/internal/media/dispatcher/7436/fullWalter Cronkite Oral History04/14/200468 MinutesDigital-8 videotapeOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza2004.001.00170Videotaped 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.Oral Histories6415026035Oral historyVideotaped 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.1960 presidential electionPresidential campaignOral historiesCronkite, WalterNew York1960 Campaign (OHC)Civil Rights and Social Activism (OHC)Dallas and 1960s History and Culture (OHC)News Media (OHC)Space Program (OHC)Mr. Cronkite passed away on July 17, 2009. - Stephen Fagin, CuratorThis 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