Old Radio Programs
An Archive Of Historical Old Radio
Broadcasts
News From The 30's Through The
50's
These are notable recording of news broadcast spanning from the 1930's through the 1950's.
Play all episodes.
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37-05-06 The Hindenburg Disaster, Herb Morrison Reporting
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38-03-04 Russia And
Germany, Ramon Graham Swing Commentary
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38-03-13 CBS World News
Roundup (Germany takes over Austria)
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38-08-28 Berlin before
Invasion, Shirer Reporting
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39-03-08 BBC Start of Gas
Mask Drill
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39-08-27 Hitler's Demands
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39-08-28 CBS European War
Crisis
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39-08-28 London Before
War, Edward R. Murrow Reporting
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39-09-01 BBC Evacuation
of London
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39-09-02 Chamberlain
Declares War
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39-09-07 From Berlin,
Willam Shirer Reporting
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39-09-10 BBC Evacuee
Message to Parents
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39-09-22 H. V. Kaltenborn,
News Commentary
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39-10-13 BBC Princess
Elizabeth aged 14
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39-10-15 BBC Richard
Dimbleby By A French Road
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39-11-11 BBC Queen
Elizabeth Fortitude Of Women
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39-12-01 CBS News, Elmer
Davis Reports Russia Invades Finland
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39-12-18 BBC Churchill
Announces The Sinking of The Ship Graff Spee
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40-01-18 CBS Today in
Europe
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40-02-27 German
Propaganda Broadcast (Lord Haw Haw)
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40-04-09 Invasion Denmark
and Norway
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40-05-08 BBC Edward R.
Murrow Reports On No Confidence Debate In House Of Commons
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40-05-10 Chamberlain
Resigns
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40-05-11 Elmer Davis
Reports on Bliz Kerg Agains Dutch And Belgium
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40-05-13 BBC Bernard
Stubbs Reports on British Advance Into Belgium
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40-05-14 BBC Anthony
Eden, Sec Of State For War, Announces Local Defence Volunteer Force
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40-05-14 BBC Charles
Gardner Reports Attempt To Stop German Advance
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40-05-19 BBC Churchill's
1st Speech as PM
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40-05-30 Fulton Lewis
Commentary
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40-05-31 BBC Bernard
Stubbs Reports On Trains Full of Evacuees
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40-05-31 BBC Bernard
Stubbs Reports On Troops From Dunkirk
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40-06-05 Priestly
Comments on Dunkirk
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40-06-18 BBC Churchill's
Finest Hour Speech
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40-06-21 CBS & NBC
Coverage of French Surrender
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40-06-21 French
Surrender, Reported by William Shirer
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40-07-08 BBC Bill Herbert
Reports On Bombing of Caen
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40-07-14 Charles Gardner
Reports On Dogfight Over English Channel
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40-07-23 World Today
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40-07-27 World Today
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40-08-14 CBS European War
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40-08-16 CBS Battle of
Britain
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40-08-19 CBS War News
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40-08-24 Edward R. Murrow
Reports On London Air Raid
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40-08-29 CBS European War
News
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40-09-02 CBS News With
Reports From Berlin, London, and Rome
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40-09-15 BBC Alvar
Liddell Reads Midnight News
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40-09-20 CBS News Of
Europe
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40-09-20 Edward R. Murrow
Reports On The London Blitz
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40-10-05 BBC Robin Duff
Describes An Air Raid Shelter
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40-10-27 New York World's
Fair Closing
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40-10 Emergency Services
During London Blitz
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40-12-20 BBC Robin Duff
Describes London Burning
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40-12-23 Churchill
Addresses Italians
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40-12-31 Herbert
Morrison's Message to Firemen
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41-01-05 BBC Bruce
Belfrage Reads The News
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41-01-10 BBC Alan Howland
Reads The News
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41-05-24 BBC German
Announcment of The Sinking of The HMS Hood
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41-05-31 BBC 1st Sea Lord
A V Alexander Announces Sinking Of Bismark
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41-06-01 CBS Elmer Davis,
News Anylist
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41-06-22 Churchill
Announces German Invasion of Russia
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41-09-05 BBC Frank
Phillips, News Announcements
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41-09-08 BBC Alvar
Liddell, Air Raid on Berlin
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41-11-11 BBC Robert
Dougall With Convoy In Atlantic
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41-12-07-2300 NBC Radio
News, Washington Reaction To Pearl Harbor Attack
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41-12-07-2330 NBC Radio
Round Table Discussion
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41-12-07 BBC Alvar
Liddell Reports On Japanese Attacks In The Pacific
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41-12-07 BBC Washington
Reaction To Pearl Harbor Attack
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41-12-07 CBS Analysis Of
Attack On Pearl Harbor And Manilla
