Category 1940’s

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May 8, 1945 – Officially Official – The End Of War In Europe -VE Day Has Arrived.

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May 8, 2015

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Unofficially Official – May 7, 1945

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – WOR-Mutual Broadcast Day 10:00 am – 12:00 noon – May 7, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Depending on where you were and who you were listening…

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Igor Stravinsky And The New York Philharmonic In A Radio Premier – 1946 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – New York Philharmonic – Igor Stravinsky, cond. – January 27, 1946 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. A Radio Premier this weekend. The first broadcast performance of the…

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May 3, 2015

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Down, But Not Out – April 30, 1945

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – News for April 29, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection This day, April 30, 1945 was filled with reports of a rumored surrender of Germany to…

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April 30, 2015

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Radio Moscow Remembers The Elbe Meet-Up – April 27, 1975

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Radio Moscow – 30 Anniversary, Celebration of Meet-Up on The Elbe – April 27, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. To commemorate the historic meeting of the…

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April 27, 2015

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April 27, 1945 – Hook-Up At The Elbe – Capitulation In Sight

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April 27, 2015

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April 24, 1940- The Scandinavia Effect – Unprecedented Air Activity Over England – Harsh Criticisms.

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April 24, 2015

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‘This Is Radio Moscow Calling . . .’ – April 21, 1947

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Radio Moscow News and Commentary – April 21, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As the Post-War world slowly drifted into the Cold War World, the propaganda…

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April 21, 2015

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The Dog Days Of War – April 20, 1944

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – News for April 20, 1944 – Office Of War Information News broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. As the war dragged on, seemingly every part of…

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April 20, 2015

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The Montreal String Quartet Play The Music Of Barbara Pentland – 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

. . . or click on the link here for Audio Player – Barbara Pentland – String Quartet Nr. 1 – Montreal String Quartet – CBC Radio Performance – 1955. CBC Transcription service. Although she is virtually unknown in…

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April 19, 2015

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