Category: Week In History

February 11, 1941 – War Of Nerves – War Of Words – The View From Vichy

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”12582″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 11, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for this February 11th in 1941 was primarily about the war in Europe; a war the U.S. was comfortably-but-getting-less-so not directly involved in. We were still

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The Grilling of Dr. Henry Foster

February 10, 1995 – About Grilling – The Foster Confirmation Hearings – The Simpson Trial – Airline Bomb Threats

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”12567″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 10, 1995 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] No end to grilling going on, this February 10th in 1995. On Capitol Hill it was the grilling of Surgeon General Nominee Dr. Henry Foster and the sound of overzealous clucking

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Facsimilie Machine

February 8, 1938 – A New Word In Our Lexicon: Facsimile

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19577″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 8, 1938 – Mutual Special Features – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] For all that the world was teetering on the brink of World War and possible extinction, there were still glimpses to be had that we were indeed bracing ourselves for a fascinating

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February 1, 1946 - Picket lines outside Steel Mill

February 1, 1946 – Peace, Strikes And Cross-Country Flights

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”25588″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 1, 1946 – World News Roundup – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 1, 1946 – starting a new month with the same old problems: Strikes, strife and accusations – as well as a glimpse of air-travel in the not-too-distant future.

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The Big Freeze of '82

January 13, 1982 – The Big Freeze Of ’82 – The On-Going Situation In Poland – A Sit-Down With Hosni Mubarak.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19065″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 13, 1982 – CBS Radio Hourly news – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] This January 13th in 1982 was probably not all that far removed from most January 13th’s on the Eastern half of the U.S. The Big Freeze of 1982, as it came

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