JFK Assassination (CBS Coverage) - Part 1/10 (1963)

RIP Walter Cronkite 1916-2009

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Cronkite is vividly remembered by many Americans for breaking the news of the death of President Kennedy on Friday, November 22, 1963. Cronkite had been standing at the United Press International wire machine in the CBS newsroom as the bulletin of the President's shooting broke and clamored to get on the air to break the news. However, cameras were not ready for use and Cronkite would be forced to break the news without them while one warmed up.

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[MultiHLH]

Such a sad day. I was in the 8th grade in study hall when a teacher flew into the room and told us. Awful weekend. On a lighter note, it's kinda fun to see that commercials were as inane and brainless as they are today. Also, "Nancy, you're such a good housekeeper"... would never make it on the air today!!!!!!!

[MiscVideos78rpm]

@MultiHLH - Interesting story! Thanks for sharing! :)

[tmattrope]

What's wild about this video is the same actors were in the show for years, two of them until almost the very end of the series (2010). It's very cool seeing historic shows like this one, which was #1 and had HUGE ratings compared to today's soaps!

[MiscVideos78rpm]

@tmattrope - Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[jlomax]

Wow thank you so much for posting! I know for SURE my mom was watching this as well! She always watched As the world turns...I was 3 years old so I must have been home with her at the time and my brother and sister were at school and the teachers sent everyone home early.

[MiscVideos78rpm]

@jlomax - You're welcome! Glad you enjoyed it!  :)

[aMarinedaughter]

I really appreciate being able to see this, because it is what my mother was watching at the time it all happened. Mom was ironing and my little brother was on the floor playing. My sister and I were at school. It's been almost half a century, now, but is still very vivid in my memory, as with most Americans who were born by the mid 1950s. On a lighter note, my mother still watches As the World Turns every day, at age 82!

[RightWingHunter666]

Wow thanks for uploading this. This is like catnip for history geeks like myself.

[Superbook4Eva]

@Steve122354 Thank you for answering that question. I have been trying to figure out who that lady was ever since I first saw that commercial. It makes me laugh every time I watch it despite what was to come. I looked Cass Daley up on Wikipedia and it seems the circumstances of her own death were quite tragic.

[Superbook4Eva]

@elkinsinboxinc This was indeed done live. Helen Wagner (Nancy) later remembered that she and Santos Ortega (Grandpa) finished their scene despite the bulletin interruption, and that the actors weren't told until that last commercial break (with the puppy chow commercial - in part 2) that the president had been shot and the remainder of the show was being canceled.

[TwoUselessLegs]

My goodness, if only Mrs. Kennedy had used Niagara starch

on her husband's collar, it might have stopped that pesky bullet!

[cryptosquid]

I thought they said Viagra Spray at first. Yikes.

[docmartenialation]

sweaters, such drama

[ADAMSIXTIES]

I know what most housewives were thinking--the heck with JFK, I need some Niagra for my curtains ;-P

[TheTheRealBeast007]

Skip to part 2 for the cbs news part

[TheTheRealBeast007]

Niagra for the win! lol