Category: 1930’s
Summits And Promises – Crisis In Munich – September 27-30, 1938 – Past Daily Reference Room
September 27-30,1938 – BBC Home Service – NBC Radio Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The recent world developments have brought a plethora of speculation and comparisons. One that stands out is a series of events which took place in 1938, some 80 years ago, between then-Czechoslovakia, France,
April 7, 1935 – It’s All About Hollywood – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
April 7, 1935 – Grayco Movie Column Of The Air – Week ending April 7, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – April 7, 1935. If you thought Hollywood (or the concept of Hollywood) was Mecca in the early days of films, you’d be right. If you thought movies were
A Word Or Two From Neils Bohr – April 5, 1938 – Past Daily Reference Room
April 5, 1938 – Special Broadcast From Copenhagen – Neils Bohr Address- Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Neils Bohr – a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr developed the Bohr model
March 31, 1936 – Democracy And The Constitution In An Era Of Unrest – Past Daily Reference Room
William Hard: Essay on the Constitution – You And Your Government radio series – March 31, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Democracy and the Constitution – periodically, during our nation’s history, the very basis of our democracy and the principles of the Constitution have come under fire and
March 15, 1939 – About Ruthenia – Parcelling Off Czechoslovakia
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Nat King Cole Trio – In Session 1939 – Past Daily Nights At The Round Table: Archeology
Nat King Cole Swing Trio – in session for Standard Broadcast Transcriptions – February 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another legendary figure who transitioned over from Jazz to Pop and achieved massive success. Last night it was Peggy Lee and a group of songs she recorded in session
An Address By Edouard Daladier – December 1, 1939 – France At War
Prime Minister Edouard Daladier – Address to France – December 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 1, 1939 – With the war in Europe four months old, and the threat of an invasion of France becoming more inevitable each day, French Prime Minister Edouard Daladier went before
Howard Hanson And The Eastman-Rochester Symphony Play Music Of Harl McDonald 1953 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Harl McDonald – The Mission At San Juan Capistrano – Howard Hanson and The Eastman-Rochester Symphony – April 27, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Some Americana this weekend. Harl McDonald, born in Boulder Colorado in 1899 and died in Princeton New Jersey in 1955. In addition to composing,