Discover
Original Release
10/12/1961
US Release
10/12/1961
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Walter Cronkite | Self - Reporter / Narrator / Self |
| Howard K. Smith | Self - Reporter |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self |
| Eric Sevareid | Self - Reporter |
| Charles Collingwood | Self - Reporter |
| Harry Reasoner | Self - Reporter |
| Bill Leonard | Self - Reporter |
| Carl Sandburg | Self |
| Alexander Kendrick | Reporter |
| Charles Kuralt | Self - Reporter |
| # | Title | Air Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eisenhower on the Presidency: Part 1 | Thursday, 12 October 1961 |
| 2 | The Water Famine | Thursday, 19 October 1961 |
| 3 | Brazil: The Rude Awakening | Thursday, 02 November 1961 |
| 4 | The Balance of Terror: In Case of War | Thursday, 09 November 1961 |
| 5 | Eisenhower on the Presidency: Part 2 | Thursday, 23 November 1961 |
| 6 | Biography of a Bookie Joint | Thursday, 30 November 1961 |
| 7 | The Balance of Terror: Can We Disarm? | Thursday, 14 December 1961 |
| 8 | Walter Lippmann, Year End | Thursday, 21 December 1961 |
| 9 | East Germany: The Land Beyond the Wall | Thursday, 04 January 1962 |
| 10 | The Fat American | Thursday, 18 January 1962 |
| 11 | Death in the City Room | Thursday, 25 January 1962 |
| 12 | Carl Sandburg: Lincoln's Prairie Years | Thursday, 08 February 1962 |
| 13 | Eisenhower on the Presidency: Part 3 | Thursday, 15 February 1962 |
| 14 | Thunder on the Right | Thursday, 22 February 1962 |
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Walter Cronkite | Self - Reporter / Narrator / Self |
| Howard K. Smith | Self - Reporter |
| Dwight D. Eisenhower | Self |
| Eric Sevareid | Self - Reporter |
| Charles Collingwood | Self - Reporter |
| Harry Reasoner | Self - Reporter |
| Bill Leonard | Self - Reporter |
| Carl Sandburg | Self |
| Alexander Kendrick | Reporter |
| Charles Kuralt | Self - Reporter |
| Walter Lippmann | Self |
| Jay McMullen | Self - Narrator (partially) |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| Fred W. Friendly | Executive Producer |
| Edward Magruder Jones | Producer |
| David Lowe | Producer |
| Fred W. Friendly | Producer |
| Stephen Fleischman | Producer |
| Jay McMullen | Producer |
| Gene de Poris | Producer |
| David Buksbaum | Producer |
| Herbert Mitgang | Producer |
