News from 1944. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1944 news file dump. Plus some V-Discs. Any typo or error is mine....if you like my uploads / Demonoid torrents please consider donating to a veteran's charity of your choice, thank you. Especially if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files. :D
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, Old Time Radio, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy,...
News from 1941. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1941 news file dump. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: World War II: Homefront, Tobruk, Battles of, Tobruk, Libya, 1941-1942, World War, 1939-1945 --...
News from 1940. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1940 news file dump. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940-1941, WWII, Old Time Radio,...
The Jubilee! radio show was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) and featured "Negro" performers. The dates on these files, show numbers, as well as some performer's names, came from the Jubilee! transcription pages by Carl Hallstrom & Bo Scherman: http://home.swipnet.se/dooji/jubilee.htm The Radio Gold Index http://www.radiogoldindex.com DB was helpful too. Any typo or error is mine. :D
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, African American, World War, 1939-1945, World War II,...
News from 1945. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1945 news file dump. Plus some V-Discs. Any typo or error is mine. ...if you like my uploads / Demonoid torrents please consider donating to a veteran's charity of your choice, thank you. Especially if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files. :D
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Topics: WWII, Tokyo Rose, 1916-2006, Ardennes, Battle Of The, 1944-1945, Iwo Jima, Battle Of, Japan, 1945,...
News from 1942. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1942 news file dump. Any typo or error is mine.
Topics: WWII, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, World War II: Homefront, Corregidor, 1942, News,...
News from 1943. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1943 news file dump. Plus some V-Discs. Any typo or error is mine.
Topics: World War, 1939-1945, Old Time Radio, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965, Roosevelt, Franklin D....
News from the 1960's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1960's news file dump. Plus some talk shows and specials. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, News, Detroit, JFK, RFK, MLK, Cold War,...
News from 1938. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1938 news file dump. Plus roller derby. :) Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: Chamberlain, Neville, 1869-1940, Munich Four-Power Agreement -- (1938), OTR, Czechoslovakia --...
News from 1939. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1939 news file dump. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: World War II: Homefront, World War II, Old Time Radio, World War, 1939-1945, News, River Plate,...
G.I. Jive was a 15-minute music program that was produced & broadcast by the U.S. government via the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) radio network. Early shows had a variety of hosts: Frank Nelson, Lester Jay, and popular pin-up girls like Donna Reed were guest DJs. In 1943, G.I. Jill (Martha Wilkerson) took over behind the mike, and according to the AFRTS Archive blog , G.I. Jive became the most popular show on AFRS. (Also see Jill's All-Time Jukebox and The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 55...
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Topics: GI Jive, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, WWII, AFRS, GI Jill, Jazz, Big Band, Swing, Old Time...
News from 1947. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1947 news file dump. Plus some talk shows and specials. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: 1947, House Un-American Activities Committee, Old Time Radio, World War II: Postwar issues, News,...
News from the 1930's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1930's news file dump. Plus some sports and band remotes. Also included is the infamous radio show episode with the Arch Oboler "Adam and Eve" skit that got Mae West banned from radio. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: OTR, Old Time Radio, 1924, 1928, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, WWII, World War...
News from the 1970's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1970's news file dump. Plus some talk shows and specials. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, News, Cold War, AFVN, Energy Crisis,...
One Night Stand was a program of live music ("remotes") that was produced & broadcast by the U.S. government via the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) radio network. It featured the popular bands of the day and some lesser-known groups. Some of the vocalists: Meredith Blake, Liz Tilton, Anita O'Day, Helen Ward, Eugenie Baird, Bob Anthony, Thelma Carpenter, Jimmy Rushing, Earle Warren, Dinah Washington, Kitty Kallen, Rosetta Williams, Doris Day, Kay Starr, et al. The Radio Gold...
Topics: World War, 1939-1945, World War II, WWII, AFRS, Big Band, Swing, Jazz, OTR, Vaughn Monroe, Charlie...
News from the 1950's I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1950's news file dump. Plus some talk shows and specials. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: Baseball, HUAC, Korean War, 1950-1953, News, OTR, Old Time Radio, Cold War, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953,...
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"This sound recording captures African - American contralto Marian Anderson's performance on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. The free open - air Easter Sunday concert was organized after Anderson was denied permission to sing to an integrated audience in Constitution Hall by the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The recording also features an introductory speech by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, in which he decried prejudice in the United...