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41-12-07 CBS Attempts And
Fails To Call Honolulu and Manilla
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41-12-07 CBS Football
Broadcast - War Bulletin
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41-12-07 CBS John Charles
Daly Reports Pearl Harbor Attack
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41-12-07 CBS NY
Philharmonic Concert - War Bulletins
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41-12-07 World News Today
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41-12-07 WOR Mutual
Broadcast System Bulletin Interrupts Football Game
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41-12-07 MBS Flash UPI
Bulletin Reports Attack On Pearl Harbor
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41-12-07 NBC American
Legion Special Defense Message
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41-12-07 NBC Honolulu KGU
Radio Pearl Harbor
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41-12-07 NBC News
Bulletins
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41-12-07 NBC News
Bulletins & 41-12-08 War Declaration
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41-12-07 NHK Gen Hideki
Tojo Declares War On The Allies
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41-12-07 NBC Music by S
Marlowe And R D Bennett Interrupted By Pearl Harbor Report
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41-12-07 NBC Univ Of
Chicago Roundtable Canada At War
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41-12-08-0009 NBC Bert
Silan Reports Manila Bombing
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41-12-08-0100 NBC Radio
News and Music
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41-12-08-1045 NBC London
Report Of England Declaring War On Japan
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41-12-08 Joint Congress
Session - Declaration Of War Proceedings
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41-12-08-1345 NBC Radio
News Bert Silan in Manilla And Upton Close in San Francisco
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41-12-08-2130 NBC Radio
News
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41-12-08 BBC Roosevelt
Requests Declaration Of War
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41-12-08 BBC Wilfred
Pickles News on the Far East
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41-12-08 BBC Winston
Churchill - War With Japan
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41-12-08 CBS Albert
Warner Comments On Declaration Of War
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41-12-08 CBS Ford Wilkins
In Manila
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41-12-08 CBS News
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41-12-08 NBC Radio News
With John W Vandercook
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41-12-09 CBS World News
Today
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41-12-09 FDR Fireside
Chat
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41-12-10 CBS John Daly
Bulletin On Japanese Attacks In Phillipines
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41-12-10 CBS Three Front
War Summary
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41-12-11 CBS Congress
Declares War On Germany
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41-12-11 EIAR
Dichiarazione di Guerra agli USA
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41-12-11 March of Time
Pearl Harbor
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41-12-23 Fall Of Wake
Island
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41-12-24 BBC Winston
Churchill - The White House Christmas
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41-12-24 FDR Christmas
Broadcast
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41-12-24 MBS White House
Christmas Tree Ceremony
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41-12-26 BBC Winston
Churchill - Address To Congress
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41-12-28 RSH Lord Haw Haw
- Germany Calling Part 1
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41-12-28 RSH Lord Haw Haw
- Germany Calling Part 2
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41 California Governor
Olson On Japanese Residents
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41 Charles Lindbergh On
US Non-Intervention
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42-01-06 NBC FDR State of
the Union
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42-02-11 CBS News Of The
World
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42-02-15 BBC Winston
Churchill - Reviews Atlantic Charter
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42-02-15 NHK Japanese
Victory Over Singapore
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42-02-25 CBS News Of The
World
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42-04-20 CBS Mobil Gas
News Service
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42-04-29 NHK Station
DEBUNK - Sign-On
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42-05-07 KZRH Gen
Wainwright Broadcasts Surrender Of Corregidor
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42-05-10 BBC Winston
Churchill - Prime Minister For Two Years
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42-06-04 BBC Capt William
Graves Discusses the Battle of Midway
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42-06-15 BBC Giles
Playfair Last Days of Singapore
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42-08-17 BBC Freddy
Grisewood on Saving Fuel
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42-10-01 BBC Montgomery
Addresses Troops at El Alemein
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42-11-01 BBC Godfrey
Talbot Watches Tanks at El Alemein
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42-11-04 BBC Bruce
Belfrage Reports on Victory In North Africa
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42-11-11 Armistice Day
Ceremony
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42-12-07 One Year after
Pearl Harbor
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42-12-19 BBC Godfrey
Talbot Christmas With 8th Army
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43-01-09 CBS World News
Today
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43-01-30 RRG Hermann
Gorrin Die Legende von Stalingrad
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43-02-09 BBC Paul
Winterton on Stalingrad
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43-02-09 BBC Robert
Robinson Reports Victory In Stalingrad
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43-04-18 Gabriel Heatter
War News And Commentary
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43-05-13 BBC Frank
Gillard on German Surrender N Africa
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43-05-18 RRGO Axis Sally
Mildred Gillars Sample 1
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43-05-18 RRGO Axis Sally
Mildred Gillars Sample 2
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43-05-18 RRGO Axis Sally
Mildred Gillars Sample 3
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43-06-22 BBC Cdr Kimmins
