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The Edward R. Murrow Collection On DVD

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Actors: Edward R. Murrow, Howard K. Smith, Harry S. Truman, Richard Hottelet, Alexander Kendrick
Director: Fred W. FriendlySusan Steinberg
Genre: Biography
Year: N/A
Studio: New Video Group
Length: 6 hours, 33 minutes
Released: May 31, 2005
Rating: Not Rated
Format: Blu-Ray (NTSC/Region 1)
Misc: Color
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
   

 


 

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  • A journalist and commentator who is regarded among the very best in his profession, Edward R. Murrow has some of his finest moments collected here. Split into four parts, the program also includes a number of Murrow's peers, all of whom offer glowing testimonials to the revered media icon. Ted Koppel, Peter Jennings, and Barbara Walters start proceedings by discussing Murrow's life and career. This is followed by a compilation of clips from the television show SEE IT NOW, an early documentary show that saw the acclaimed presenter entering into numerous and varied situations to report on certain prescient issues of the day. The third part of the program takes place during the McCarthy era, showing how Murrow challenged the senator on many of his positions. Finally, the collection is completed with a popular Murrow-presented documentary on migrant farmworkers that caused a major alteration in the law as a result of its broadcast.

Actors: Edward R. Murrow, Howard K. Smith, Harry S. Truman, Richard Hottelet, Alexander Kendrick
Director: Fred W. FriendlySusan Steinberg
Genre: Biography
Year: N/A
Studio: New Video Group
Length: 6 hours, 33 minutes
Released: May 31, 2005
Rating: Not Rated
Format: Blu-Ray (NTSC/Region 1)
Misc: Color
Language: English
Subtitles: N/A
   

 


 

DESCRIPTION:

  • A journalist and commentator who is regarded among the very best in his profession, Edward R. Murrow has some of his finest moments collected here. Split into four parts, the program also includes a number of Murrow's peers, all of whom offer glowing testimonials to the revered media icon. Ted Koppel, Peter Jennings, and Barbara Walters start proceedings by discussing Murrow's life and career. This is followed by a compilation of clips from the television show SEE IT NOW, an early documentary show that saw the acclaimed presenter entering into numerous and varied situations to report on certain prescient issues of the day. The third part of the program takes place during the McCarthy era, showing how Murrow challenged the senator on many of his positions. Finally, the collection is completed with a popular Murrow-presented documentary on migrant farmworkers that caused a major alteration in the law as a result of its broadcast.

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