Category Foreign Policy

December 22, 1997 – A Shaky Peace And No Hot New Electronic Gizmos This Year –

– CBS World News Roundup – December 22, 1997 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – One of the years that was winding up on a fragile note, this particular December 22nd in 1997. A 14-hour whirlwind tour of Sarajevo by…

Kittyhawk - December 17, 1903

December 17, 1957 – Eyewitness At Kittyhawk, 1903 – NATO Talks In Paris – Subcommittee On Teenage Crime

– NBC Radio Nightline – December 17, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Kittyhawk, North Carolina – December 17, 1903, and the first successful flight by The Wright Brothers, who pioneered aviation and forever changed the course of history.…

War - Day 2 - December 10, 1941

December 10, 1941 – Day Of Infamy Plus Three – ‘This Is Serious Business’ –

– December 10, 1941 – News – bulletins – commentary – NBC Networks – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 10, 1941 – the war had entered its 2nd official day, the 3rd since the attack on Pearl Harbor. In…

Algeria

December 3, 1960 – Debate On The Conflict In Algeria – The War For Independence

– Debate On Algeria conflict – The Nations Future – December 3, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The conflict in Algeria. The war for independence which lasted throughout the 1950s and up until 1962 was costly and bloody.…

El Salvador - no truce

December 1, 1984 – El Salvador: ‘Little Progress And No Truce’ –

– CBS World News Roundup – December 1, 1984 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As progress stalled and truce talks broke down over the Civil War in El Salvador, unrest and fighting continued. Only the tentative promise that there…

The Agitation Factor

November 12, 1941 – The Agitation Factor And The Russian Winter: The Eastern Front.

News of The World – NBC – Nov. 12, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1941 was enveloped in agitation and rejected diplomacy. Beginning with news the Finns had rejected (politely) a proposal by…

November 10, 1941 – Coming Holidays, Adamant Promises – Straining To Be Upbeat In Berlin.

– News Of The World – November 10, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the war raging in Europe this November 10th in 1941, the tell-tale signs that, even the German people were getting fed up with the…

November 9, 1987 – Extremists, Fanatics, Terrorists: Monday Morning Mayhem – The Wonder-World Of Detonated Devices.

– CBS World News Roundup – November 9, 1987 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Ironically, November 9, 1987 landed on a Monday – and like many Mondays before and after, it was a day filled with drama, madness and…