On Invasion of Sicily
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43-07-25 BBC Maurice
Shillington Reports Mussolini Resigns
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43-07-25 CBS World News
Today
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43-07-28 FDR Fireside
Chat - First Crack In The Axis
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43-08-08 CBS World News
Today
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43-08-17 BBC Garry Marsh
- General Patton Enters Messina
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43-08-22 BBC Frank
Gillard With Town Band in Lentini
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43-08-28 CBS World News
Today
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43-08-28 John W
Vandercook War Commentary
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43-08-29 CBS World News
Today
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43-09-03 BBC Lancaster
Bomber Crew Over Berlin
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43-09-03 BBC General
Mongomery Announces Landings In Italy
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43-09-08 Eisenhower
Announces Italian Surrender
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43-09-19 CBS World News
Today
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43-09-26 CBS World News
Today
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43-10-13 BBC Freddy
Grisewood Reports Italy At War With Germany
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43-11-03 Daytime Radio
Newspaper
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43-12-03 Berlin Bombing
Run by Edward R Murrow
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43-12-06 BBC Freddy
Grisewood Reports On Tehran Conference
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44-01-26 BBC Wynford
Vaughn-Thomas on Anzio
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44-02-20 CBS World News
Today
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44-02-27 CBS World News
Today
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44-02-29 Crisco Radio
News
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44-03-05 CBS World News
Today
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44-03-12 CBS World News
Today
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44-03-19 CBS World News
Today
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44-03-26 BBC Churchill on
Allied Victories
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44-03-26 CBS World News
Today
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44-03-31 BBC Wynford
Vaughn-Thomas
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44-04-02 CBS World News
Today
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44-04-20 BBC Wynford
Vaughn-Thomas on Springtime Anzio
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44-05-05 BBC Richard
Dimbleby Watches Airborne Troops Takeoff
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44-05-13 Skelly News of
the World
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44-05-17 BBC Godfrey
Talbot in Monte Cassino
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44-06-03 BBC Robin Duff
on Sealed Invasion Ship
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44-06-04 BBC Frank
Gillard On Build Up To D-Day
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44-06-05 BBC Rome
Welcomes The Allies
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44-06-06-430pm NBC
Announces D-Day
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44-06-06 BBC Alan
Melville Sees D-Day Paratroops
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44-06-06 BBC Chester
Willmot In D-Day Glider
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44-06-06 BBC Chester
Willmot Sees D-Day Gliders Landing
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44-06-06 BBC Colin Wills
Lands With Infantry On D-Day
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44-06-06 BBC Eisenhower
to Western Europe
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44-06-06 BBC John Snagge
D-Day Has Come
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44-06-06 BBC Robin Duff
Mid-channel to Normandy
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44-06-06 CBS World News
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 001
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 002
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 003
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 004
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 005
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 006
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 007
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 008
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 009
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 010
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 011
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 012
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 013
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 014
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 015
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 016
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 017
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 018
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 019
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 020
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 021
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 022
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 023
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44-06-06 Complete
Broadcast Day Part 024
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44-06-06 Crisco News
D-Day
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44-06-06 Cross Country
Reaction To D-Day
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44-06-06 D-Day Ship
Attack
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44-06-07 D-Day Kalmer
Quincy Howe
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44-06-07 Kate Smith
Prayer for Our Troops
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44-06-08 BBC Guy Byam
Parachutes Into France
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44-06-08 BBC Michael
Standing, On French Civilians
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44-06-14 BBC Alan
Melville Hermanville Church Bells
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44-06-17 BBC Frank
Gillard Takes Cover
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44-07-08 Bombing Of Caen
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44-07-18 Mutual War News
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45-08-06 CBS World News
Today
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44-08-13 CBS World News
Today
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44-08-20 CBS World News
Today
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44-08-25 BBC Richard
Wessell Paris Liberated
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44-08-26 BBC Robert Reid
