Walter Cronkite means so much to us because he was a journalist who showed that the news could affect him and his perspective, and that he was capable of something most corporate Mainstream Media "journalists" today are incapable of: Cronkite was able to form judgments from the facts that he reported. More importantly, he was able to ascertain facts from government and corporate propaganda: an ability almost totally absent from the national corporate press corps.

This 3 DVD collector's boxed set (in an embossed tin) reminds us of what a reassuring presence Cronkite was, not because of his authority, but because of his credbility. He was the reassuring uncle and who could protect us because he wasn't a stenographer; he was a reporter who interpreted the information before him.

No, he was no flaming rebel; he was the quintissential Midwesterner (born in Missouri, the "show me" state) who applied common sense and wisdom to what he observed.

Box Set Description:

"Walter Cronkite Remembers - A Remarkable Century - 3 DVD Collector's Embossed Tin! Relive what happened during this last century, as America's most trusted newsman shares his personal eyewitness experiences and insights gained from his front row seat to the 20th Century. Experience the gripping scenes caught by camera and broadcast to the world. Some of the events covered in this award-winning six hour documentary include: The Great Depression, the rise of organized crime, World War I, World War II, The Cold War, the raising of the Iron Curtain, the fall of the Berlin Wall, civil rights, women's rights, the race for space, a man on the moon, a president assassinated, a president resigning. Plus, we learn about a country called Vietnam, missiles in October and a place called the Bay of Pigs. This revealing program features never-before broadcast home movies and still photos from the Cronkite family, plus rare historic film, newsreel clips and photos from CBS News Archives, the Library of Congress, the National Archives, United Press and AP Photo, among dozens of other national, university, state, city and private archives."

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