July 31, 1987 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – July 31, 1987 – A day full of activity, from the White House to Mexico City. Starting off with news of a horrific plane crash in Mexico city. A 1940s vintage Cargo Plane, carrying Show Horses
Americas Town Meeting Of The Air – Politics: USA – Jan. 20. 1956 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection- Choosing a President. Politics in America has always been, at the very least; interesting, at the very worst; what we have now. We have faced just about every crisis and our political
Herbert Hoover – Address to Haverford College Commencement – June 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Former President Herbert Hoover, who lost to Franklin D. Roosevelt in the 1932 election didn’t retire from the public eye after the election. He became the Elder Statesman and spokesman for the
June 7, 2001 – BBC World Service – The World Today: Special Election Edition – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 7, 2001 – Britain went to the polls this day. And for a historic second time, The Labour Party of Tony Blair won re-election. But, it was also noted,
Ravel: Menuet Antique – ORTF Philharmonic – Manuel Rosenthal,Conductor – ORTF Broadcast Studio session – 1963 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Two familiar names tonight – one; one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century and the other, one of the most admired conductors on the French
June 1, 1980 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – June 1, 1980 – since it was a Sunday it was a light news day, this first of June 37 years ago. Civil Rights leader and President of the Urban League, Vernon Jordan was reported in
May 18, 1951 – MBS: Fulton Lewis Jr. News and Commentary – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 18, 1951 and the controversy surrounding the abrupt dismissal and relieving of duties of General Douglas MacArthur by President Truman back in April was still having repercussions around Capitol Hill. And depending
March 8, 1990 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 8, 1990 – a day built around the operative phrase: “amid reports”, news of a day in flux all over the world. Starting with Afghanistan, where reports were sketchy, but told of a day after
Frankie Goes To Hollywood – in Session for John Peel – December 3, 1983 – BBC Radio 1 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood. Further evidence the 80s were all over the place musically, They began life as a New Wave band from Liverpool in 1980, after emerging from the Punk
January 4, 2007 – CBS Hourly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – January 4, 2007 – A historic day on Capitol Hill. For the first time in U.S. History, a Woman took the gavel as Speaker of The House. Nancy Pelosi, Representative from California, signaled a new era in
