Ultra Rare! Cronkite Goodbye To Huntley, & Huntley – Brinkley Finale

On May 20, 2014 - TV History, Viewseum


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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11 Comments

  1. Bob Sewvello May 21, 2014

    You wouldn’t see that on TV today.

  2. Dave Jones May 20, 2014

    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.

  3. Dave Schreyer May 20, 2014

    😀

  4. Tom Roche May 20, 2014

    CBS credit roll is 100% men, NBC’s 95%.

  5. Peter W Marshall May 20, 2014

    Interesting issues covered in the newscast as well…

  6. Richard Oshen May 20, 2014

    THANK YOU FOR THIS!!

  7. Mike Clark May 20, 2014

    liked it when ‘Uncle’ Walt had to lean back in his chair to get out of the closing credit shot

  8. Bob Hollis May 20, 2014

    clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack! clack!

  9. Jim Sitton May 20, 2014

    Old school for sure!

  10. Jim Grey May 20, 2014

    I love it – somebody walked in front of the NBC credit roll.

  11. Kenneth M Johnson May 20, 2014

    Awesome!