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The Classic TV Archive - US Documentary
Series
Eyewitness
(1961-63)
Originally titled
"Eyewitness to History" title
shortened to "Eyewitness"
by the New Year of 1962.
Episode Guide
compiled by
The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox
references:
TV Guide /
Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (http://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive
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EYEWITNESS
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'CBS News' Production
US Documentary series 1961-63 30 minute documentary program.
Hosted by Walter Cronkite [1961-1962]
Hosted by Charles Collingwood [1962-1963]
Not to be confused with:
Eye Witness (NBC)(1953)
"Live" Mystery Anthology series, hosted by Lee Bowman
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CBS KOIN-TV Ch. 6 Oregon Fridays 10:30pm
[--] Eyewitness to History: THE U.N. IN PERIL
22Sep1961 CBS Fri [Premiere]
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
This weekly top news program brings you an analysis of the problems the United
Nations is facing following the tragic
death of Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, and a review of the sessions of the
UN General Assembly to date including
the tentatively scheduled speech of President Kennedy today. Richard C. Hottelet
reports from the UN, Walter Cronkite
is anchorman as usual, and Daniel Schorr is standing by in Berlin for whatever
repercussions may crop up in that quarter.[RF]
*Originally titled "Eyewitness to History" the title would be shortened by the
New Year.
[--] Eyewitness: THE MEN IN THE MIDDLE
29Sep1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
An examination of the neutral nations and their rising influence in the United
Nations. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: A PLACE TO HIDE
06Oct1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
A wide variety of opinions on the need for fallout shelters, the cost and
planning of individual and group shelters,
the ethics incolved for the householder who owns one, and the attitude prevalent
in the Soviet Union (quiet so as not
to arouse fear in the people) on any fallout effort there. Participating in this
roundup are Nobel Prize winner
Dr. Willard Libby, physicist Dr. Edward Teller, Rev. M.C. McHugh, householders,
contractors, members of the city council
of Livermore, California. (They're planning seven giant shelters for the town's
inhabitants) and CBS Moscow correspondent
Marvin Kalb. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: GUNFIRE ALONG THE WALL
13Oct1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
This week's terrorist tactics in East Berlin and the subsequent state of West
Berlin morale is the subject.
Dan Schorr interviews an East Berlin escapee, and an eyewitness of a shooting
incident and analyzes the
reasoning behind the latest tactical Soviet maneuvers. Also, Dick Hottelet
reports on the significance of
the Gromyko talks, and Bill Downs interviews West Germany's Ambassador to the
U.S. Wilhelm Grewe. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: 1980 - KHRUSHCHEV
20Oct1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The 22nd Communist Party Congress in Moscow includes films provided by the
Russians of the meetings
of the Congress itself, plus reports and analysis of Premier Khrushchev's speech
on Berlin, his 1980
blueprint of economic advance over the United States and an evaluation of his
remarks. Also, Walter Cronkite
compares on film the Moscow he knew in 1946 and Moscow today. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
27Oct1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Interview of Werner Von Braun following the highlights of the firing of the
Saturn missile. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE BIGGEST BOMB
03Nov1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
A report on Soviet nuclear testing and its effects on the United States. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
10Nov1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Queen Elizabeth's visit to Ghana is the subject for report. CBS correspondent
Blaine Littell has been in Ghana for a
few weeks now, filming scenes of village life in Accra, analyzing the current
economic picture of the land and commenting
on the question of possible U.S. aid in building the Volta Dam. Also Queen
Elizabeth's arrival and her reception will
be filmed. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
17Nov1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
President Kennedy's trip out West this week is the subject for report. His
arrival in Seattle, Washington Thursday,
his foreign policy speech at the University of Washington in the afternoon, his
address at the testimonial dinner for
Senator Warren Magnuson in the evening, and his arrival in Phoenix, Arizona are
covered. George Herman CBS White House
correspondent will be on hand as your special guide. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
24Nov1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
An analysis of the Finland-Russian crisis as President Kekkonen meets with
Premier Khrushchev. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
01Dec1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The crisis in Vietnam with correspondent Peter Kalischer, interviewing President
Diem's official
hostess sister-in-law Mme. Nhu showing films of a jungle patrol, illustration
the physical terrain
of the country as a whole and analyzing the complications and the conflicts
involved in its future. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
08Dec1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis: No Details
[--] Eyewitness:
15Dec1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The President's trip to South America is the subject.
In addition to a tape showing the arrival of the President and Mrs. Kennedy in
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Dick Hottelet discusses the next stop on the President's agenda, Venezula from
his Caracas
vantage point, and Charles Kuralt briefs you from his spot in Bogota, the
President's third and last
stop on the weekend trip. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
22Dec1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
President Kennedy's plans are reported on-the-spot story of the
Kennedy-Macmillan conference
in Bermuda with Eric Sevareid and George Herman. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: REMEMBER 1961?
