Fred Allen Town Hall Tonight – Post Christmas 1939 – Past Daily Holiday Gallimaufry
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Category: 1930’s
An Interview With Fritz Kreisler – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
– Fritz Kreisler – 80th birthday celebration – Feb. 2, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Fritz Kreisler was probably one of the most famous and recognizable violinists of the early 20th century. He came along at the dawn of recording, and so he became one of the most
A Talk By H.G. Wells 1937 – Weekend Gallimaufry
– BBC Empire Service/NBC Shortwave – As I See It – talk by H.G. Wells – Dec. 21, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We know the name H.G. Wells today as the writer of such classics as The Time Machine, War of The Worlds and The Shape Of
Harold Bauer Plays The Music Of Chopin – In Recital 1936 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Harold Bauer – in recital from The Magic Key Program – May 24, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Going into the early 20th century this week for a rare broadcast recital by the legendary late 19th/early 20th century pianist Harold Bauer. Probably not known much today, aside
Philadelphia Orchestra 1937 Tour Concert – Stokowski, Iturbi, Marian Anderson, Ormandy – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
NBC Blue Network – The Magic Key – The Philadelphia Orchestra 1937 Tour Concert – April 18, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another rare concert broadcast from the 1930s this week. The Philadelphia Orchestra, getting ready to embark on their 2nd U.S. Tour, held a special concert via
Martin Dies – Ferreting Out Subversives -Communism In America – October 27, 1939
– MBS – Martin Dies Address – October 27, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In the years following World War 1, there had been the threat of a takeover or violent revolution in America from one extremist group or another. In the days at the end of World
Eugene Ormandy Conducts The Minneapolis Symphony In Concert – 1936 Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– NBC-Blue Network – RCA Magic Key – Minneapolis Symphony, Eugene Ormandy, conductor + Mischa Levitski, piano recital from Chicago – March 1, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Diving into more rare concerts this week. This time it’s a concert from March 1936 with the Minneapolis Symphony conducted
September 28, 1938 – Neville Chamberlain: Making The Case For Appeasement – The Munich Crisis.
– NBC/BBC – News for Sept. 28, 1938 – This day in 1938 saw the world hold its collective breath. In a special broadcast from the BBC in London, reports were coming in regarding Prime Minister Chamberlain’s address to Parliament on the situation in Czechoslovakia and the results of his
September 1, 1939 – Leaving London – Mobilization And State Of Siege –
– BBC World Service reports – September 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the final negotiations ended, and the last letter of appeal delivered, precautions were underway for what was going to be a long and deadly war. On this September 1st in 1939, the British Ambassador