'Donnell Show was an American daytime television talk show hosted and produced by...

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American Experience

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First aired: 1988-10-04

TV's most-watched history series brings to life the compelling stories from our past that inform...

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Great Performances

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First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter
First aired: 1956-04-01

The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as a Tony Award,...

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AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movies

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First aired: 1998-06-23

To commemorate the first century of American filmmaking, the American Film Institute embarked on...

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Climax!

as Self - Narrator (voice)
First aired: 1954-10-07

Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was...

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Challenger: The Final Flight

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First aired: 2020-09-16

Engineers, officials and the crew members' families provide their perspective on the 1986 Space...

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Murphy Brown

as Walter Cronkite
First aired: 1988-11-14

Murphy Brown (Candice Bergen) is a recovering alcoholic who returns to the fictional...

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Whose Vote Counts, Explained

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First aired: 2020-09-28

The right to vote is at the foundation of America's democracy. But not every vote is created...

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Charlie Rose

as Self (Charlie Rose archive footage 12/27/96)
First aired: 1991-09-30

Charlie Rose is an American television interview show, with Charlie Rose as executive producer,...

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Liberty's Kids

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First aired: 2002-09-02

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E! True Hollywood Story

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First aired: 1996-08-21

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The American President

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First aired: 2000-04-09

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The Seventies

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First aired: 2015-06-11

A documentary series focusing on the ongoing Vietnam War, the Watergate scandal, evolving music...

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The Sixties

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First aired: 2014-05-29

The space race, the cold war, "free love," civil rights and more: The decade of the 1960s shaped...

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Fiasco

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First aired: 2021-09-19

Amidst the backdrop of the 1979 Iranian revolution, Jimmy Carter's failure to free American...

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CBS Evening News

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First aired: 1941-07-01

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Vietnam War with Walter Cronkite

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First aired: 1985-07-06

For decades the war in Vietnam was the central drama on the stage of Southeast Asia. It was an...

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Dinosaur!

as Himself - Host
First aired: 1991-09-08

Retraces how the mysteries of dinosaurs were first undiscovered by scientists in the 1800s.

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