29Dec1961 CBS Fri
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
A review of memorable events of 1961, from President Kennedy's inauguration
including Robert
Frost's fascinating conflict with the sunshine; Commander Shepard's manshoot;
Gagarin's orbital
shot; Hammarskjold's funeral; the World Series; the Miss America Contest etc. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE SHAPE OF '62
05Jan1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
CBS correspondents discuss major world problems like Berlin, China, Russia, the
U.N., space, etc., and their
probable course in '62. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
12Jan1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Excerpts from President Kennedy's State of the Union message; comments on the
legislation involved
from Chairman Wilbur D. Mills of the Ways and Means Committee and Speaker of the
House John W.
McCormack and a gander at the social whirl of political Washington are featured.
[RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
19Jan1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr. whose orbit shoot has been delayed from Tuesday
January 23, to Wednesday
January 24 and Astronaut Glenn's personal drives, the attitude of his parents
and friends, Cape Canaveral's
on-the-spot status regarding the shoot and some technical information the layman
can understand are reported. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE CASE OF CUBA
26Jan1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
A review of this week's Conference of Foreign Ministers of the organization of
American states in Punta del Este,
Uruguay are reported through films of the meetings and interviews with U.S.
representatives at the conference,
the progress of the resolution to censure Cuba and the attitudes of the
individual Latin American countries to its
overtones will be explored. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
02Feb1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The news story concerns itself with audience reaction to television programming
in key cities from coast to coast
including Washington D.C., Houston Texas and Portland Maine among others. CBS
correspondent George Herman
interviews FCC Chairman Newton Minow about the commission's hearings on network
television. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: DARK HORSE
09Feb1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
A study of Mr. George Romney of Michigan, whose entry into the political fold as
Republican candidate for Governor
of his state will be decided this week. In addition an interview by Walter
Cronkite and a commentary from Bernard
Eismann on the Michigan political scene, Mrs. Romney's participation in the
Michigan constitutional convention,
films of stockholders' meeting of the American Motors Corporation and a segment
on the Romney family are included. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
16Feb1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Bobby and Ethel Kennedy in Indonesia are the subject of this on-the-spot report.
[RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
23Feb1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Highlights of the ceremonies honoring Lt. Col. John Glenn.
[--] Eyewitness:
02Mar1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The case of Gary Francis Powers and some of the questions which have arisen
following his ill-fated U-2 flight
over the Soviet Union. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
09Mar1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Continuing story of the unique case of Gary Francis Powers with an analysis of
the findings of the special board
of inquiry on his performance during the fateful U-2 flight, filmed excerpts of
his testimony at the August 1960,
Moscow trial, and comment on his testimony before the Senate Armed Services
Committee, there's an interview
with intelligence expert Ian Fleming by correspondent Hughes Rudd in Jamaica,
British West Indies on the
questions the case poses in the field of international law. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
16Mar1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Highlights of Mrs. John F. Kennedy's trip.
[--] Eyewitness:
23Mar1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
President Kennedy's one-day visit to California including his address at
University of California at Berkeley
and inspection of missile sites at Vandenberg Air Force Base. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: CUBA TODAY
30Mar1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
Recent films of the trials of invasionary forces and a Mardi Gras celebration
are shown. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE DANGER LANE
06Apr1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The present Russian inspired crisis along the Berlin air corridor is the danger
lane
story with an interview of General Lucius Clay flying on a plane through the
corridor. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
13Apr1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
A special program involving the price increase in the steel industry and the
reaction of Government and labor to it. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: ALGERIA - A PROBE INTO ITS PRESENT AND FUTURE
20Apr1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
[--] Eyewitness:
27Apr1962
Host Walter Cronkite
Synopsis:
The report covers the subject of American resumption of nuclear testing in the
atmosphere. Highlights will include
comments and reaction from London, Moscow and Geneva by correspondents
on-the-spot, plus statements from such public
figures as former U.N. Ambassador James J. Wadsworth and Ambassador Arthur Dean,
test ban negotiator in Geneva. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
04May1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
A report on Soviet Cosmonaut Major Gherman Titov's visit to the U.S. this week
and the
day-to-day coverage of his sightseeing tour of Washington with Mrs. Titov, the
joint Glenn-
Titov press conference at the COSPAR meeting, the Soviet Embassy press
conference and reception. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
11May1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The program concerns the United States stake in Vietnam. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
18May1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
no detail
[--] Eyewitness:
25May1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The report will be on Cuba of today as seen first hand by correspondent Charles
Kuralt
and his camera crew just back from a 25-day tour of Havana. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: INDIANAPOLIS 500
01Jun1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
Memorial Day's greatest sports show the Indianapolis 500. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
08Jun1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The Democratic state convention in Springfield, Mass., for a consensus on the
party's backing of its two senate contenders.
As a matter of record, both Edward (Ted) Kennedy and Edward McCormack have said
they will run in the forthcoming primary.[RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE FLIGHT FROM FAMINE
15Jun1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The report covers the story of the Hong Kong refugees up to the present hour.
