Category Commentators

1930's, BBC, Commentators, History, London, Past Daily, Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry, Popular Culture, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized

A Talk By H.G. Wells 1937 – Weekend Gallimaufry

– BBC Empire Service/NBC Shortwave – As I See It – talk by H.G. Wells – Dec. 21, 1937 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – We know the name H.G. Wells today as the writer of such classics as The…

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November 20, 2022

1950's, Americana, Capitol Hill, Commentators, Communists, Day in history, Egypt, Foreign Policy, France, Harry S. Truman, History, Korea, Middle East, Past Daily, Politics, Popular Culture, Presidents, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, United Nations, Vintage Recordings, War, Week In History, World News

Atomic Testing – Things That Go Boom – November 1, 1951

– Edward R. Murrow and The News w/Don Hollenbeck – November 1, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Knee-deep in Cold War, this November 1st in 1951. Atomic testing was continuing at a rapid pace, with advances of new…

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November 1, 2022

1950's, Commentators, Day in history, Foreign Policy, Harry S. Truman, History, Politics, Radio, Social Commentary, Society

October 26, 1951 – Churchill Returns To 10 Downing Street

October 26, 1951 – Edward R. Murrow and The News – Gordon Skene Sound collection – October 26, 1951 – for the first time since suffering defeat in July of 1945, Winston Churchill succeeded in taking back his role as…

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October 26, 2022

1940's, Capitol Hill, Commentators, Congress, Corruption, Day in history, FDR, Foreign Policy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Labor, Past Daily, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, Unions, Vintage Recordings, War, Week In History, World War 2

Moscow In An Hour – German Troops On The Eastern Front – October 13, 1941

– News-for-October-13-1941.mp3″>NBC News Of The World – October 13, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this October 13th in 1941 looked grim, ominous and more and more like America would land in the middle of it almost…

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October 13, 2022

1940's, Adolf Hitler, Commentators, Day in history, Foreign Policy, History, Media Paid, Radio, Social Commentary, Society, U.S. Intervention, World War 2

September 29, 1940 – Berlin During Tripartite Season – An Axis Signing.

Sigrid Schultz Reporting From Berlin – Mutual Broadcasting – September 29, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection September 29, 1940 – News for this day, direct from Berlin and reported by Sigrid Schultz, correspondent for Mutual as well as The…

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September 29, 2022

1930's, Adolf Hitler, BBC, Commentators, Day in history, History, Past Daily, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings, War, World News, World War 2

September 28, 1938 – Neville Chamberlain: Making The Case For Appeasement – The Munich Crisis.

– NBC/BBC – News for Sept. 28, 1938 – This day in 1938 saw the world hold its collective breath. In a special broadcast from the BBC in London, reports were coming in regarding Prime Minister Chamberlain’s address to Parliament…

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September 28, 2022

1960's, 1967, Americana, Capitol Hill, Cold War, Commentators, Communists, Congress, Day in history, Disasters, Foreign Policy, History, LBJ, Mexico, Past Daily, Politics, Protest Movements, Radio, Republicans, Social Commentary, Society, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, Unreleased recordings, Vietnam War, Vintage Recordings, Violence, War, Week In History, World News

September 26, 1967 – Vietnam War – Hawks And Doves – Meanwhile: Body Bags –

NBC Radio News Of The World – September 26, 1967 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the casualty count continued to rise during the ongoing battle at Con Thien, this September 26th in 1967, the ever-widening gap of opinions…

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September 26, 2022

1950's, Commentators, economy, History, Immigration, Labor, Los Angeles, Oil Companies, Past Daily, Past Daily Weekend Reference Room, Pollution, Popular Culture, Poverty, Radio, Small business, Social Commentary, Society, Tabloid Journalism, Tabloid newspapers, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Too Big to Fail, Uncategorized, Vintage Recordings

An Overcrowded L.A. In 1959 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

– Keeping Up With The Joneses – April 15, 1959 – KNX-Los Angeles – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. – Hard to imagine now, but in 1959 Los Angeles was in danger of becoming an overcrowded city, like so many cities…

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September 18, 2022

1970's, AF of L, Civil War, Cold War, Commentators, Congress, Day in history, Democracy, Donation, economy, Education, Egypt, Foreign Policy, Fundraiser, History, Interviews, Israel, Middle East, Past Daily, Presidents, Republicans, The Fourth Estate, The Press, U.S. Intervention, Uncategorized, Unions, Vietnam War, Vintage Recordings, Violence, Week In History, World News

September 16, 1970 – Civil War On Campus – Civil War In Jordan – A Season Of Rocks, Bullets And Teargas.

– Newsfront – September 16, 1970 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A season of raging discontent, this September 16th in 1970. Anti-War protests on college campuses were spreading everywhere, even to seemingly quiet placid ones. The eruptions which turned…

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September 16, 2022

1950's, Cold War, Commentators, Communist China, Communists, Day in history, Foreign Policy, History, Japan, Past Daily, Radio, Soviet Union, The Fourth Estate, The Press, Uncategorized, United Nations, War, War Crimes, World War 2

September 8, 1951 – A Peace Treaty Signed – World War 2 Officially Ended.

– UN Signing of Treaty With Japan – Sepetember 8, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Six years, almost to the day of the surrender signing between Japan and the Allies, ending hostilities in World War 2. The Treaty…

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September 8, 2022

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