CBS Evening News July 31, 1970 Walter Cronkite Chet Huntley
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• Bob Mayer - 1969 - WUF... -- VIDEO STARTS AT 11:45 IN
Walter Cronkite says goodbye to Chet Huntley on the CBS Evening News. At the identical moment on NBC (see video) Chet Huntley was signing off for the last time. You can see the last segment of the final 'Huntley-Brinkley Report' on NBC at
• Final 'Huntley-Brinkle...
I finally got to see Walter praising and saying goodbye to Chet 48 years later.At the time they went head-to-head that night in my hometown of Atlantic City.Also I got to see it in color! Thanks for the upload!
I originally recorded this on 2" reel to reel tape at WTVJ/Miami. In the late 1980's, when our last 2" machine was about to be removed, I transferred all the 2" tapes I had onto 3/4" tape. In the late 90's I transferred all the 3/4" tapes to DVC Pro and just recently transferred the DVC Pro to DVD. For UA-cam, I simply played the DVD on my Plasma TV and recorded directly onto my digital camera. If I knew how to do it cleaner and better, I would. Thanks for asking.
Thanks for Posting this!...My father's name is at the end on the credits!
It is hard to believe Cronkite left the stage. There would be no one like him.
RIP Walter
(1916-2009)
We will all miss you...
Actually, Huntley's "personality" was straight-out, no-frills, no-nonsense - a contrast to David Brinkley's "wry" style of delivery and penchant for quips. Which was why "The Huntley-Brinkley Report" led the ratings pack from 1960 to 1967. And why Cronkite spoke of the loss to broadcast journalism, despite their being competitors.
And now a sad farewell to you, Walter. I was just a teen when you retired, but I remember you well and in fondness. RIP
probably still the"most trusted man in America".
RIP Cronkite!
Thank you very much for putting a timeline on that very cool "in color" reference! Do you remember that in some of the closes, Cronkite actually lit a pipe and sat back in his chair?
_The Huntley/Cronkite Report?!_ It'll never be the same! :)
0:34 - But that's the way it was: Friday, July 31, 1970.
I was there. It's over 50 years ago.
I'm Benjamin Moore, for CBS News New York.
Beautiful. Thank you.
excellent -- thank you... what kinds of other clips do you have? these are so helpful in illustrating the industry at that time.
Cronkite's last day was on March 6, 1981. You're on a roll here, Irish.
I think the "CBS eye in blue" slide was in effect from c.1965 (when the network started with regular color programming) through 1970.
As tumultuous as things were in 1970, I look at our world today and I miss "the good old days". 😮💨
@TomBarristerX - No . . . it was Harry Kramer, the "voice" of the "CBS Evening News" from the earliest days of Cronkite's stint in 1962, up to 1972 when Bob Hite succeeded him.
I remember that ending with the teletype machine, or whatever the hell it was.
wow, what class acts they are and having him show up from the other channel, wow.
There's something comforting about a news ticker.
Anyway, yeah, you gotta love the old school reporters. Classy, but tough.
How was that captured before home VCRs, I also heard footsteps at the end... so you must have had a telecine recorder or something like that...
I like the credit roll and the CBS eye in blue at the end.
I noticed they mentioned Rudi Bass as "Director of Graphic Arts" in the end credits. He created the font used here, CBS News 36, which was the basis for one of the first variable-spacing CG fonts, Vidifont 28 and 18.
The News Legend - Brilliant Post -
He did it again when Huntley died in 1974.
The "In Color" tag was always used between 1965 (when the "EVENING NEWS" went to color that September) and the fall of 1970, whenever the announcer introduced or closed the program. Usually, the CBS logo was accompanied by an announcer merely stating, "This is CBS".
ok, last time.. I see my remarks.. and on reviewing this vid see that Cronkites producer had Chet make a goodbye to Walter..Extremely rare kind of thing on network news, including mention of competitor. My commments are valid except, yes, Cronkite retired in 1981, not 80. One comment is an opinion, on Cronkites signoff, thought that one would have gotten a RISE outta someone. Hey, Vault, your Wilfred Brimley needs work..
@Stratman78
I believe the remaining 2" machines were donated to the Lynn and Louis Wolfson II Moving Image Archives, where all of WTVJ's archival images are sent after ten years. The Wolfson is located in the downtown campus of Miami Dade College.