Topics: Marian Anderson, Old Time Radio, Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993, OTR
Proudly We Hail was a syndicated Cold War / JET AGE! / Korean War-era radio program that was produced by the US government to promote Army, WAC, and Air Force recruitment. It featured radio dramas in a variety of genres - SciFi, patriotic, true stories, biographical, etc. It was also broadcast on AFRS. Some of these files suffered from that curious practice (that some companies that sell OTR have undertaken) of slightly slowing down the speed of the broadcast. It lengthens the episode length...
Topics: AFRS, Korean War, 1950-1953, Cold War, OTR, Old Time Radio, WAC, United States. Army, United...
News from 1946. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1946 news file dump. Plus some V-Discs & specials. Any typo or error is mine.
Topics: 1946, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Isaac Woodard, Nuremberg Trial of Major German War...
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"This sound recording captures a Japanese broadcast to Allied forces in the South Pacific. The broadcast contained music; war news and commentary; music with "Ann the Orphan," Iva Toguri D'Aquino, a Japanese-American dubbed "Tokyo Rose" by the American military; news from the United States, including news of the Presidential campaign; music; and commentary." National Archives Identifier: 2292471
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Topics: Tokyo Rose, 1916-2006, Old Time Radio, World War, 1939-1945, OTR, WWII, World War II, World War,...
News from 1948. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1948 news file dump. Plus some talk shows and specials. Any typo or error is mine.
Topics: 1948, Marshall Plan, Reconstruction (1939-1951), News, Berlin Blockade, Operation Vittles, Old Time...
The NBC program WORDS AT WAR is one of my very very favorite old time radio shows. I don't have all episodes available (disabled & can't afford to buy OTR), but here are the episodes that I do have. Enjoy. :D Correct episode names are from the helpful Digital Deli OTR site: http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Words-At-War.html Additional research is my own, though I ran out of steam. :) About the Episodes *****EPISODE 01: 1943-06-24 NBC Words At War 01 Combined Operations The...
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Topics: Words at War, World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial Operations, World War II,...
In 1942, CBS produced a series of six 15-minute programs that were broadcast from Army camps around the country. Each episode of What Are We Fighting For? contains a remarkable speech; my favorite is Alvin C. York's: 01 The Road To War - Edward R. Murrow at West Point, New York 02 What Pearl Harbor Means To Me - Lee White at Ft. George Meade, Maryland 03 Your Enemies, The Fascists - William L. Shirer at Fort Belvoir, Virginia (no open nor close) 04 The Russians Are Our Kind Of People - Quentin...
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Patriotism, Old Time Radio, Citizenship, Shirer, William L....
1944 Esquire All-American Jazz Concert at the Metropolitan Opera House, broadcast on NBC Blue and also AFRS as part of " One Night Stand ." This was the first jazz concert at the Met and it probably wouldn't have happened if it hadn't been a War Bond Drive. (Admission was paid in War Bonds.) NY Times' article headline: " 3,600 BUY BONDS AT JAZZ SESSION; $650,000 Raised for War by Sale of Tickets to Concert of Esquire's Band. " It was also mentioned in The Billboard...
Topics: OTR, Teddy Wilson, World War II: Homefront, Jack Teagarden, War Bonds, Art Tatum, WWII, Oscar...
One hundred American Thanksgiving holiday-themed OTR shows and/or V-Discs. Happy Thanksgiving, whenever it is that your particular country celebrates gratitude. :) These are not from the PC-era so, warning. (Any error or typo is mine.)
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Topics: Thanksgiving, OTR, Old Time Radio, Turkey Day, Turkey
Basil Rathbone hosted this series of "The World's Greatest Mysteries." BasilRathbone.net gives the show a date of 1957. Files via jimsplayground.com 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential 031 Blackmailed Spy Affair.mp3 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential 032 Missing Bullfighter Affair.mp3 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential 033 Weinriche Affair.mp3 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential 034 Judy Diamond Affair.mp3 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential 035 Senator Payne Affair.mp3 195X-XX-XX Europe Confidential...
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Topics: Basil Rathbone, OTR, World's Greatest Mysteries, Europe Confidential, Old Time Radio, Cold War
Martha Wilkerson (AKA G.I. Jill) hosted a couple shows on the United States government-produced Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). One program she hosted was G.I. Jive ( http://archive.org/details/AfrsG.i.Jive ) and another was Jill's All-Time Jukebox, which ran concurrent to the other show during part of its run (she mentions it during G.I. Jive). Also see The Army-Navy Screen Magazine 55 (1945) here on Archive.org. I only have 5 Jill's All-Time Jukebox shows :( but there are some real gems....
