Missouri Western State University will host a reception and watch party Wednesday night for the broadcast premiere of “One PM Central Time,” a new documentary about the assassination of John F. Kennedy and the coverage of that day by Walter Cronkite and his team at CBS News.

The reception will begin at 8 p.m. at the new Walter Cronkite Memorial in the Spratt Hall Atrium at Missouri Western. The broadcast of the documentary on PBS will be shown in the adjacent Kemper Recital Hall at 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public.

The film tells the story of the reporting from Dallas and CBS News in New York, from the moment President Kennedy was shot until anchorman Cronkite’s emotional televised pronouncement of his death. The special features rarely seen archives of President John F. Kennedy and Walter Cronkite and moving memories from the producers, writers and reporters who were there that day, including Dan Rather, Bob Schieffer, Marvin Kalb and Marianne Means. It is narrated by George Clooney and features an interview with President Bill Clinton. The documentary is in limited theatrical release and is drawing good reviews.