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The Twentieth Century

8.1 / 10 | United States
1957 | Documentary | History
The Twentieth Century is a long-running CBS documentary television series that aired from 1957 to 1966, sponsored throughout its run by the Prudential Insurance Company and narrated by Walter Cronkite. Drawing on the resources of CBS News, the series produced both historical compilation documentaries and originally photographed contemporary reports, presenting major political, cultural, scientific, and social developments that shaped the modern world. Episodes combined newsreel footage, eyewitness testimony, and on-location reporting, covering subjects ranging from global conflicts and political change to arts, science, and international social transformation. Popular with audiences and critically respected, the series functioned as a formative model for later American television documentary programming and helped establish the compilation-documentary format as a central mode of broadcast nonfiction.

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Cast List (73)

Peter Poor
Peter Poor
Director
Willard Van Dyke
Willard Van Dyke
Director
Nicholas Webster
Nicholas Webster
Director
Robert K. Sharpe
Robert K. Sharpe
Director
Wade Bingham
Wade Bingham
Director
Av Westin
Av Westin
Director
Harry Rasky
Harry Rasky
Director
Burton Benjamin
Burton Benjamin
Director
Earle Luby
Earle Luby
Director
Castleton Knight
Castleton Knight
Director
Stephen Fleischman
Stephen Fleischman
Director
Don Hewitt
Don Hewitt
Director
Norton Bloom
Norton Bloom
Director
Roger Barlow
Roger Barlow
Director
Roger Englander
Roger Englander
Director
Irv Drasnin
Irv Drasnin
Director
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Narrator
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Self - Host
Walter Cronkite
Walter Cronkite
Self - Narrator
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr
Reporter
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr
Self - Reporter
Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun
Self
Howard K. Smith
Howard K. Smith
Self - Reporter
Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco
Self
Winston Burdett
Winston Burdett
Self - Reporter
Alexander Kendrick
Alexander Kendrick
Self
Charles Kuralt
Charles Kuralt
Reporter
Axel von dem Bussche
Axel von dem Bussche
Self
Richard Hottelet
Richard Hottelet
Reporter
Alexander Kendrick
Alexander Kendrick
Reporter
Charles Kuralt
Charles Kuralt
Self
Countess Nina Von Stauffenberg
Countess Nina Von Stauffenberg
Self
Bill Shipley
Bill Shipley
Self - Prudential Insurance Spokesperson
Krafft A. Ehricke
Krafft A. Ehricke
Self
Winston Burdett
Winston Burdett
Interviewer
Peter Kalischer
Peter Kalischer
Reporter
Alexander Kendrick
Alexander Kendrick
CBS News Correspondent
Haile Selassie
Haile Selassie
Self
Blaine Littell
Blaine Littell
Reporter
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Eugen Gerstenmaier
Self
Austin Goodrich
Austin Goodrich
Reporter
Earle Luby
Earle Luby
Writer
Burton Benjamin
Burton Benjamin
Writer
James Benjamin
James Benjamin
Writer
Sidney Hertzberg
Sidney Hertzberg
Writer
Marvin Kalb
Marvin Kalb
Writer
Marshall Flaum
Marshall Flaum
Writer
Daniel Schorr
Daniel Schorr
Writer
Elizabeth Bowen
Elizabeth Bowen
Writer
S.L.A. Marshall
S.L.A. Marshall
Writer
Harry Rasky
Harry Rasky
Writer
John Davenport
John Davenport
Writer
Don Whitehead
Don Whitehead
Writer
Stephen Fleischman
Stephen Fleischman
Writer
Emmet John Hughes
Emmet John Hughes
Writer
Ray Josephs
Ray Josephs
Writer
Don Kellerman
Don Kellerman
Writer
Andy Logan
Andy Logan
Writer
John Sharnik
John Sharnik
Writer
Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle
Writer
Don Miller
Don Miller
Writer
Philip H. Reisman Jr.
Philip H. Reisman Jr.
Writer
Marvin Barrett
Marvin Barrett
Writer
Craig Gilbert
Craig Gilbert
Writer
Peter Kalischer
Peter Kalischer
Writer
Robert W. Rice
Robert W. Rice
Writer
Walter Wager
Walter Wager
Writer
Robert Shaplen
Robert Shaplen
Writer
Richard Witkin
Richard Witkin
Writer
Jules Koslow
Jules Koslow
Writer
Irwin Ross
Irwin Ross
Writer
Roger Butterfield
Roger Butterfield
Writer
Richard Hottelet
Richard Hottelet
Writer

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