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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.
- (83)
- 1957-10-20
- Documentary, History
- 30
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.
- 1935–2009
- 3, including Kathy
- Walter Leland Cronkite Jr., November 4, 1916, St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
- University of Texas at Austin
The Twentieth Century was a documentary television program that ran on the CBS network from 1957 until 1966. The series produced 112 historical compilation films and 107 "originally photographed documentaries" or contemporary documentaries, each running a half-hour. Productions were narrated by Walter Cronkite and drew on the resources of CBS News.
- 219
- October 20, 1957 –, 1966
- 9
- CBS
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