Category 1940’s

July 3, 1945 – Marching Through The Ghost City – The Fever Pitch Of The Pacific

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LBJ At The UN – June 25, 1965

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – LBJ Addresses United Nations – June 25, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what is shaping up to being a very busy week in history, June…

The Eastman Symphony Play Music Of Peter Mennin – 1949 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Eastman Symphony – Howard Hanson, Cond. – Peter Mennin: Symphony Nr. 3 – May 14, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Back over to Rochester, New York this week for another…

Charlie Parker With Woody Herman And His Third Herd – Kansas City, July 22, 1951 – Past Daily Downbeat

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Charlie Parker w/Woody Herman’s Third Herd – Kansas City – July 22, 1951 – Main-Man Records A historic rarity this week, recorded under less-than-ideal conditions, but grateful it exists at all.…

Invasion Of Europe – June 6, 1944 – Later That Day

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Continuous Coverage – June 6, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Continuing the sounds of the day, seventy years ago as it happened on June 6, 1944. After…

Picking Up The Pieces – The San Francisco UN Conference – June 4, 1945 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – United Nations San Francisco Conference – Report #34 – June 4, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection While the war was still raging in the Pacific, steps were being taken to…