Ultra Rare! Cronkite Goodbye To Huntley, & Huntley – Brinkley Finale
That I know of, this old demo tape from long time Miami news man Bob Mayer is the best, and one of the only captures of Walter Cronkite’s farewell to Chet Huntley, which even includes an unheard of insert from Huntley. AND, immediately following the CBS News credit roll, is the final few minutes of ‘The Huntley – Brinkley Report’. All in good quality color.
This all happened July 31, 1970, fourteen years after their start on NBC on October 29, 1956.
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Awesome!
I love it – somebody walked in front of the NBC credit roll.
Old school for sure!
clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack!
liked it when ‘Uncle’ Walt had to lean back in his chair to get out of the closing credit shot
THANK YOU FOR THIS!!
Interesting issues covered in the newscast as well…
CBS credit roll is 100% men, NBC’s 95%.
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I must have been in master control during the WUFT broadcast with Bob Mayer! I recognize the voice of John Humphries doing the show open. Later worked with Norm Cook and Frank Slingland on Nightly.
You wouldn’t see that on TV today.