March 5, 1945 – Edward Stettinius And The United Nations – The Chapultepec Conference
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the complete, original address from the Chapultepec Conference in Mexico City.
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March 4, 1939 – 150th Anniversary Of Congress – Past Daily Reference Room
Click on the link at the Past Daily site and give a listen to the actual addresses from March 4, 1939 in celebration of the 150th anniversary of the founding of the U.S. Congress.
Statehood – A Hard Sell For Hawaii And Alaska – March 1, 1955
Coffee works and it works real good: – NBC Radio – Listen To Washington: Alaska-Hawaii Statehood Question – March 1, 1955 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – It was a question on everybody’s minds for a very long time. Ever since Alaska was purchased from Russia in 1867, the question
REM – Live In Germany – 1985 – Past Daily Morning Soundbooth
Coffee works and it works real good: – REM – In Concert from Dortmund, Germany – October 2, 1985 – WDR Rockpalast – REM in the early days was the proverbial breath of fresh air. They represented that slice of Rock which was so quintessentially American that it established Athens,
Music Of Robert Erickson With Ernst Krenek And The Hamburg Radio Symphony – 1954 – Weekend Gramophone
Subscribing would be nice: Become a Patron! – Robert Erickson – Fantasy for Cello and Orchestra – Hamburg Radio Symphony – Ernst Krenek, cond – 1954 – NWDR – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The music of American composer Robert Erickson this weekend. Erickson, who was born in Michigan and
Looking At The Craft Of Acting In 1955 – Past Daily Weekend Gallimaufry
Become a Patron! NBC Radio – Biography In Sound – The Actor – March 6, 1955 – The Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Although this documentary concentrates primarily at Acting for the Stage in 1955, the sentiments and reflections on the craft spill easily over into film, as was evidenced
Charles Munch And The New York Philharmonic – Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Premier) – 1948 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
– New York Philharmonic – Soloists and Chorus conducted by Charles Munch. Artur Honegger: Joan Of Arc At The Stake (U.S. Broadcast premier) – January 4, 1948 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection I hesitated to run this for several months because of a few glaring problems in the original discs
February 16, 1951 – Stalin Chimes In About Korea – America Chimes in About Europe
News for this day in history, as presented by the legendary Edward R. Murrow – click on the link at the Past Daily site and listen to the original historic newscast.
Robert Salles And Germain Smajda Play Magnard – 1953 – Past Daily Sunday Gramophone
We could use some support: Become a Patron! – Magnard – Cello Sonata – The music of the neglected and overlooked French composer Alberic Magnard this weekend. His Sonata for Cello and Piano in this radio broadcast recital featuring Robert Salles, cello (from the Pascal String Quartet) and pianist Germain
Guatemala Earthquake: 12,000 Known Dead – A Successor For Zhao Enlai – Moynihan Resigns – February 8, 1976
Passing the hat: Become a Patron! – February 8, 1976 – The World This Week – CBS News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – February 8, 1976 – 48 years ago this week, news that a devastating earthquake hit Guatemala leaving (as of this newscast) some 12,000 dead and many