Tag World War II

May 8, 1945 – Finally! – VE Day – War In Europe Is Over.

Mutual Broadcasting – 12:30-1:30 pm – May 8, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – After years of fighting, weeks of speculation, days of rumors and false reports, the War in Europe finally came to an official end on May…

May 6, 1945 – A Hazy Light At The End Of The Tunnel – A Matter Of Refugees

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”14242″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”May 6, 1945 – Paul Manning News – MBS – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] MBS – Paul Manning News and Comment – May 6, 1945 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – As the world…

April 22, 1939 – Dedicating Freedom Of The Press – New York World’s Fair –

WOR-Mutual – Dedication of Freedom Of The Press Statue – New York World’s Fair – April 22, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection It would only seem natural, with all the saber rattling and threats from Fascist dictators in 1939,…

Aschluss - 1938

March 12, 1938 – Anschluss Realized – Doubts Pondered – History In Question.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”20148″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 12, 1938 – Radio Prague News – MBS John Steele – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] As the news regarding the annexation of Austria by Germany continued to unfold, doubts began to arise as…

Iwo Jima

February 25, 1945 – Otherwise Uninhabited – Iwo Jima –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”19895″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 25, 1945 – Story Behind The Headlines – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] February 25th, 1945 news was crammed with reports of great advances in Europe. The Allied armies were on…

January 1, 1961 – Days Of Future Murk – A New Year Look Ahead – Past Daily Reference Room

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11844″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 1, 1961 – Projection ’61 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] Most News programs spend the first day of a new year looking back on the events of the previous one.…

December 13, 1941 – Watcher Of The Skies – America On Alert

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”11513″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 13, 1941 – News Of The World – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] It was now a World War, this December 14th in 1941. America was busy gearing up for what…

Exploring the Stratosphere

December 11, 1935 – Exploring And Celebrating The Stratosphere –

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”18476″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”December 11, 1935 – National Geographic Society – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] When U.S. Army Air Corps Captains Albert W. Stevens and Orville A. Anderson landed their Explorer II High-altitude balloon…

Day of Infamy

December 7, 1941 – Day Of Infamy At Seventy-Nine – America Goes To War.

News reports via Mutual Broadcasting System – December 7, 1941 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seventy-two years on, the event which triggered our involvement in World War 2 is getting further and further from the collective memory. Much the same…