Category: 1930’s
Lauritz Melchior – Eva Le Gallienne – RCA Magic Key – 1938 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Lauritz Melchior – Eva Le Gallienne – Frank Black With The NBC Orchestra – RCA Magic Key – April 17, 1938 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Even though you could consider it a one-hour commercial for RCA Victor records, phonographs and everything else RCA was involved in at the
Paul Robeson, Richard Wright, Hattie McDaniel, W. C. Handy, Duke Ellington – A Tribute To Canada Lee – 1941 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Paul Robeson, Richard Wright, Duke Ellington, Eddie “Rochester” Anderson, Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, W.C. Handy, Herb Jeffries, Hattie McDaniel – and many more – Tribute to Canada Lee – June 9, 1941 – Mutual Special Events – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A rare and special program from 1941 this weekend.
October 24, 1939 – An Address By Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop
Reich Minister of Foreign Affairs – Joachim von Ribbentrop – Address from Danzig -Berlin Radio – October 24, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 24, 1939 – a little more than a month since the War in Europe got started and Nazi Germany was flushed with victories. On
October 3, 1939 – Philip LaFollette And A Plea For Neutrality
Philip LaFollette – Address in Support of Neutrality – October 3, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1939 the notion of America going to war over issues taking place in Europe was abhorrent to many Americans. In 1939, it was only 22 years since America entered World War
Madame Chiang-Kai Shek And The War With Japan -1937 – Past Daily After Hours Reference Room
Become a Patron! – CBS – Madame Chiang-Kai Shek – Talk From Shanghai – September 11, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what became known as the Second Sino-Japanese War (the First, lasting from July 1894-April 1895), The Second Sino-Japanese War was a military conflict fought primarily between
August 2-6, 1939 – “Danzig Was Always A German City” – Days Of Provocations And Provocateurs
August 2-6, 1939 – News/commentary from Radio Berlin – BBC, London – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 2-6, 1939 – days when tensions between Germany and Poland were heating up over the city of Danzig (now Gdasnk). The issue was one where Germany claimed Danzig was theirs and Poland
