– August 31, 1939 – John Steele Commentary from London – BBC News 7:00 pm – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 31, 1939 – As the inevitability of war seemed persistent, negotiations were still taking place in an eleventh hour hope to change that. Certain precautions were being
– CBS Radio – Update- Nasser’s Egypt – Jan. 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Continuing our series of memorable documentaries of the 50’s, 60s and 70’s; Nassar’s Egypt from CBS Radio – January 23, 1957. 1956 and 1957 were pivotal years for the emergence of Egypt as a
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– NBC News Of The World – August 29, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for this day in 1942 had much to do with the War in the Pacific and the Eastern front. With the Solomon Islands campaign underway, U.S. troops were busily solidifying their positions on
August 29,1939 – News From Berlin Radio, Polish Radio, Italian Radio, Radio Moscow – Elliot Roosevelt Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 29, 1939 – Watching the skies over Europe and with last minute and last ditch efforts to avoid war, tensions between the Axis powers and the
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– August 24, 1990 – Gulf Crisis Update + CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – August 24, 1990 – News for this day continued with bulletins and updates. The Crisis in the Gulf was heating up by the hour. Embargo’s were in place and reserves were
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– CBS Radio – Special Broadcast from Ie Shima Island – August 18, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the end of hostilities just days earlier on August 15th, the process of making the surrender official began. On the morning of August 18th, a plane carrying a surrender
Bomb Target: U.S.A. was a documentary special broadcast by CBS radio in March of 1953. The intended purpose was to expose our vulnerabilities and to scare the living crap out of us, all at the same time. With the Red Scare going full-blast through most communities in America, and threatened
