Category: 1940’s

People protesting with dogs on a city street in black and white historical photo.

February 25, 1948 – An Election On The Horizon – Washington: Same As It Ever Was – Palestine: War Over Partition

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”54897″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 25, 1948 – H.R. Baukhage – Baukhage Talking – ABC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 25, 1948 – Baukhage Talking – ABC Radio Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 25, 1948 – News and commentary from H.R. Baukhage, starting

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Iwo Jima

February 25, 1945 – Otherwise Uninhabited – Iwo Jima –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19895″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 25, 1945 – Story Behind The Headlines – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 25th, 1945 news was crammed with reports of great advances in Europe. The Allied armies were on the outskirts of Cologne, and whatever setbacks occurred during the

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Fire and smoke rising from an industrial or urban fire scene, historic black and white photo emphasizing news reporting and historical events.

February 19, 1942 – Bombing Darwin – Raiding Palembang – Stationed In Iceland

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February 11, 1941 – War Of Nerves – War Of Words – The View From Vichy

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”12582″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 11, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this February 11th in 1941 was primarily about the war in Europe; a war the U.S. was comfortably-but-getting-less-so not directly involved in. We were still

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Shattered building and military personnel during conflict in an urban environment, emphasizing war destruction, military presence, and historical news archive elements.

February 3 – March 3, 1945 – Battle Of Manila

President Roosevelt – Gen. Douglas MacArthur – Messages to People Of Manila – March 3, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Battle Of Manila – although the messages of victory conveyed by President Roosevelt and General Douglas MacArthur spoke of the fall of Manila – that was actually a

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February 1, 1946 - Picket lines outside Steel Mill

February 1, 1946 – Peace, Strikes And Cross-Country Flights

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”25588″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 1, 1946 – World News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 1, 1946 – starting a new month with the same old problems: Strikes, strife and accusations – as well as a glimpse of air-travel in the not-too-distant future.

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