
Watch this rare footage of Walter Cronkite leading the coverage of the 1952 presidential election.
This was the first “made for tv” election coverage of a national electionl This also was the first time that a computer was used and featured to predict the outcome of a presidential election. The computer featured was named Univac.
This was an important presidential election between Republican Dwight D Eisenhower and Democrat Adley E Stephenson.