And some of those reporters, one in particular, would later have a major impact on television. Here's Dick Cavett with more context for that CBS news bulletin we just played. I suspect what you heard in that video is a composite. At the height of the war in Europe, Edward R. Murrow went on several Allied bombing runs over Berlin. Here is his account of a bombing mission from December 3, 1943.
All radio needs to do to progress is to go backward, to a time when it was proud, alert and fast.
He is the idol of everyone with a shred of responsibility in their bones, particularly us old timers. So when Edward R. Murrow talks, we listen. We'll hear more from the impact Murrow had on TV next week. So World War II brought the development of television to a screeching halt. Host is former NBC News correspondent Edwin Newman who describes some power we've seen in television.