"In color!"
No, it was staff announcer Harry Kramer.
good for you for grabbing this!
Yes, I do remember those moments, while the credits unfurled, when "Uncle Walter" would sit back and light his pipe contentedly. He wouldn't have "blaring music" opening and closing his program...no, just the credits (with announcer), and usually a long shot of the newsroom, with the sound of the teletype machines clattering away.
@thecardsaysmoops By any chance, do you know what WTVJ/Miami ended up doing with the 2" machines by any chance? Did they junk them or did another television station ended up using them?
Mr. Huntley passed away in 1974 from lung cancer (as you noted, them cigarettes). I recall around 1972, Mr. Huntley was doing ads for American Airlines.
P.S. I examined that teletype sound. It was a shade over 404 OPM. This was the fastest speed I've noticed used on TV and radio news broadcasts.
Interesting having credits at the end of the news.
Rather ran it into the ground decades before that -- after Roone Arledge was hired by ABC to finally create a competitive broadcast to CBS and NBC... This began the entertainmentization of news... And when CBS started to bewnd to these pressures, and teamed Dan with Connie CHung, then changed his hair style, then put him in a sweater -- Rather went along with every degradation to journalism. But he still had the power then to say no.
In This Clip, From 0:35 To 1:18, It Was CBS News' CBS Evening News With Walter Cronkite Video Close From Friday Evening, July 31, 1970.
What are the bumping noises and shaking logo about after the broadcast?
Get an editing program like Pinnacle Studio 10 or something similar. It doesn't have to be Final Cut Pro if you're just digitizing for UA-cam... Pinnacle can import from DVD-Video, Hi-8, MiniDV, VHS, etc...
I was just a child back then ,and HATED hearing," more Americans get their news from CBS ,than any other news station" . lol ......Time to go outside and play !
Who was the announcer on the Evening News. Seemed like the same guy for quite some time.
News ticker - teletype machine - how about synchronizing the sound effects with the music notes and rhythms?
Now that would be a news theme, instead of the in-your-face beats and swooshing sound effects.
Classy. From a better day for broadcast journalism.
Can't tell exactly, but it sounds like the teletype speed would've been around 404 OPM (operations per minute), or 66 speed.
(2) But he didn';t. He could have quit and gone to any network, even CNN .. but he later admitted to Brian Lamb on CSPAN that he wanted the giant audience. So he sold his soul, caved to CBS brass, and was the last barrier to total collapse of the news. He felt a greater loyalty to CBS than to journalism. He failed all of us.
Cronkite was not the only one who thought Huntley would get involved in politics in Montana (perhaps running for the U.S. Senate), but he never did. He died of lung cancer some four years later.
Was Huntley a Republican or Democrat?
He never really committed himself one way or the other. In an interview not long before his death, he said Democrats in Montana encouraged him to seek a U.S. Senate seat, while the Republicans approached him about running for governor. He cited that as evidence that he had been even-handed in his broadcasting career. His wife Tippy (who was a local TV personality in Washington before their marriage) was a Republican. After Chet died, she ran unsuccessfully for Congress in 1978. She later married actor William Conrad and managed the latter part of his career, including the TV series Jake and the Fatman. Talk about an interesting and varied life!
Chet Huntley's widow married William Conrad! When I saw the first post of her marrying Robert Conrad I nearly had a full blown conniption fit! YEOW!
I was a small child then. I never watched the news.
everything in color by 1967
what? a teletype machine? I think you mean the tribute. When Brokaw retired I think A competitor mentioned it on air. lol uncle walter is still on CBS Nightly News with intro for Katie..
chet was pushing up daisys in 1980 when waldo signed off and gave it to danny boy..
@ta1064 well said
I don't know about "choking a tear or two" - but it did seem he had somewhat of a twinkle in his eye.
Chet died in the 70's, too many cigs i believe, Cronkite left CBS in 1980, giving the broadcast to Dan Rather.. CBS had a retire at age 65 rule then i think.
That would never happen today
ken b ....You are right.
How did he get Chet to say "goodnight wallie?"
Maybe Chet did that while David was speaking on NBC, or Chet did that while NBC was posting the after-credit.
He actually said Goodbye & Good Luck Walter.
Cronkite called for a worldwide govt. and an end to U.S sovereignty in his 1996 book: "A Reporter's Life."