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, Old Time Radio, Swing, Big Band, World War II, Jazz, AFRS, WWII, GI Jill
A collection of the marches and martial music extracted from the set of V-Discs that I've uploaded to Archive.org. Since the gov't produced and distributed these records they are public domain but if you intend to make $ or otherwise profit from these files, please consider making a donation to a veteran's charity of your choice. Thanks. :)
Topics: Bands (Music), V-Discs, WWII, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Marches (Orchestra)
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"This is a sound recording of King George VI's Empire Day address that was broadcast from London. In the recording, the King said: 'It is not mere territorial conquest the enemy is seeking. It is the overthrow, complete and final, of the Empire and of everything for which it stands, and after that the conquest of the world.'" National Archives Identifier: 2173225
Topics: WWII, The King's Speech, George VI, King Of Great Britain, 1895-1952, World War, 1939-1945, World...
America Looks Abroad was a 15-minute news and commentary show produced by the nonpartisan American Foreign Policy Association (FPA.org) and broadcast on NBC. ...sounds boring but this show aired 1939 through May of 1941 (according to Otrpedia), which was when the USA was grappling with neutrality, lend lease etc. so.... Hindsight is 20/20.
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, Lend-lease operations (1941-1945), Neutrality, 1940, 1941, World War II, Old...
This jazz concert was Emcee'd by Orson Welles and featured Duke Ellington & his Orchestra, the Nat "King" Cole Trio, and Woody Herman & his Orchestra. Here's an ad in Billboard http://books.google.com/books?id=cxgEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT16
Topics: 1946, Woody Herman, Swing, Big Band, Duke Ellington, Orson Welles, Nat King Cole, Jazz
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ARC Identifier 1436350
Topics: WWII, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War II,...
Speaking of Liberty was sponsored by "the Council on Democracy" and broadcast by the NBC Red network. Rex Stout hosted a variety of guests who were "speaking of liberty." The show aired for an an initial series of episodes and the audience response was so positive, the show returned for "Round 2." There are a lot of typos and misinformation out there regarding the guests on these shows; hopefully this will clear things up: 01 Carl Van Doren Historian & author...
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, Old Time Radio, Liberty, World War II: Homefront, Patriotism, World War II,...
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"This sound recording captures Adolf Hitler's address before a Nazi Congress in Nuremberg. The speech is in German, with English recapitulations at intervals. American commentator H. V. Kaltenborn discussed the speech and its potential effect on world peace." National Archives Identifier: 2173183
Topics: WWII, Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Territorial Questions -- Germany, World War...
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"This is a sound recording of "Berlin to North America," a German radio broadcast in English, that was a communique from Adolf Hitler's headquarters that included the Supreme Commander's report on German military operations, read by an unidentified announcer, "Lord Haw Haw" (William Joyce). Also included in this recording, is a propaganda broadcast to Great Britain." National Archives Identifier: 2194735
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Topics: OTR, Old Time Radio, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, WWII, Joyce, William, 1906-1946
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"This sound recording captures a KGU newsman's report from a rooftop in Honolulu to the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) in New York, in which he described the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, damage suffered, and the fighting still in progress." National Archives Identifier: 2192572
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Topics: WWII, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old Time Radio, OTR, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack On,...
NPR has said that Vox Pop was the first "Quiz Show" but that was sort of peripheral to the show, which was produced in a different location each week. It billed itself as the "premier audience participation show" and now these short interviews provide a keyhole glimpse into the era in which it was created. You can read more about Vox Pop here: http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/patc/quizshow/index.html http://www.digitaldeliftp.com/DigitalDeliToo/dd2jb-Vox-Pop.html...
Topics: 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1948, Vox Pop, World War, 1939-1945, Nixon, Richard M....
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"This sound recording is a compilation of several excerpts from a German-American Bund rally in which leader Fritz Kuhn addressed a crowd at Madison Square Gardens in New York City. In it, he remarked: We, the German-American Bund, organized as American citizens with American ideals and determined to protect ourselves, our homes, our wives and children against the slimy conspirators who would change this glorious republic into the inferno of a Bolshevik paradise. " National Archives...
Topics: WWII, OTR, Old Time Radio, National Socialism, World War II: Homefront, World War, 1939-1945, World...
