CBS News archive: Walter Cronkite reports on first-ever Earth Day in Minneapolis in 1970

Name: CBS News archive: Walter Cronkite reports on first-ever Earth Day in Minneapolis in 1970
Uploaded: 2026-04-22T12:36:00-0500
Duration: 1 min 41 s
Description: Walter Cronkite, anchor of the CBS Evening News at the time, featured Minneapolis in an Earth Day report. University students gathered together against pollution. Then they marched to the Minneapolis Auditorium where General Electric stockholders were meeting.

Walter Cronkite, anchor of the CBS Evening News at the time, featured Minneapolis in an Earth Day report. University students gathered together against pollution. Then they marched to the Minneapolis Auditorium where General Electric stockholders were meeting.