The film is an educational piece hosted by iconic American newsman Walter Cronkite, who lends his gravitas to the proceedings. The film opens with “Uncle Walter” sonorously pontificating on ...

22, 1963. Only for the briefest moment, when he took off his glasses to blink back a tear, did Walter Cronkite show emotion at the news of President John F. Kennedy’s death.

Hailed as "the most trusted man in America" during his 18 years as anchor of the "CBS Evening News," Walter Cronkite first gained national recognition for his reporting from the battlefields of ...