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Watch Walter Cronkite report on solar eclipse in 1979

Name: Watch Walter Cronkite report on solar eclipse in 1979
Uploaded: 2017-08-21T12:49:33-0400
Duration: 5 min 3 s
Description: Monday's total solar eclipse will be the first over the continental U.S. since February 26, 1979. That night on the "CBS Evening News," Walter Cronkite anchored the coverage of the day's events, with Eric Engberg and Terry Drinkwater reporting.

Monday's total solar eclipse will be the first over the continental U.S. since February 26, 1979. That night on the "CBS Evening News," Walter Cronkite anchored the coverage of the day's events, with Eric Engberg and Terry Drinkwater reporting.