The Twentieth Century (1957)
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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Walter Cronkite
Self - Narrator
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What is The Twentieth Century about?
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…
When was The Twentieth Century released?
The Twentieth Century was released in 1957.
What genres does The Twentieth Century belong to?
The Twentieth Century is categorised as News, Documentary.
Who stars in The Twentieth Century?
The cast of The Twentieth Century includes Walter Cronkite.
How many seasons of The Twentieth Century are there?
The Twentieth Century has 9 season(s) and 221 episodes.