Category: 1940’s
June 6, 1944 – Invasion Of Europe – Flashes Through A Darkened Sky
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Roosevelt Addresses The Nation: The Fall Of Rome – June 5, 1944
– President Roosevelt Announces Fall of Rome – June 5, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Seventy-nine years ago today, before we were handed the momentous news of the Allied Invasion of France, we were given a glimpse of things to come by way of President Roosevelt’s announcement that
United Nations: Peace Continues In Europe – War Continues In The Pacific – Independence Waits In The Wings – June 1, 1945
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May 30, 1941 – Nineteen Quiet Nights – News From Crete
– NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound collection – May 30, 1941. News for this Memorial day in 1941, and of relative quiet over England, going on 19 days for the 630th day of War. Fighting in the Mediterranean region heated up, forcing British and Greek troops
Hans Pfitzner And The Munich Radio Orchestra Play Music Of Schumann – 1942 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Schumann: Genoveva Overture – Hans Pfitzner Conducts The Munich Radio Symphony – Broadcast 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the reasons for this Sunday feature is, not only to shed light on seldom performed pieces of music, but also to shed some light on those artists
Paris Conservatory And Andrè Cluytens Play Music Of Roussel – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– Albert Roussel – Bacchus et Ariane – Paris Conservatory, Andrè Cluytens, cond. – 1949 Besançon Festival – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Music from the 1949 Besançon Festival in France this week, featuring the legendary Paris Conservatoire Orchestra led by Andrè Cluytens. Founded in 1948, the Besançon
VE Day + 1: A Year After Toasts And Hugs; Suspicion – May 8, 1946
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
Battle For Berlin – April 24, 1945
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