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Walter Cronkite Oral History
Walter Cronkite Oral History

Walter Cronkite Oral History

Object number2004.001.0017
Date04/14/2004
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Walter Cronkite
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
Oral history interviewer Vicki Daitch
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumDigital-8 videotape
Dimensions68 Minutes
Collections
DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Walter Cronkite. A broadcast journalist, Cronkite was managing editor and anchorman of the CBS Evening News during the Kennedy years. On November 22, 1963, he reported the news of the president's death on live television. Interview conducted at Mr. Cronkite's office at CBS News in New York City on April 14, 2004 by Stephen Fagin of The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and Vicki Daitch of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. The interview is one hour and eight minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Mr. Cronkite passed away on July 17, 2009. - Stephen Fagin, Curator
This joint oral history was separately recorded by The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza and the John F. Kennedy Library and Museum. The JFK Library's audio file of this interview, as well as a PDF transcript, may be accessed here on their website: Cronkite, Walter: Oral History Interview - JFK #1, 4/14/2004 | JFK Library. Unfortunately, in the transcript, my first and last names are misspelled. - Stephen Fagin, Curator