Newsman Walter Winchell receiving an American Legion award, U.S.A., 1940 Part 1

Newsman Walter Winchell is shown being presented with an American Legion award. Followed by Winchell speaking on American values, U.S.A., 1940. Winchell was a syndicated American newspaper gossip columnist and radio news commentator. Originally a vaudeville performer, Winchell began his newspaper career as a Broadway reporter, critic and columnist for New York tabloids. He rose to national celebrity in the 1930s with Hearst newspaper chain syndication and a popular radio program. He was known for an innovative style of gossipy staccato news briefs, jokes, and Jazz Age slang.