Cronkite, Walter

Overview

Works:	1,594 works in 2,747 publications in 5 languages and 49,335 library holdings
Genres:	Biographies History Documentary films Autobiographies Drama Nonfiction films Anecdotes Personal narratives Catalogs Local history
Roles:	Narrator, Author, Interviewee, Commentator, Performer, Actor, Writer of accompanying material, Host, Speaker, Reporter, Other, Interviewer, Contributor, Editor, Author of introduction, Producer, Director
Classifications:	PN4874.C84, 070.92

Publication Timeline

Most widely held works about Walter Cronkite

A reporter's life by Walter Cronkite( Book )
Cronkite by Douglas Brinkley( Book )
Around America : a tour of our magnificent coastline by Walter Cronkite( Book )
Cronkite's war : his World War II letters home by Walter Cronkite( Book )
Conversations with Cronkite by Walter Cronkite( Book )

A reporter's life by Walter Cronkite( Recording )
Assignment to Hell : the war against Nazi Germany with correspondents Walter Cronkite, Andy Rooney, A.J. Liebling, Homer Bigart, and Hal Boyle by Timothy M Gay( Book )
Walter Cronkite : his life and times by Doug James( Book )
Cronkite by Douglas Brinkley( Recording )
Walter Cronkite : the most trusted man in America by Paul Westman( Book )
Cronkite remembers by Walter Cronkite( Recording )
60 minutes( Visual )
60 minutes( Visual )
The Playboy interviews : larger than life( Book )
Walter Cronkite : this is Walter Cronkite by Paula Taylor( Book )
Cronkite remembers( Visual )
Vietnam : chronicle of a war by CBS News( Visual )
Cronkite's war : his World War II letters home by Walter Cronkite( Recording )
Assignment to hell by Timothy M Gay( )
Walter Cronkite : eyewitness to history( Visual )

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Most widely held works by Walter Cronkite

4 little girls by Spike Lee( Visual )

4 editions published between 2000 and 2010 in English and held by 1,226 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

When a bomb tears through the basement of a black Baptist church on a peaceful fall morning, it takes the lives of four young girls; Denise McNair, Carole Robertson, Cynthia Wesley and Addie Mae Collins. This racially motivated crime, taking place at a time when the civil rights movement is burning with a new flame, could have doused that flame forever. Instead it fuels a nation's outrage and brings Birmingham, Alabama to the forefront of America's concern

We interrupt this broadcast : relive the events that stopped our lives-- from the Hindenburg to the death of Princess Diana by Joe Garner( Recording )

2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 1,180 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An illustrated book and two audio CDs provide actual news broadcasts and background information for 38 events of the 20th century

Outfoxed : Rupert Murdoch's War on Journalism by Robert Greenwald( Visual )

13 editions published between 2004 and 2005 in English and held by 1,171 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This documentary contends that the Rupert Murdoch-owned Fox News Channel (FNC) has a strong conservative bias in its news reporting practices. Includes interviews with former Fox News employees: anchors, analysts, producers, public relation specialists, and segment graphic designers; examines some of the inter-office memos these former employees provide. Also includes many clips from Fox News broadcasts

Network by Sidney Lumet( Visual )

4 editions published between 2006 and 2014 in English and held by 1,089 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A satirical look at the politics and power-struggles of television executives as network news anchorman Howard Beale (Finch) turns the tables on the "ratings". He goes from dispassionate newscaster to national folk hero with his famous battle cry, "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" Faye Dunaway is the vicious Vice President of Programming. William Holden is the News Division President. Robert Duvall is the cold hatchet man for the corporation

Eye on the world by Walter Cronkite( Book )

8 editions published between 1911 and 1971 in English and Undetermined and held by 934 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

South by southeast by Ray G Ellis( Book )

1 edition published in 1983 in English and held by 717 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Passage from Maryland to Key West, Florida, with accompanying text by Walter Cronkite and watercolor illustrations by Ray Ellis. Includes a section on Charleston, South Carolina

North by northeast by Ray G Ellis( Book )

