November 30, 1939 – France At War – View From The Front
The War in Europe, now three months old, as it was observed from the Maginot Line in Eastern France. Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original, complete broadcast.
Category: France
The World And United Nations: Butting Heads In Geneva – Easing Tensions – November 2, 1955
-NBC – Listen To Washington – November 2,1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the Cold War became a permanent fixture for life in the 1950s, so were the Summit conferences taking place in Geneva. Seemingly, ever few months, some gathering of Superpowers would take place to iron out
The UN Mandate On Palestine: Trading An Upset Stomach For A Splitting Headache – Sept. 14, 1947 – Past Daily Reference Room
-Story Behind The Headlines – Palestine And The UN – Sept. 14, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – “Had we known then what we know now . . . . .” – I’m sure that mantra has been said over and over throughout the years. But nowhere in history
Arabella Steinbacher With Andres Orozco Estrada And The Frankfurt Radio Symphony Play Music Of Haydn, Rachmaninov, Prokofiev, Ysaye And Cerha – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
– Frankfurt Radio Symphony – February 7, 2014 – Radio France Musique – Part 1 – – Frankfurt Radio Symphony – February 7, 2014 – Radio France Musique – Part 2 – Taking a short break from historic concerts this week and heading over to Frankfurt for a concert by
Sparklehorse – Live In Paris – 2000 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Sparklehorse – Live at La Cigale, Paris – October 15, 2001 – Radio France – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sparklehorse, in concert at La Cigale in Paris and recorded by Radio France on October 15, 2001. A tragic figure, whose suicide in 2010 changed the conversation from “what
Natalie Dessay And Laurent Naouri In A Concert Of French Melodies – 2014 – Past Daily Mid-Week Concert
– Natalie Dessay and Laurent Naorui with Maciej Pikulski, Piano – In Concert – July 14, 2014 – Radio France Musique. – Something a bit different this week. One of my favorite singers of Opera (who, I was gutted to learn had taken a sabbatical from the Opera stage), the
Mao Tse-tung: Recognition Of Red China And A Steel Strike – October 3, 1949
ABC Radio: Baukhage Talking – news for October 3, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection A nervous October day in 1949. News of China – strikes dragging on, news of a creeping paranoia over Communists, news of Capitol Hill gamesmanship. Starting off was news that Associate Justice William O. Douglas
An Address By Edouard Daladier – September 21, 1939
Radio Paris – An Address by Prime Minister Edouard Daladier – September 21, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- The French Premier Edouard Daladier in a world broadcast declared France would fight until “complete victory” crushed Hitler and Germany’s dream of “world French Tighten Defences. As Daladier spoke, the French
A Day Of Celebration And Snipers – August 25, 1944
– News for August 25, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A momentous day in history with a lot going on seemingly everywhere, this August 25th in 1944. Word on the liberation of Paris, with a crazy mixture of celebration and snipers going on simultaneously as the French Underground
