Category War

Politics And Inflation – Season Of Adjustment And Discontent – December 8, 1947

– News Of The World – December 8, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This December 8 in 1947 saw the country battling Politics and Inflation, the Cold War unfolding and American cities squabbling for bragging rights. Politics and…

Greece

View From The Acropolis – Civil War In Greece – December 5, 1944

– News Of The World – December 5, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As War raged throughout the rest of the world on this December 5th in 1944, Civil War was raging in Greece on this particular day.…

Korean War

Korean War: “Get It Over By Christmas” -A World Askew – The Week Ending November 28, 1950

– NBC Radio: Voices And Events – News for Week of November 28, 1950 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – No picnic, this week in November of 1950. Starting off with an out-of-control bus on a mountain road in Colorado…

Truman

Truman Addresses Congress On Foreign Aid – November 17, 1947

– President Truman Address to Congress – November 17, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection With the War over and the slow process of rebuilding underway, the economic woes of the world were becoming an increasing point of concern to…

Veterans Day (Remembrance Day) – The War To End All Wars 1914-1918 – Past Daily Reference Room

– The Voices Of World War 1 – 1914-1918 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Originally known as Armistice Day, and in England it’s still known as Remembrance Day, Veteran’s Day (as it’s now known here) came about as the…

Cold War

Cold War Wages Of Paranoia – Can Fallout Shelters Save Us? – 1961 – Past Daily Reference Room

– The-OPen-Mind-Can-Fallout-Shelters-Save-Us-November-1961.mp3″>The Open Mind – Can Fallout Shelters Save Us? – November, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The 1950s and early 1960s. A time of anxiety, dread, fear and paranoia. Fear of a nuclear war – one that…

United Nations:

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,…