Rare behind-the-scenes footage with Roger Mudd

Journalist Roger Mudd

For three decades, Roger Mudd epitomized network TV news. It is difficult now, in an age saturated with media personalities, to imagine just how influential anchors like Mudd were in their time. Serving as a primary face of news networks from CBS to PBS, Mudd played a crucial role in shaping the political consciousness of the US from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Working alongside such noteworthy anchormen as Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw, Roger Mudd addressed viewers with his signature deep voice and touch of cynicism, and was known for his sharp commentary and knack for political interviews.  

Following his passing this month at the age of 93, Media Burn is highlighting rare behind-the-scenes footage of Mudd from some of the most important videos in their archive. During the 1972 Republican National Convention as well as the 1976 Democratic National Convention, Skip Blumberg caught Mudd behind-the-scenes for some off-the-cuff and, at times, non-verbal commentary on the political climate of the moment. 


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Skip Blumberg caught Roger Mudd behind-the-scenes at the 1972 Republican National Convention and the 1976 Democratic National Convention

These interviews, portions of which aired as part of the first ever portable-video broadcast on TV, are excerpts from TVTV’s “Four More Years” and “Five Day Bicycle Race” by The Image Union (International Personhood of Image Workers).

Roger Mudd


Thank you to our friends at Media Burn for sharing this historic footage with Reel 360.


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Journalist Roger Mudd

For three decades, Roger Mudd epitomized network TV news. It is difficult now, in an age saturated with media personalities, to imagine just how influential anchors like Mudd were in their time. Serving as a primary face of news networks from CBS to PBS, Mudd played a crucial role in shaping the political consciousness of the US from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Working alongside such noteworthy anchormen as Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather, and Tom Brokaw, Roger Mudd addressed viewers with his signature deep voice and touch of cynicism, and was known for his sharp commentary and knack for political interviews.  

Following his passing this month at the age of 93, Media Burn is highlighting rare behind-the-scenes footage of Mudd from some of the most important videos in their archive. During the 1972 Republican National Convention as well as the 1976 Democratic National Convention, Skip Blumberg caught Mudd behind-the-scenes for some off-the-cuff and, at times, non-verbal commentary on the political climate of the moment. 


ALSO READ: Kal Penn to host 2021 virtual WGA Awards


Skip Blumberg caught Roger Mudd behind-the-scenes at the 1972 Republican National Convention and the 1976 Democratic National Convention

These interviews, portions of which aired as part of the first ever portable-video broadcast on TV, are excerpts from TVTV’s “Four More Years” and “Five Day Bicycle Race” by The Image Union (International Personhood of Image Workers).

Roger Mudd


Thank you to our friends at Media Burn for sharing this historic footage with Reel 360.


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