
Tag: Europe


The Job Of Reconstruction In Postwar Europe – The Job Of Hearts And Minds – December 28, 1947
Reconstruction In Postwar Europe – The Story Behind The Headlines – December 28, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With the end of World War 2 going on some two years, the job of reconstruction; of building, repairing and mending broken lives was still of primary importance. But so

Europe At War – November 9, 1941 – Maybe Not By Christmas.
November 9, 1941 – War News Roundup – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – November 9, 1941 – Two years into the War in Europe, the boasts that Germany would see an end to fighting and be the victors by Christmas were fading quickly. In some quarters,

October 28, 1978 – Sadat-Begin And The Peace Prize
– October 28, 1978 – Sadat-Begin Peace Prize + other news – CBS/NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – October 28, 1978 began on a hopeful note – announced the previous evening, the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize was being awarded to Egypt‘s Anwar Sadat and Israel‘s Menachem Begin. The

September 14, 1941 – Capturing A U-Boat From The Air
September 14, 1941 – News Of The World – Sunday News – NBC Blue Network – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – September 14, 1941 – War news dominated the stories on this September 14, 1941. A Sunday, the broadcasts were filled with stories and reports from the previous week in

Izia – In Session At RFI – 2015 – Past Daily Soundbooth – Rock Without Borders
Izia – In Session for Let’s Go Live (Partons en Live) RFI, Paris – June 12, 2015 – Radio France International – < If you've caught any of Izia's live performances the past couple of years, you’ll realize she more than lives up to the characterization, The Tornado of Pop.

August 1, 1945 – The Slow Road Home – Picturing Civilian Life.
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The Move Live In Germany – 1967 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– The Move – live at Stadthall Offenbach, Germany – June 26, 1967 – Beat, Beat, Beat – Hessischer Rundfunk – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The Move tonight – recorded at Stadthall, Offenbach, Germany on June 26, 1967, as part of the Beat Beat Beat program. Why The Move

Supersister: Pudding en Gisteren Ballet – 1972 – Past Daily Soundbooth
– Supersister – Pudding en Gisteren, Ballet from the lp Pudding en Gisteren – Dutch Polydor 1972 – Supersister were a band more heard about than actually heard by a lot of people, particularly in the U.S. – at a time when Prog Rock was coming into its own, they

May 9, 1945 – V-E Day: The View From Moscow.
– News Feeds From Moscow – May 9, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Even after the initial surrender documents had been signed on May 6, Moscow was slow to respond to the news that the War in Europe was in fact, over. But finally, in the early hours of