Walter Leland Cronkite, Jr. was born in Saint Joseph, Missouri, the only child of Helen Lena (Fritsche) and Walter Leland Cronkite, a doctor. Throughout his early career, Cronkite worked with newspapers. During World War II, he served as a news reporter. In 1950, Cronkite became a journalist. He signed up with CBS News in 1962 and retired in 1981. Cronkite remained active throughout retirement. He died on July 17, 2009 in New York City. He was 92 years old.
Made up entirely of archival news and White House footage, this documentary captures the pageantry, absurdity, and mastery of the made-for-TV politics of Ronald Reagan.
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Robert Shaw: Man of Many Voices
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Our Man in Tehran
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Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words
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The Man Who Saved the World
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The Montagnards
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JFK: News of a Shooting
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Phonograph Conversations
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SS United States: Made in America
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Our Nixon
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Breaking News: The Collision of Journalism and Consumerism in a Democracy
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Moon Beat
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The Movie Orgy
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War Made Easy: How Presidents & Pundits Keep Spinning Us to Death
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Oswald's Ghost
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Mr. Untouchable
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Borrowing Time
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Mr. Conservative: Goldwater on Goldwater
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Toots
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The U.S. vs. John Lennon
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Call It Democracy
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Amandla!
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The Star Dreamer
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A love story that took 50 years to tell, "The Lost Weekend: A Love Story" explores the 18-month romantic relationship between John Lennon and his Chinese-American assistant May Pang,