5 editions published in 1986 in English and French and held by 660 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes 110 captioned color reproductions of oil paintings of scenes from Cape May to the Canadian border by Ray Ellis

Liberty's kids : the complete series( Visual )

8 editions published between 2002 and 2017 in English and held by 550 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Travel back in time with Benjamin Franklin's teenage reporters as they confront the real and physical dangers of the American Revolution. Trapped in opposite sides of the war - James an American colonist and Sarah a young English reporter are forced to choose between friendship and allegiance to their countries. All while they try to look after mischievous Henri, a French boy whose comical escapades constantly lead to trouble. Journey through history and discover the high points of the American Revolution through this fun and animated educational adventure!"--Container

The sixties chronicle( Book )

2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 547 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Explores the turbulent decade of the 1960s with hundreds of compelling photographs that capture the drama and emotions of the era, both domestic and abroad

McCarthy years( Visual )

12 editions published between 1991 and 2017 in English and Undetermined and held by 522 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Narrated by former CBS News anchorman Walter Cronkite, The McCarthy Years turns back the clock to the 1950s, a time when the country lurched into a murky period of blacklists and witch-hunts for alleged Communists, all led by a young Senator named Joseph McCarthy. Murrow's broadcasts from the 1950s show McCarthy's abuse of power and signal the emergence of television news as an influential force in American life. Features footage of Roy Cohn, Bobby Kennedy, and McCarthy's denunciation of Murrow

Korean War Stories by Robert Uth( Visual )

11 editions published between 2000 and 2005 in English and held by 503 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Veterans share their stories of the "Forgotten War", reminding the viewer of the human and social costs the Korean war had on America. Interviewees include Senators John Glenn and John S. Warner, baseball player Ted Williams, musician Willie Nelson, former Secretary of State James Baker, Rep. Charles Rangel, LtCol Charles B. "Brad" Smith, Gen. Raymond Davis, and others

Liberty's kids : the complete series( Visual )

8 editions published between 2002 and 2013 in English and held by 454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Travel back in time with Benjamin Franklin's teenage reporters as they confront the real and physical dangers of the American Revolution. Trapped in opposite sides of the war, James an American colonist and Sarah a young English reporter are forced to choose between friendship and allegiance to their countries. All while they try to look after mischievous Henri, a French boy whose comical escapades constantly lead to trouble

The dream is alive by Graeme Ferguson( Visual )

20 editions published between 1985 and 2008 in English and held by 441 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Go into space alongside the astronauts on the space shuttle. Experience working in zero gravity, and eating and sleeping in orbit. Witness the first spacewalk by an American woman, and the capture and repair of a satellite

Holocaust : in memory of millions( Visual )

12 editions published between 1993 and 2000 in English and held by 419 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

From the halls of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Walter Cronkite chronicles the entire story of the Holocaust-- from the rise of the Nazi party and their plan to exterminate the Jewish people, to tales of incredible bravery among Holocaust survivors and those who liberated the concentration camps. Combines original footage and personal photographs with oral histories by those who survived

Trust and terror : new demands for crisis information dissemination and management( )

4 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 407 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

A proposal to expand the role of U.S. libraries in crisis information dissemination and management

Dispatches from the former evil empire by Richard Threlkeld( Book )

3 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Recounts the experiences of Richard Threlkeld and his wife, Betsy Aaron, as they spend three years reporting from Moscow and meet a variety of people from throughout Russia, including reindeer herders from the Arctic and Kuzbass coal miners

The challenges of change by Walter Cronkite( Book )

3 editions published in 1971 in English and held by 397 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Save the birds by A. W Diamond( Book )

2 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 386 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Describes the major natural environments of the earth from the tropics to the polar regions, the roles played in those ecosystems by birds, and the effects that humans have on them

The Edward R. Murrow collection( Visual )

2 editions published in 2005 in English and held by 375 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An exploration of "the life and groundbreaking work of Edward R. Murrow, America's most esteemed broadcast journalist"--Container

Trade secrets of Washington journalists : how to get the facts about what's going on in Washington by Steve Weinberg( Book )

1 edition published in 1981 in English and held by 368 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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