Film footage of the situation in Macao
and Hong Kong and interviews with the most recent refugee arrivals in the United
States, a report on the controversial
question of sending surplus food to China. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: FIGHT OVER MEDICARE
22Jun1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The battle raging for and against the administration's medicare bill (King-
Anderson Bill by name) and centers on its
current status in the House Ways and Means Committee where it is under active
consideration. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
29Jun1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The President and Mrs. Kennedy spend the first day of their visit to Mexico.
Their activites like arrival motorcade
to Mexican President Lopez Mateo's residence in Los Pinos outside Mexico City,
luncheon at the President's palace where
Mrs. Kennedy may be heard greeting her hosts in Spanish and speeches by
President Kennedy and President Lopez. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
06Jul1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
no detail
[--] Eyewitness:
13Jul1962
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The top story on the news front, focuses on-the-spot up-to-the-minute review of
the doctors' strike in Saskatchewan.
Bernard Eisman appears at his momentary post in Saskatchewan and Charles
Collingwood is anchorman from New York. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE FUGITIVE FINANCIERS
20Jul1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Kuralt
Synopsis:
Barring unforseen developments on the top news front, tonight's half hour
explores the current habits and habitat
of the four fugitives from prosecution, Edward Gilbert, Lowell Birrell, Benjack
Cage and Earl Belle, who've found
a have in Brazil. Charles Kuralt has talked to all of them and gives us some
on-the-spot information on their general
state of mind. In addition,Kuralt's interview with Earl Belle, background
memorabilia on their financial hijunks and
the unratified state of our extradition treaty with Brazil are included. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
27Jul1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
Except for an unusual news break, tonight's report examines the deadlock between
President Kennedy
and Congress on the subject of major domestic legislation. There'll be
interviews with Congressional leaders,
representatives of the Executive departments and with government and American
history scholars, to
determine whether any basic operating changes are taking place in the roles of
the Congress and the Administration. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE ALBANY MOVEMENT
03Aug1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
All things being equal on the top news front, tonight's report comes to you from
Albany, Ga., where
correspondent Hughes Rudd and his camera crew bring you interviews with white
and Negro leaders
on the status of "The Albany Movement" from the legal, moral, social and
governmental point of view. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: WHO KILLED MARILYN MONROE?
10Aug1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
A consideration of the life and times of Marilyn Monroe, including interviews
with close friends of the
late actress, comments on the Hollywood star system by leading figures in the
motion picture industry.
Also excerpts from some of the films in which she appeared. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
17Aug1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
Another program on the reserves was scheduled for this slot but as soon as the
producers heard
that the Russians had sent two cosmonauts into space, all previous plans were
changed.
A discussion of this new Russian achievement and what it means to our space
program is expected to be on plus any
film that's available by air time. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: THE DEACTIVATION OF THE RESERVISTS
24Aug1962 CBS KOIN-TV Ch 6 Fri 10:30pm [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The story of the deactivation of the 150,000 reservists who were called up
during the Berlin crisis. Using a combat
support company of the 32nd Division, 128th Infantry. Wisconsin National Guard (Platville,
Wis.) as it's major focal
point, the show will try to answer some of the questions surrounding the reserve
issue. Scenes of the men training
at Fort Lewis, Wash. and their return home will be seen. Defense Secretary
Robert McNamara will be interviewed along
with many of the reservists. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness: REVERSE TOURISM
31Aug1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
As of press time this program has again scheduled the show on "Reverse Tourism"
which was originally set for last
week. Program traces the success of this year's U.S. campaign to bring Europeans
to our shores for a change.
A group of French tourists are followed as they travel around America. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
07Sep1962
no detail
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[--] Eyewitness: THE COMMUNIST SQUEEZE
14Sep1962 CBS KOIN-TV Ch 6 Fri 10:30pm [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
Through interviews and reports from Berlin, Washington and Havana, Friday's
program tries to assess the intesity
of the current round of communist threats in Berlin and Cuba as well as the
pressures put on the President to
strengthen his course of action. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
21Sep1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
An up-to-the-minute report on the progress of the America's Cup races between
the U.S.'s Weatherly and Australia's Gretel.
In addition to films of the races themselves, there'll be coverage of the
enthusiastic watchers in Newport, and a history
of the race over the years. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
28Sep1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
All things being equal on the news front, Friday's report will explore the case
of James Meredith, the University
of Mississippi, and Governor Ross Barnett. [RF]
[--] Eyewitness:
05Oct1962
Host Charles Collingwood
no detail
[--] Eyewitness:
12Oct1962 [Oregonian]
Host Charles Collingwood
Synopsis:
The opening ceremonies of the 21st Ecumenical Council of the Roman Catholic
Church in the Vatican highlight this report,
along with scenes of the processions which precede them, and interviews with
participating Cardinals and non-Catholoic
observers from all over the World. [RF]
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