Category Franklin D. Roosevelt

June 6, 1944

June 6, 1944 – Invasion Of Europe – Flashes Through A Darkened Sky

– June 6, 1944 – Continuous news broadcasts and bulletins – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 6, 1944 – A day etched in stone in most history books – the turning point of World War 2. Whether you remembered…

United Nations: Laying The Groundwork – San Francisco Conference Opens – April 25, 1945

The opening day of the United Nations Conference in San Francisco, this April 25th in 1945. Within days of the death of FDR and within days before the eventual collapse of  Nazi Germany, the United Nations was formed out of…

London - April 17, 1941

Hell Night – London And A 10 Hour German Air Raid – April 17, 1941

NBC News Of The World – April 17, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News from London this day. Touted as a “reprisal attack” by Germany for Britain’s raid on Berlin and Potsdam a few days earlier, the Luftwaffe…

FDR Funeral

Funeral For FDR – The Death Of A President – April 14, 1945

– FDR Funeral (recap) – April 14, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 78 years ago, the country was in mourning as it paid its last respects to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who had died two days…

The Balkans

The Balkans: A Million Stories From The Front – Seldom The Same Story Twice – April 13, 1941

  – News for April 13, 1941 – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Another day inching closer to a World at War. This April 13th in 1941 was filled with stories of the situation in The…

Yugoslavia And Greece: Next On The List – April 6, 1941

Blue Network – Our Foreign Policy – April 6, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the sudden turn of events in the Balkans, Germany had now opened an Eastern Front. While this broadcast was on the air, Germany…

Crossing The Rhine – Giving A World Organization A Name – Extending The Draft – March 23, 1945

News for this day was moving faster than it could be reported. With reports that the Allies had crossed The Rhine, that the 3rd Army was the latest, and that additional crossings were ready to go at any moment, news…

March 17, 1942

Yanks In Oz – Bombs On Rhodes – Worries About Tires – Enter: The Draft – March 17, 1942 –

– March 17, 1942 – News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 17, 1942 – War in the Pacific is ramping up. U.S. troops arrive on Australian soil, amid fears an invasion by Japan is imminent.…