"This sound recording captures a speech in which President Harry S. Truman described the results of the Potsdam Conference and announced the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan." National Archives Identifier: 1783706
Topics: Atomic bomb, Hiroshima-shi (Japan), OTR, Old Time Radio, Potsdam Conference, 1945, World War,...
The Voice of the Army was produced by the U.S. Army Recruiting Publicity Bureau. Dates are approximate. "Names on the List" was written by Cpl. Jacques Finke and Cpl. Donald Agger, and won an Ohio State Citation in 1945. 1944-xx-xx AFRS Voice of the Army 213 Names on the List Helen Hayes.mp3 1944-xx-xx AFRS Voice of the Army 214 Hospital Train Helen Hayes.mp3 1945-xx-xx AFRS Voice of the Army 269 Report Number B-129 Frank Lovejoy.mp3 1946-xx-xx AFRS Voice of the Army 303 Killroy Was...
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Topics: AFRS, OTR, Old Time Radio, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Bill Stern, Ethel Smith, Bob Thomas,...
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"This is a sound recording of Winston Churchill's first speech to the nation as Prime Minister of Great Britain. The address was broadcast from London, and in it Churchill said: 'Behind us, behind the armies and fleets of Britain and France, gather a group of shattered states and bludgeoned races ... upon all of whom the long night of barbarism will descend, unbroken even by a star of hope, unless we conquer, as conquer we must, as conquer we shall.' Elmer Davis of Columbia Broadcasting...
Topics: WWII, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old Time Radio, OTR, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965
June 1945 radio interview with torpedoman Alfred E. Amos of Hartford CT & gunner's captain Stanley J. Olander of Manchester CT - survivors of the USS Franklin (CV-13).
Topics: World War, 1939-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives, American, Old Time Radio, OTR,...
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"This is a sound recording of Benito Mussolini as he read Italy's declaration of war against Great Britain and France. The recording is in Italian." National Archives Identifier: 2174239 http://research.archives.gov/description/2174239
Topics: WWII, Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Italy, World War,...
News from 1949. I usually share these via torrent but I don't think all these files are available on archive.org so here's a 1949 news file dump. Plus some talk shows and specials. Any typo or error is mine.
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Topics: 1949, NATO, Baseball, OTR, Old Time Radio, Cold War, News
1944 NBC broadcast of the Ben Hecht & Kurt Weill Holocaust "dramatic pageant" We Will Never Die . Live from the Hollywood Bowl. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has a couple web pages about this production: " Kurt Weill and We Will Never Die " http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007047 " We Will Never Die: Shattering the Silence Surrounding the Holocaust " http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007036 The program had a cast of 1,000...
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Topics: World War, 1939-1945, World War II, 1944, WWII, Holocaust, Old Time Radio, The Shoah, Ben Hecht,...
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"This sound recording of the surrender of Japan includes the surrender ceremony and statements by President Harry S. Truman, General Douglas MacArthur, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz. General MacArthur opened the surrender ceremony aboard the battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay, presided over the signing, and closed the ceremony. Newscasters Webley Edwards and Merrill Mueller described the proceedings. President Harry S. Truman addressed the American people from the White House after the...
Topics: WWII, World War II, Edwards, Webley, 1902-1977, Mueller, Merrill, 1916-1980, Nimitz, Chester W....
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"This sound recording contains an interview by an unidentified newsman with Dillon S. Meyer, Director of the War Relocation Authority. In the interview, Dillon discussed the relocation of approximately 110,000 Japanese - Americans from the West Coast of the U.S. to 10 relocation centers in seven states. Topics included the administration, living conditions, educational and medical facilities, and staffing of the centers." National Archives Identifier: 2284719
Topics: WWII, Meyer, Dillon S., Japanese Americans -- Evacuation and relocation, 1942-1945, World War,...
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"This sound recording of a Berlin broadcast to Allied forces contained the war news report "Surpassing the Enemy's Head Start" by Reich Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels; "Home Sweet Home" read by a Nazi commentator; and a program consisting of American music and comments by "Midge," Mildred Elizabeth Gillars, an American citizen dubbed "Axis Sally" by the American military." National Archives Identifier: 2292468
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Topics: WWII, Old Time Radio, Goebbels, Joseph, 1897-1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Gillars,...
