Gemini 7 Launches Into Space – December 4, 1965
– Launch of Gemini 7 – Dec. 4, 1965 – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day in 1965 marked the launch of Gemini 7 in what would be the longest manned space flight in U.S. history…
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President Kennedy And The Space Program – September 12, 1962 – Past Daily Reference Room
– JFK Remarks on Space Program – Sept. 12, 1962 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – With a pledge to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade, President Kennedy took a keen interest in the…
America In Space – Flight Of Aurora 7 – May 24, 1962
– May 24, 1962 – ABC Radio – Special Report – Aurora 7 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – May 24, 1962 – And on this day in 1962, Aurora 7 was launched into space. Commanded by Scott Carpenter, it…
The Place Is Dien Bien Phu – America Announces The H-Bomb – Russia Wants To Join NATO – March 30, 1954
– March 30, 1954 – Frank Hemingway News and Comment – Mutual Broadcasting – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 30, 1954. Word from French Indochina (Vietnam) that a desperate battle was taking place at Dien Bien Phu, a strategic…
July 26, 1975 – Apollo-Soyuz: Semi-Conscious And Smiling – Grumblings In Angola
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‘ . . .And God Bless All Of You – All Of You On The Good Earth’ – Apollo 8 – December 24, 1968
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The Japanese House – In session at Best Kept Secret Festival – 2017 – Past Daily Soundbooth
The Japanese House – in session at Best Kept Secret Festival – June 16, 2017 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – There are days when you desperately need something to put it all in perspective – something not determined to…
March 15, 1948 – The East Is Maybe Going Red.
March 15, 1948 – Alka-Seltzer News Of The World – March 15, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 15, 1948 – A day where news was happening in Europe, and the growing influence of Communism in the East…
A Matter Of Education – A Question Of Our Place In The World – 1955 – Past Daily Reference Room
State of Education – Franco-American relations – Listen To Washington – February 15, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1955 we were in the middle of what became known as the Post-War Baby Boom. Kids born after 1945…
Lou Harrison: Suite For Piano (1943) – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Lou Harrison – Suite For Piano (1943) – David Hemmingway,piano – KPFA Studio recording – Dec. 1, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – American composers from the modern period of the 20th century this weekend. Lou Harrison was one…