– NBC Radio – Don Hollenbeck And The News – News Of The World – March 27, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this March 27th in 1945 had mostly to do with rumors. Rumor a German surrender and VE Day was in the offing. Rumor the War
March 23, 1947 – NBC World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 23, 1947. The Big Four Conference was underway in Moscow, the question of Loyalty was the topic of conversation in Washington and floods were inundating Britain. Germany and the issue was reunification and reparations were
March 20, 1942 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World With John W. Vandercook – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 20, 1942. News for this day was a mixed bag of hopefulness and dread. The hopeful news came in the form of General Douglas MacArthur who had managed to relocate
Secretary Of State Marshall – Report on London Conference – December 19, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Secretary of State George C. Marshall, was the architect of what became known as The Marshall Plan for European Recovery. In 1947, Europe was still in the midst of reeling from
It has long been considered one of the darker pages of American history – a page that draws eerie and incredulous comparisons to recent events, but one which has a history of prejudice and racism in America. It all began as a result of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor
Finnish Radio English Service – Address by Foreign Minister Eljas Erkko – March 10, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In what became known as The Winter War, the Soviet Union launched an invasion of its neighbor Finland in November of 1939, weeks after Nazi Germany’s invasion of Poland
March 6, 1947 – NBC News Of The World – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 6, 1947 – Busy news day, 79 years ago. Secretary of State Gen. George Marshall arrived at Orly airfield in Paris on his way to Moscow for the Big Four Conference – he would
Another day with the world at War – the situation in Holland leads the news for this February 27, 1941. Six civilians were killed and a number wounded today in clashes between the police and “disturbers of the peace,” it was officially announced last night. A brief German announcement stated
February 18, 1940 – NBC Red Network Special Coverage from SS. Rex – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 18, 1940 – Safely out of the war zone, and on a liner bound for the U.S., Foreign Correspondent William Hillman, who was leaving Italy and bound for New York offers
A rare shortwave broadcast from Radio Tokyo with the news (and commentary) in English. A gist of the events of the day: From British and Japanese sources indications are that between 55,000 and 60,000 British, Australian and Indian troops with their auxiliaries fell into Japanese hands at the surrender of
