A clock was ticking. When The Northwestern Reviewing Stand devoted its September 14, 1947 broadcast to “Virus Research and Your Health,” it addressed one of the most promising and rapidly evolving fields of postwar medicine. America had emerged victorious from World War II with enormous scientific momentum, and much of
June 22, 1955 – News On The Hour – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 22, 1955 – News for this day had much to do with the goings on in San Francisco, site of the original meeting of the United Nations in 1945. Ten years later
– CBS Radio – You And . . .The World – January 15-16, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection You could, in all likelihood, use that well-worn phrase from Dickens, The Best of Times – The Worst of Times to apply directly to the decade of the 1950s. On the
– ABC Radio – World News This Week – Week ending April 15, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection For the news of the week that ended on this April 15th in 1990, a lot of it had to do with what was becoming an increasing awareness and realization
This is an interesting recording on two levels. One: it represents some of the earliest attempts at doing on-the-spot location recording and assembling a documentary for radio. Two: it shines a light on the then-current problems facing our medical system; the Urban hospital of 1938 and the problems associated with
Historic moments from 1967 – The first Human Heart transplant, which took place on December 3, 1967 at a hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. Surgeons removed the heart of a young who died after an automobile crash and placed it woman in the chest of a 55-year-old man dying
February 17, 2000 – CBS World News Roundup – Late Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 17, 2000 – A lot going on – an election year, higher interest rates and the Pentagon defends its program to vaccinate troops against the Anthrax virus. Amid criticisms and a Congressional
December 31, 1955 – The Year: 1955 – CBS Radio Network – Year-end wrapup of News Events – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – 1955; a year that, on its face looked pretty much uneventful on the surface was actually loaded with events and issues which had reverberations and consequences for
– Healthcare In America 1941 – America’s Town Meeting Of The Air – December 4, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Healthcare in America, affordable Healthcare in America, has been a subject of discussion, debate and attempted legislation going back to 1909 and before. Some of the earliest proposals
With all the talk and debate over vaccines and the vast number of formerly fatal diseases and viruses that experienced a cure, it’s worth to note that the whole concept of vaccination was not new at the time of this broadcast (May 25, 1947). The controversy around vaccination was its
