The French Fleet Dies At Toulon – November 28, 1942
To view this content, you must be a member of Gordon’s Patreon at $1 or more Unlock with PatreonAlready a qualifying Patreon member? Refresh to access this content.
Category: Egypt
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 tests making results of old tests obsolete. On this day
October 28, 1978 – Sadat-Begin And The Peace Prize
– October 28, 1978 – Sadat-Begin Peace Prize + other news – CBS/NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 28, 1978 began on a hopeful note – announced the previous evening, the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was being awarded to Egypt‘s Anwar Sadat and Israel‘s Menachem Begin. The
October 25, 1957 – NATO, Syria And Sputnik
October 25, 1957 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 25, 1957 – a day of meetings, conflicts and the Space Race. In Washington, President Eisenhower was meeting with UK Prime Minister Harold MacMillan and broadened the conference by bringing in NATO chief Paul-Henri Spaak
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 deadly in the Spring were returning with renewed force –
The Great Radio Documentaries: Nassar’s Egypt – January 1957 – CBS Radio Update – Past Daily Pop Chronicles.
– CBS Radio – Update- Nasser’s Egypt – Jan. 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of memorable documentaries of the 50’s, 60s and 70’s; Nassar’s Egypt from CBS Radio – January 23, 1957. 1956 and 1957 were pivotal years for the emergence of Egypt as a
August 11, 1977 – Mayor Beame: “The People Of New York Can Rest Easy This Morning” – Son Of Sam Caught.
– August 11, 1977 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 11, 1977 – it was a jubilant Mayor Abraham Beame of New York who was very pleased to announce that “the people of the City of New York can rest easy this morning, because
The Question Of Suez – 1951 – Kamil Abdul Rahim On Meet The Press – Past Daily Reference Room
Ambassador Kamil Abdul Rahim – Meet The Press – November 25, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Middle East. Going from simmering stew of discontent to a boiling pot of rage. The issue was around The Suez Canal and continued control of the waterway by Great Britain and
April 14, 1941 – Situation East
– April 14, 1941 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this April 14, 1941, the 589th day of War, had much to do with the situation in the Balkans. Yugoslavia fell to the Germans, with Yugoslav resistance scattered and disorganized. The Capital of
January 10, 1978 – Home, Sweet Frozen – The Blizzard Of ’78 –
– CBS World News Roundup – January 10, 1978 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – On this day in 1978 the news was all about the Arctic blast, freezing the country from East of the Rockies onwards. Proclaimed the worst Blizzard since the disastrous Winter of 1977, the weather was