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The Twentieth Century: With Walter Cronkite, Daniel Schorr, Winston Burdett, Peter Kalischer. A long-running documentary series concerning the news and cultural events which shaped the 20th century. It also offered interpretations of the meaning of certain events, and placed wars and assassinations within the wider context of their era.
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- 1957-10-20
- Documentary, History
- 30
Walter Cronkite: Theme music composer: George Antheil: Composers: Many contemporary classical and film composers: Country of origin: United States: Original language: English: No. of seasons: 9: No. of episodes: 219: Production; Executive producer: Burton Benjamin: Producers: Burton Benjamin Isaac Kleinerman: Running time: 30 minutes: Original ...
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- October 20, 1957 –, 1966
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- CBS
The Twentieth Century was a documentary television program, sponsored by the Prudential Insurance Company, which ran on the CBS network from 20 October 1957 until 4 January 1970. It was hosted by Walter Cronkite. The opening and closing theme music was written by composer George Antheil.
In 1957, he began hosting The Twentieth Century (eventually renamed The 20th Century), a documentary series about important historical events of the century composed almost exclusively of newsreel footage and interviews.