March 20, 1975 – NBC Nightly News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – March 20, 1975 – The subject was Vietnam on this day – not of American involvement or casualty numbers, but reports that the North Vietnamese army was on a steady, relentless advance South, and that South Vietnamese
– America United Program – Should Federal Aid To Education Be Expanded? – May 29, 1949 – In 1949 access to a good, or even adequate education, depended on where you lived and what your economic circumstances were. There was no uniform policy on education where students in rural areas
– FDR Lights The National Christmas Tree – Dec. 24, 1935 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – FDR lights the National Christmas Tree, on Christmas Eve 1935. A national ritual since 1923, it was President Roosevelt’s third Christmas celebration in the White House. The country was slowly digging out from
– NBC News Of The World – Lowell Thomas And The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – December 19, 1946 – Six days to Christmas and the world was anything but peaceful. Labor strikes in Naples Italy were threatening to paralyze the city and bring down the fragile Italian
– NBC Radio News Of The World – December 3, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – News about the Cold War overseas and discontent over Price Controls at home, for this December 3rd in 1947. Secretary of Agriculture Anderson predicted a dramatic rise in Meat prices for 1948 unless
– ABC Radio – Voices In The Headlines – Week Ending September 4, 1966 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Lest we all forget – Red China was going through what was later to become The Cultural Revolution. And beginning this week, the one ending on September 4th in 1966,
– BBC Home Service – Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain – declaration of War – September 1, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – This day 85 years ago, we were about to plunge into the most devastating and costly wars in our history. After many attempts at negotiating and diplomatic
After the initial shock of invasion came the scramble to take sides. Italy pledged alliance with Germany. France and Britain declared alliance with Poland. Portugal claimed neutrality. The sides were lining up. Meanwhile, the German Army had crossed into Poland and was taking prisoners. This second day of hostilities in
– Chicago University Roundtable: Atomic Force: It’s Meaning for Mankind – August 12, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the world waited for the official end of World War 2, and as the effects of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki began to settle in, the question
– BBC World Service – London Column – Aug. 1, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – While the war was still raging in the Pacific, the war was over in Europe. And the process of dismantling, rebuilding and reassessing the physical and emotional damage was slowly taking place. On
