– News for June 2, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this June 2nd in 1945 was about the transition to peace-time in Europe, the celebrations continuing, and flareups of violence in former colonies and protectorates. Starting with word from Paris that General De Gaulle held his first
– News Of The World – June 17, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1942 was about battle fronts – the situation in the Middle East was one of tipping scales. The British Army was heavily engaged in fighting all around the Middle East,
– CBS Radio News – ABC Radio News – June 12, 1982 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With reports estimating upwards of a half-million, a massive demonstration was being held in New York’s Central Park, calling for an end to war and an end to Nuclear weapons. And while
We need subscribers: Become a Patron! – NBC Nightly News (audio version) – January 30, 1972 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1972 began with reports from Northern Ireland of deadly force used against demonstrators by British Army Paratroopers, killing 13 civilians and wounding some
– The Voices Of World War 1 – 1914-1918 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Originally known as Armistice Day, and in England it’s still known as Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day (as it’s now known here) came about as the result of the end of World War 1, The War
And a year to the day after the “official” VE Day end to the War in Europe, the creeping Cold War was making its presence known on this May 8th in 1946. As Europe continued to dig itself out of the wreckage of five years of war, new ominous clouds
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News for this day in 1941 (the 565th day of the War in Europe) had to do with the devastating overnight raids in London, reported to be the worst in a year, since the Blitz in 1940. The target for the previous evening was the Financial District with heavy damage
BBC World Service – London Column – May 23, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the War in Europe ended, the horrors and atrocities of that war were coming to the surface in grim and graphic detail. Some films taken, when the Allies first liberated the Concentration camps,
Reports from Greece – December 15, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Greece became a center of attention for a while in December of 1944. With the rest of the world engulfed in fighting in the Pacific and the German armies facing rapid defeat throughout Europe, a civil war
