Edward R. Murrow Was Here

Legendary CBS newsman Edward R. Murrow covers the London Blitz from Trafalgar Square on August 24, 1940. This was one of the first broadcasts to bring a war live to American radio audiences.

This home video of the scene is from May 2007.

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[northisfrore]

wheels 773..did you cut the clip in certain sections??

[wheels773]

I did not edit the audio, but I think this clip I found was an edited version of the original longer version.

[zimbuffwe]

Murrow was the best. What descriptive narration. No pictures necessary.

[HobieTyourtube]

Haunting!!-----I was right there with him

Ed Murrow-was a special person in a time of desperation

Steve.

[cogidubnus1953]

@kaymad And an awful lot of us didn't you know...those who did are, in my slightly biased view, a bunch of simpering mindless tits

[Willbutler]

the blitz actually started on september 7th, but all the same,, murrow is brilliant and this is piece of contemporary history is sacred

[dcbandnerd]

"It looks like a ship passing in the night."

Poetry, meet journalism.

[tomasmarec]

Great. Thanks!

[kaymad]

@pvelectric The brits kind of negated the stiff upper lip thing when they made fools of themselves over Princess Diana's death. How far the mighty have fallen.

[abisset1]

the man is a poet.

[pbarrett]

Wonderful!!

[pvelectric]

the legendary stiff upper lip o' the brits is keen. ah those spoiled americans, with their running willy-nilly about because some high buildings fell down upon themselves.

how far has been the fall of the great!

[stevevandien]

This is REPORTING. (And this is a journalist speaking:)). Thanks to Murrow's great skill with the English language, he created precise images with words; and what a voice. Not to mention his willingness to risk his life for the story. Extraordinary.