Category: 1950’s
It’s The Fourth Of July, 1952 – And L.A. Celebrates The Fourth Just Like Everybody Else Does – Accidents, Double-Headers And All.
– July 4, 1952 – KNX – News And The Hawthorne Show – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 4, 1952 – Here’s a glimpse of Los Angeles as you may no doubt might have heard if you were on your way home from the fireworks show at the L.A.
Fourth Of July 1951 – Happy 175th – The View From Korea – The Sound From St. Paul’s Cathedral
July 4, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow News with Don Hollenbeck – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 4, 1951 – America was 175 years old on this day. And even at 175, we were still in the grip of war. Korea was the battleground and Communism was the issue.
Michel Perrault Plays Michel Perrault – 1958 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
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Japan: Politics And Occupation – June 7, 1950
– June 7, 1950 – Report From Tokyo – Robert Martin, CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 7, 1950 – Coming up on 5 years since American forces began occupying Japan. Five years since Gen. MacArthur took charge of the revamping and reconstruction of Japan – reshaped
The Right To Knowledge – Eisenhower Address At Columbia University Bicentennial Dinner – May 31, 1954
Maybe the Cold War had something to do with it. The Space Race and the dawn of New Technology, but in 1954 one of the things consistently stressed by President Eisenhower throughout much of his Presidency was the crucial role education played in our society. How Education and knowledge had
