– MBS – Paul Manning News and Comment – May 6, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the world waited for news that Germany had finally, unconditionally surrendered, news was filtering in of mass surrenders, and how pockets of resistance were only going on in two places. How it
America’s Town Meeting – Dec. 18, 1938 1938 was a nervous year in our history. The slow recovery, the looming war in Europe, saber rattling in the Far-East , racism, unemployment, crime – all these elements created an air of tension and fear over the future of America and the
News reports, December 24-31, 1958 – CBS Radio News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In case you think Christmas 2024 is weirder than most years, I’m afraid to tell you – no, it’s not – well . . .mostly. 1958 was just as strange, and it had The Cold War
– Operation Alert 1959 – Conelrad Emergency Broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection If the Cold War period wasn’t frightening enough for the average person, with daily news reports of tensions and takeovers and thinly-veiled threats, there was the extra added bonus of having to deal with the almost constant
– The-OPen-Mind-Can-Fallout-Shelters-Save-Us-November-1961.mp3″>The Open Mind – Can Fallout Shelters Save Us? – November, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1950s and early 1960s. A time of anxiety, dread, fear and paranoia. Fear of a nuclear war – one that would incinerate most of the worlds population in a matter
– News From Radio Berlin – News From EIAR, Rome – August 29, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the war of nerves intensified on this day in 1939, a last ditch effort at negotiations was still going on. Hanging in the balance was Poland. Adamant in their
Mutual Broadcasting – 12:30-1:30 pm – May 8, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – After years of fighting, weeks of speculation, days of rumors and false reports, the War in Europe finally came to an official end on May 8, 1945. Half of World War 2 was over. But
Click on the link here for Audio Player – BBC News And News from EIAR, Rome – August 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day in 1939, to a degree, resembles this day in 2013. Perhaps not as far reaching and all-engulfing as the events leading up to
