Category: World War 2
March 14, 1945 – World At War – Allied Advances – The New Occupiers – V2 Attacks Continue
March 14, 1945 – BBC World Service – London Column – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 14, 1945 – News of the War from the European front this day. Allied armies were sprinting across Europe, and were now on German soil. Armored columns were advancing and taking German villages
Hollywood Gossip And A Word From Binnie Barnes – 1944 – Past Daily Weekend Pop Chronicles
Hollywood Preview – sponsored by Koret Of California – October 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Hollywood in wartime – despite shortages in the labor force, with many actors joining up for service, there was still a thriving industry, cranking out a wide range of films for sheer entertainment
February 25, 1940 – Six Months Of War, Ashcan Diplomacy And Dark Futures
February 25, 1940 -News and Commentary – William Hillman – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 25, 1940 – Coming up on day 176, a little less than six months of war. Attempts at achieving diplomatic peace have been fruitless, introducing the phrase Ashcan Diplomacy, since
February 12, 1943 – President Roosevelt Addresses The White House Correspondents Dinner – Past Daily Reference Room
President Franklin Roosevelt – Address to the White House Correspondents Dinner – Feb. 12, 1943 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 12 was Abraham Lincoln’s birthday – this address given by FDR on the occasion of Lincoln’s Birthday was also an assessment of the recently concluded Casablanca Conference. Here
February 13, 1941 – Franco Meets Petain – A Celebration Of Photo-Journalism
February 13, 1941 – Generalissimo Franco – Marshal Petain Summit – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 13, 1941 – With the war escalating in Europe, and the U.S. still reasonably out of it, reports of a meeting between Spanish dictator, Generalissimo Francisco Franco and Vichy French Premier Marshal Petain
February 6, 1942 – World At War: Brooding Pessimism In Asia – Cautious Optimism On The Eastern Front – Guessing Games In The Middle East
February 5, 1942 – News Of The World – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 5, 1942 – depending on what part of the world you were in, your view of the War was varying differently, and the scale from optimism to downright pessimism was fluctuating
Christmas In Wartime – Command Performance Dec. 24, 1942 – Past Daily Holiday Pop Chronicles
All Radio Networks – Command Performance – Dec. 24, 1942 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Christmas in Wartime. One of the notable aspects of World War 2, aside from it being the first war to be broadcast as extensively as it was, it was the War that took entertainment
December 17, 1941 – “Singapore Must Not Fall – Singapore Shall Not Fall” – Ten Days After Infamy.
December 17, 1941 – NBC News Bulletins and Reports – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 17, 1941 – Ten days after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and it seemed like the entire world was engulfed in one form of war or another. Beginning with reports from Malaya over