"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
A messy week, this one ending on September 12th in 1949, with violence, racism, red scare, politics and birthdays tossed in for good measure. Starting with President Truman stumping on behalf of candidates running in the 1949 Mid-Term elections. Truman…
– Mutual – Arthur Mann Report From London – September 5, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day September 5th 1940, the Battle of Britain was underway but had not yet come with heavy force to London. Large…
News from Berlin Radio, EIAR, Rome – Paris Radio -Commentary from Radio Berlin – August 30, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As all hopes were pinned on a response to an eleventh hour appeal from Prime Minister Chamberlain…
Sec. of State Dean Rusk and C. Douglas Dillon – Press Conference re: Alliance For Progress – Aug. 22, 1961 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The popularity contest for Hearts and Minds was roaring full-speed ahead on this day…
– Sam Hayes and The News – July 25, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – A mixed bag of news, this July 25th in 1947. Congress pulled an all-nighter in a futile attempt to investigate Attorney General Thomas Clark…
– July 25, 1966 – The World Tonight – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Summer in the city and the summer of discontent. A Summer of scarring and scorching, this July 25, 1966. Starting with news on the matter of…
Pres. Eisenhower – Latin America Policy address – July 11, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection When vice-President Nixon returned from a disastrous tour of Latin America in 1958, concern was high that we were losing our sphere of influence…
News for week ending July 8, 1979 – CBS The World This Week – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for the week ending on this July 8th in 1979 had a lot to do with the Middle East (surprise).…
– BBC Radio 4/5 Live – July 5, 2005 – reports/bulletins – BBC Radio – Terror visited London, this July 7th in 2005. At first, sketchy reports and tentative explanations of “huge power surges”. But as news emerged by eyewitnesses…
– June 28, 1947 – World News Roundup With John Cameron Swayze – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News for June 28, 1947 had a lot to do with the labor issue. The pending Taft-Hartley bill was…