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The Moon: ‘Is This Trip Necessary?’ – Apollo 11 – 1969 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC Radio – Second Sunday – The Moon: Is This Trip Necessary – Feb.9, 1969 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Become a Patron! Fifty years ago this week, the historic first…

‘Can We Resolve Conflict Without War?’ – An Erich Fromme Lecture – 1971 – Past Daily Weekend Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Erich Fromme Lecture – “Can We Resolve Conflict Without War?” – September 8, 1971 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When Psychologist, Sociologist and Philosopher Erich Fromme delivered this lecture in 1971,…

A Word Or Two From Sir Anthony Eden – 1951 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – Sir Anthony Eden – September 2, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection During one of his visits to the U.S. of former Foreign Minister (and future Prime…

July 3, 1945 – Marching Through The Ghost City – The Fever Pitch Of The Pacific

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‘If This Were A Healthy World . . .’ – June 30, 1939

Click on the link here for Audio Player – MBS – Raymond Gram Swing News and Comment – June 30, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this day seventy-five years ago was about increasing tensions throughout Europe. The…

LBJ At The UN – June 25, 1965

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio News – LBJ Addresses United Nations – June 25, 1965 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what is shaping up to being a very busy week in history, June…

The Blowing Of Pinatubo – June 12, 1991

Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS World News Roundup – June 12, 1991 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The last thing anyone expected was an eruption from a volcano thought extinct for some 600 years. But…

JFK Hosts An Impromptu News Conference – June 8, 1961 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – President Kennedy Address to UPI Editors Luncheon – June 8, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In what started off as a short address to the Editors and Publishers of UPI,…

The View From Dulles – John Foster Dulles On Meet The Press – June 24, 1951 – Past Daily Reference Room

Click on the link here for Audio Player – Meet The Press – John Foster Dulles – June 24, 1951 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection As America became rapidly embroiled in yet-another shooting War, this time in Korea, then-Ambassador-at-large John…