Eyewitness to History
Eyewitness to History was a Friday night CBS Television Network public affairs program.It aired from September 30, 1960 through July 26, 1963 in the 10:30 pm time slot.Sponsored by the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, the series concentrated on the most significant news story or stories of the previous week.Major events reviewed included the Kennedy-Nixon 1960 Presidential campaign, highlights of the Kennedy administration, the Bay Of Pigs invasion, the space race, the Cuban Missile Crisis and the civil rights movement.[citation needed] Leslie Midgley and John Sharnik were the producers.