You Are There: The Capture of John Wilkes Booth (September 6, 1953)

Walter Cronkite hosted this educational series where historical events were treated as if a television (and earlier, radio) news crew was there to cover the events. This episode covered the search and capture of John Wilkes Booth following his assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
This broadcast featured an early role for DeForest Kelley.
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[@ronbelew9693]

I wonder if Cronkite thought of the broadcast a little more than ten years later when he covered the Kennedy assassination?

[@mistervacation23]

Nothing has changed except you are there

[@byrd56]

The cast included actors who went on to play Dr. McCoy from "Star Trek", Grandma from "The Waltons", and Sheriff Lobo from "BJ and the Bear" + "The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo".

[@jeffmiller6954]

DeForest Kelley showed up in quite as few things, as did other Star Trek cast members. Kelley was one of the older actors in the main cast, more than a decade older than Shatner and Nimoy -- IIRC he was in a lot of Westerns.

[@cgrable8342]

Was Claude Akins in everything? Loved this series, still relevant!

[@tangledwebb5044]

I had a 2nd and 3rd grade Math teacher that was a descendant of Dr. Mudd.

[@russelljohnson2008]

"I'm a doctor, not a government agent."

[@beantoes9627]

The camera work is amazing. So few cuts

[@torgman]

1,700 miles?!

[@jameslohman271]

A show like gus should be brought back,

[@sorenpx]

I can't imagine CBS even considering doing something like this today. It's too American, too traditional.