Snipers Fire at DeGaulle
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44-08-27 CBS World News
Today
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44-09-03 CBS World News
Today
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44-09-10 CBS World News
Today
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44-09-17 BBC Edward R
Murrow Counts Parachutes In Holland
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44-09-17 BBC John Snagge
Invasion of Holland
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44-09-17 BBC General
Montgomery Speech
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44-09-20 BBC Stanley
Maxted Cut Off With Airborne
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44-09-24 CBS World News
Today
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44-11-01 BBC Audrey
Russell Interviews Bomb Victim
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44-12-18 BBC Robert Barr
Ardennes Withdrawal
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44-12-24 BBC Mountbatten
Not Forgotten Front
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45-04-08 BBC Richard
Dimbleby Talks About a German Family
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45-02-19 BBC Sgt Richard
Mawson on Iwa Jima
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45-03-08 BBC Freddy
Grisewood Remagen Bridge Crossed
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45-03-08 BBC Ian Wilson
Americans Over The Rhine
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45-03-11 BBC Chester
Wilmot Montgomery Across The Rhine
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45-03-21 BBC Richard
Sharp with Gen Slim Taking Of Mandalay
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45-03-24 BBC Richard
Dimbleby on Glider Assault Into Germany Operation Plunder
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45-03-24 BBC Richard
Dimbleby In Halifax Tow Plane Operation Plunder
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45-03-24 BBC Wynford
Vaughn-Thomas Crossing The Rhine Operation Plunder
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45-03-25 BBC Robert_Barr
- Churchill Crosses Rhine After Operation Plunder
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45-03-25 Stanley Maxted
Wounded On Glider Operation Plunder
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45-03-28 BBC Stuart Mc
Pherson Across The Rhine
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45-03-31 BBC Edward Ward
on Release From POW Camp Oflag XXIIB
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45-03-31 Wynford Vaughan
Thomas on Persuit East Of The Rhine
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45-04-19 BBC Richard
Dimbleby in Belsen
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45-04-23 Edward Ward Red
Army On The East Of The Elbe Celebrating
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45-04-24 BBC Wynford
Vaughn-Thomas on Fighting On The Elbe
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45-04-25 BBC Frank
Gillard US and Soviets Meet at Torgau on The Elbe
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45-04-30 Lord Haw-Haw's
Last German Propaganda Broadcast
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45-04-31 BBC Robert Reid
on Stalag IXA Seigenheim Prison Camp Liberation
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45-05-01 BBC Stuart
Hibberd Announces Hitler Is Dead
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45-05-01 Hamburg Takeover
of Lord Haw-Haw's Station
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45-05-02 BBC Berlin Has
Fallen
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45-05-03 BBC Wynford
Vaughn-Thomas German Troops Surrender
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45-05-04 BBC
ChesterWilmot Monty HQ Awaits German Surrender
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45-05-04 Monty Reads
Surrender Terms
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45-05-07 BBC John Snagge
Announces VE Day
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45-05-07 BBC Thomas
Cadett Sees Jodl Surrender
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45-05-08 BBC Churchill
Announces Surrender
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45-05-08 BBC Howard
Marshall Shares Day With Crowds
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45-05-08 BBC Truman Wish
Roosevelt Had Lived
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45-05-08 King George VI
on Victory In Europe
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45-05-08 Montgomery on
Those That Died
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45-05-08 Gabriel Heater
on Russia Declares VE Day
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45-05-09 BBC Thomas
Cadett on Hitler's Place of Death
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45-05-09 BBC Thomas
Cadett in Berlin
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45-05-19 BBC Matthew
Halton in Holland
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45-08-06 BBC Frank
Phillips Hiroshima
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45-08-08 Capt Cheshire
Witnesses Nagasaki Bombing
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45-08-14 Commentary On
End of the War
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45-08-14 V-J Day
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45-08-14 VJ Day Gabriel
Heater
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45-08-06 VJ Day Reports
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45-08-15 BBC Atlee
Surrender of Japan
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45-08-15 BBC Crowds
Celebrate VJ Day
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45-08-15 BBC King George
VI Addressvto the Empire
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45-08-15 Wynford
Vaughn-Thomas in Piccadilly Circus
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45-09-01 BBC MacArthur
Holy Mission Speech
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45-11-04 Reminiscence on
Building Burma Railway
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1945 Churchill Speaks At
Victory Party
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50-12-15 Hear It Now
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50-12-22 Hear It Now
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51-01-12 Hear It Now
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1951 General Douglas
MacArthur's Farewell Address To Congress
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51-04-20 Hear It Now
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51-04-27 Hear It Now
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51-05-11 Hear It Now
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51-05-18 Hear It Now
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51-05-25 Hear It Now
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Edward R Murrow
Commentary on Senator McCarthy
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News and Edward R. Murrow
Tilts With Senator McCarthy