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"This is a sound recording of a propaganda broadcast by 'Paul Revere' (Douglas Chandler, an American citizen) from the heart of Nazi Germany on the eve of the third anniversary of the Axis Pact. In the broadcast, Chandler lauded the Axis victories and castigated the opponents of world progress led by 'Churchill the Charlatan' and 'Roosevelt the Renegade.'" National Archives Identifier: 2188111
Topics: WWII, World War, 1939-1945, OTR, World War II, Old Time Radio, Chandler, Douglas
The Eisenhower Years was a 13-part radio documentary that was produced by Kansas State University in 1969 & 1970. According to Kansas Cooperative Extension Service History, 1914-1989 , " It was aired over the K-State Radio Network, the National Educational Radio Network (the fore-runner of National Public Radio), and the Voice of America ." I've tagged these files with "1970" & "VOA." Any typo or error is mine. :)
Topics: World War, 1939-1945, Humphrey, Hubert H. (Hubert Horatio), 1911-1978, Ike, Roscoe Drummond,...
1947 ABC radio musical documentary, which features Jiminy Cricket, Donald Duck, and the 7 Dwarfs. This musical documentary was based upon the "America's Needs and Resources" white paper by the Twentieth Century Fund liberal think tank. (!) (We'll do less work and be more prosperous in 1960 thanks to our natural resources and improved labor relations.) There's more about this documentary here: https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/mehrlich/www/utopia.htm
Topics: 1947, Jiminy Cricket, Donald Duck, 1960, Old Time Radio, Walt Disney, Twentieth Century Fund, The...
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"This is a sound recording of Corporal John F. Barctek as he related the rescue of himself, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, and other crew members of a Flying Fortress, after they had drifted for 22 days on a raft in the Pacific Ocean." National Archives Identifier: 2205869
Topics: WWII, World War, 1939-1945, OTR, World War II, Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc...
"This sound recording captures remarks by President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the dedication of the Federal Trade Commission building on July 12, 1937." National Archives Identifier: 4719467
Topics: OTR, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945, WWII, World War II
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National Archives Identifier: 2209471
Topics: OTR, World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic Aspects -- United States, WWII, World War, 1939-1945,...
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"This sound recording captures the President's address on the transfer, under the Lend-Lease Act, of a submarine chaser to the Greek Government. It includes the following: 'Today, Greece is a gaunt and haggard sample of what the Axis is so eager and willing to hand to all the world.'" National Archives Identifier: 2268087
Topics: WWII, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, Old Time Radio, Lend-lease Operations...
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U.S. Army Air Forces Brig. Gen. Haywood S. Hansell, proponent of strategic bombing, talks about B-29 bombardment. ARC Identifier 2292397
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Topics: B-29 bomber, World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations, American, Hansell, Haywood S, World War,...
"This sound recording is of President Roosevelt's address at Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. During the address he said: 'We fervently hope for the day when the other leading nations of the world will realize that their present course must inevitably lead to disaster.'" ARC Identifier 2173170
Topics: WWII, Old Time Radio, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano),...
Audio extracted from the United States War Department Film Bulletin #89, War Bonds . The film is in poor shape so just the audio has been uploaded here. National Archives description: "Reel 1, Generals Brehon Somervell and Howard K. Loughry speak on the value of war bond purchases by Army personnel. Reel 2, shows activities at the Army War Bond office in Chicago, following operations from the arrival of Class B allotment applications to the mailing of bonds. Shows how office machinery...
Topics: Film Bulletin, Somervell, Brehon Burke, 1892-1955, WWII, World War II, War Bonds, World War,...
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"This sound recording captures an address by May-Ling Soong Chiang, wife of Chiang Kai-shek, on the subject of American-Chinese relations and the war effort." National Archives Identifier: 2209240
Topics: WWII, Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old Time Radio, OTR
5 horse race broadcasts, which feature Seabiscuit. I'm not sure the provenance of these....
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Topics: Seabiscuit, Old Time Radio, 1940, 1938, 1937, Sports: Horse Racing, Sports, OTR
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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Jul 1, 2013
07/13
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National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
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National Archives Identifier: 2192584
Topics: WWII, Kaltenborn, H. V. (Hans von), 1878-1965, OTR, Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack On, 1941, World...
"This sound recording captures a broadcast by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in which he voiced his intention to keep America out of the growing conflict in Europe. In it he stated 'This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I cannot ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well...As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no black - out of peace in the United States.'" ARC Identifier 1752482
Topics: WWII, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, World War, 1939-1945 -- Poland, Roosevelt, Franklin D....
