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The Magic Key Program – NBC Red and Blue Networks – November 11, 1936 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another installment of the NBC/RCA Victor variety program The Magic Key. This time, celebrating the 10th anniversary of both the Red and Blue networks of NBC and marking the third...
November 12, 1949 – Voices and Events- NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 12, 1949 – Sixty-nine years ago – an election was held, the coal strike was settled and in 1949 it was still Armistice Day. Election night 1949 – the off-year election held many races...
November 1, 1956 – UN General Assembly Meeting re: Suez Crisis -1st half hour – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- November 1, 1956. November would be a month of turmoil in 1956. Two major crises were developing, either of which would have tested the limits of the United Nations as a...
July 2, 1988 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 2, 1988 – Ordinarily, the big news would be the presence of some 80 Russian inspectors arriving in the U.S. to observe compliance over the Soviet/U.S. Medium and Shorter range Missile treaty, along with a...
September 27-30,1938 – BBC Home Service – NBC Radio Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The recent world developments have brought a plethora of speculation and comparisons. One that stands out is a series of events which took place in 1938, some 80 years ago, between then-Czechoslovakia, France,...
NPR – America’s Town Meeting: Privacy – May 21, 1975 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Once the world entered the Age of Electricity, the Age Of Privacy became quickly antiquated. With all the technological advances designed to bring the world and its people closer, it also signified an end...
Secretary Of State Elliot Richardson On Issues & Answers – ABC News – May 12, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the tide of opposition to the Vietnam War and our escalation of the war into Cambodia, and with the deaths of four students earlier in the week...
May 1980 – CBS Radio – Harry Reasoner news And Comment – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Things we take for granted now are things we thought impossible a decade or two before. Culture has changed so much since this report from legendary journalist Harry Reasoner first aired (on May...
May 3, 1946 – Mutual Broadcasting – Cedric Foster And The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 3, 1946 – A day where events in 1946 would play for months, if not decades after, especially ones where they appears to be no resolution, even some 72 years...
NBC Radio – Nightline – March 26, 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – An average day in the average life of the average American – March 26, 1958. Sixty years ago – the dim-distant past. If you were there, you’ve been around the block a few times. If you...
