William Green – President, American Federal of Labor – “Challenges To Democracy” – October 5, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – William Green was President of the American Federal of Labor, before the merger with Congress Of Industrial Organizations, addressing a gathering on the subject “Challenges To Democracy”. October
October 5, 1939 – Raymond Gram Swing News and Commentary – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 5, 1939 – News from Berlin. With war only days old, and America safely on the sidelines, we were able to look at both sides with reasonable balance, although we
October 5, 1938 – Radio Prague – English Translation of Speech by Edward Benes – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Edward Benes, President of Czechoslovakia from 1935 until his resignation in 1938 was strongly opposed to the German annexation of what was known as the Sudeten territory in Czechoslovakia. Abandoned
September 16, 1938 – Report from Alistair Cooke – Report of Prime Minister Chamberlain leaving for Munich – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 16, 1938 – A period of several days where the possibility of another War in Europe hung precariously in the balance. The issue was over territories,
June 21, 1977 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 21,1977 – the day oil flowed through the middle of Alaska and Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was hiding somewhere out of plain sight. First off was news on the economy. The Labor Department released its
Aimée Van de Wiele – Grunenwald: Suite de Danses for Harpsichord – ORTF, Paris Broadcast Recording 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Aimée Van de Wiele, one of the great Harpsichord players of the 20th century in a broadcast studio recording of the Suite de Danses by French contemporary
May 5, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 5, 1990 – A historic day in the history of Germany. The former Big Four Allies were meeting in Bonn West Germany this day to discuss the process of reunification of Germany, some 45 years
Sen. Burton K. Wheeler – Panel Interview – WJR -Detroit – May 4, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Sen. Burton K. Wheeler (D-Montana) is probably a name not easily recognized these days, unless you were doing research into the events leading up to America’s entry into World War
March 28, 1958 – MBS – Cedric Foster News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 28, 1958 – The day before, the politburo in Moscow voted unanimously for Nikita Khrushchev as Prime Minister. Reaction on the day after was swift. According to news reports in the West
March 1938, News and commentary from Radio Berlin – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 1938, almost 20 years after the end of World War 1, the air was looking unsettled in Eastern Europe and, once again the threat of war was looming. This time it was over Nazi German
