TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


Biography

History Timetable

Pre WWII

World War II

(1939-1945)

Buchenwald
(1945-
The Holocaust)

"Hear It Now"
(1950)

"See It Now"
(1951-1958)

McCarthy Era
(1954)

"Harvest of Shame"
(1960)

Recommended 
Texts/Recordings

Recommended
Websites

Film:
"Good Night,  
And Good Luck"






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The Broadcasts of 
Edward R. Murrow:
An Appreciation of
The Man & His Words

A Resource for
Social Studies
teachers & students 


©2005 
Frank Baker,
media educator

Edward R. Murrow


RECOMMENDED TEXTS/VIDEOS/RECORDINGS

Texts:

Broadcasts from the Blitz:
How Edward R. Murrow Helped Lead America into War

by Philip Seib (Publisher: Potomac Books, 2006)

Tell Me No Lies:
Investigative Journalism That Changed the World
(Publisher:
Thunder's Mouth Press, 2005)

Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism
by Bob Edwards (Hardback, Publisher: Wiley, 2004-also available in audiobook)

Reporting America At War  An Oral History
By Michelle Ferrari (Hardback, Publisher: Hyperion, 2003)

World War II On The Air Edward R. Murrow and the Broadcasts 
That Riveted a Nation 
(Text/CD combination, 2003)
(Publisher: Source Books)

Murrow His Life and Times  by A.M. Sperber
(Publisher: Fordham Univ Press, 1999)

With Heroic Truth: The Life of Edward R. Murrow
(Publisher: Clarion, 1997)

Edward R. Murrow An American Original, by Joseph E. Persico
(Paperback, Publisher: Dell, 1988)

Prime Time The Life of Edward R. Murrow
Alexander Kendrick (Paperback, Pub: Little, Brown, 1971)

Witness to War:  This Is London  by Edward R. Murrow
(Paperback, Publisher: Schocken Books, 1969)

Due to Circumstances Beyond our Control....
by Fred W. Friendly (Paperback, Publ: Vintage, 1968)

In Search of Light  The Broadcasts of Edward R. Murrow 1938-1961
(Hardback, Publisher Knopf, 1967)

See It Now: A Selection In Text and Pictures
Edited by Edward R. Murrow and Fred W. Friendly
(Publisher: Simon and Schuster, 1955)

Video recordings:

DVD
Edward R. Murrow - The Best of Person to Person (1953)
Producer: Koch Vision


DVD:  The Edward R. Murrow Collection ( 3-DVD set)
Includes: This Reporter; The Best of See It Now;  Harvest Of Shame
Producer: New Video Group

DVD:
BIOGRAPHY: Edward R. Murrow: Voice of America
Producer: A&E

DVD: McCarthy Years (Hosted by Walter Cronkite)
Producer: New Video Group

Streaming clips:
javascript:openWindow('http://streams.wgbh.org/online/play.php?xml=wcla/murrow/Murrow1_audio.xml&template=wcla_audio',403,506); Listen to Edward R. Murrow's Jan 1959 appearance on Press and the People (29:21)

javascript:openWindow('http://streams.wgbh.org//online/play.php?xml=wcla/murrow/Murrow1.xml&template=wcla_video',403,506); Watch Edward R. Murrow's Jan 1959 appearance on Press and the People (29:21)


Person to Person - Liberace clip   Person to Person - Sophia Loren clip

Person to Person - Marlon Brando clip   Person to Person - John F. Kennedy clip

Person to Person Marilyn Monroe



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