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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Jun 26, 2013
06/13
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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information
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favorite 2
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"This sound recording captures a National Broadcasting Company (NBC) correspondent's report of the arrival of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's funeral train at Union Station, Washington, DC, and the procession from Union Plaza down Pennsylvania Avenue to the White House." National Archives Identifier: 2353526
Topics: OTR, Old Time Radio, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, WWII, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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1.4K
Jun 25, 2013
06/13
by
Federal Communications Commission. Foreign Broadcast Intelligence Service
audio
eye 1,386
favorite 8
comment 0
"This is a sound recording of an Italian radio broadcast, including a 15 - minute speech by Ezra Pound entitled 'Power' in which Pound said: The President hath power. The President has no legal power to enter into devious and secret agreements with foreign powers...To send the boys from Omaha to Singapore to die for British monopoly and brutality is not the act of an American patriot. " National Archives Identifier: 2194747
Topics: Old Time Radio, OTR, World War, 1939-1945, WWII, World War II, Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972, Pound, Ezra,...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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664
Jul 1, 2013
07/13
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National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
audio
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favorite 5
comment 0
National Archives Identifier: 2353528
Topics: WWII, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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256
Jul 1, 2013
07/13
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National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
audio
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favorite 3
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This sound recording captures President Roosevelt's address broadcast from a Pacific Coast naval base to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois, during which he accepted a fourth term nomination." National Archives Identifier: 2292456
Topics: WWII, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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743
Jul 1, 2013
07/13
by
Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
audio
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favorite 6
comment 0
"This sound recording captures war correspondent John Cooper's report from a Navy cruiser in the Pacific. The report described the action aboard the ship during the first landing of U.S. troops on the island of Palau." National Archives Identifier: 2320084
Topics: WWII, Peleliu, Battle Of, Palau, 1944, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Palau, World War,...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
1,136
1.1K
Jun 29, 2013
06/13
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Columbia Broadcasting System, inc.
audio
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favorite 3
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"This sound recording of Prime Minister Churchill's address to Congress includes the remark: 'I cannot help reflecting that if my father had been American and my mother British, instead of the other way 'round, I might have got here on my own.'" ARC Identifier 2194729
Topics: WWII, Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965, World War, 1939-1945, Old Time Radio, OTR, World War II,...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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585
Jun 30, 2013
06/13
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National Broadcasting Company, Inc.
audio
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favorite 1
comment 0
National Archives Identifier: 2331191
Topics: WWII, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945,...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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247
Jun 29, 2013
06/13
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Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
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"This sound recording captures President Roosevelt's radio address at a dinner of the Foreign Policy Association in New York City. In it, he declared: 'Peace, like war, can succeed only where there is a will to enforce it, and where there is available power to enforce it.'" ARC Identifier 2326558
Topics: WWII, OTR, World War II, World War, 1939-1945, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945,...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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313
Jun 30, 2013
06/13
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International Business Machines Corporation
audio
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favorite 2
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"This is a sound recording of President Roosevelt's speech in which he said: 'We are mobilizing our citizenship, for we are calling on men and women and property and money to join in making our defense effective. Today's registration for training and service is the keystone in the arch of our national defense.'"National Archives Identifier: 2174332
Topics: WWII, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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265
Jun 26, 2013
06/13
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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information
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favorite 2
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"This sound recording of U.S. Senator from Vermont Warren Austin's remarks on world peace, followed the World Security Conference at Dumbarton Oaks in Washington, DC." National Archives Identifier: 2320081
Topics: OTR, World War, 1939-1945, Old Time Radio, World War II, WWII
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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419
Jul 1, 2013
07/13
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International Business Machines Corporation
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"This sound recording of President Roosevelt's speech from Washington DC includes: '... our democratic army has existed for one purpose only: the defense of our freedom.'" National Archives Identifier: 2174558
Topics: WWII, Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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509
Jul 1, 2013
07/13
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Department of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
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"This is a sound recording of General Dwight D. Eisenhower's report to a joint session of Congress on the war in Europe and Africa, the defeat of Germany, British-American relations, and what remained to be done to win the war in the Pacific." National Archives Identifier: 2363636
Topics: WWII, Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969, World War, 1939-1945, World War II, Old Time...
WWII Era Audio Recordings
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414
Jun 26, 2013
06/13
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Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information
audio
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favorite 7
comment 0
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Prayer For The Success Of The Normandy Invasion And For Eventual World Peace, 06/06/1944 National Archives Identifier: 2292391
Topics: OTR, Normandy Invasion, Old Time Radio, World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- France -- Normandy,...
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