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The years to remember.
- Title
- The years to remember.
- Publication
- Larchmont, N.Y. : Longines Symphonette Society, [between 1960 and 1969?]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spoken word recording | Use in library | SNK19107 | Off-site |
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- Description
- 1 audio disc : analog, 33 1/3 rpm, mono; 12 in.
- Summary
- A collection of excerpts from radio broadcasts from a variety of sources, detailing the major historical events leading up to World War II and of American professional sports in the 1930s & early 1940s.
- Series Statement
- Living sound
- Uniform Title
- Living sound.
- Alternative Title
- March toward World War II.
- Radio\u0027s on-the-spot coverage of sports.
- Radio reports World War II.
- Radio\u0027s great moments of pathos.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- News recordings.
- Contents
- The march toward World War II: The King George V funeral ; King Edward VIII abdication ; King George VI coronation ; The Munich Conference ; Prime Minister Chamberlain reports to the world ; Hitler declares war on Poland ; Chamberlain announces war with Germany ; "America hates war" (FDR) ; "Give us the tools" (Winston Churchill) -- Radio\u0027s on-the-spot coverage of sports: The Jack Dempsey-Gene Tunney fight ; Schmeling defeats Joe Lewis ; Max Baer, Gene Tunney, Jack Dempsey comment as Louis defeats Schmeling in the re-match ; Jesse Owens in 1936 Olympics, Ted Husing reports ; 1937 Davis Cup tennis match, Budge vs. Kramm ; Whirlaway wins the Kentucky Derby (with Clem McCarthy).
- Radio reports World War II: Pearl Harbor to Corregidor ; Pearl Harbor bulletin ; Eyewitness report Manila bombing ; "Day of infamy" (FDR) ; The last broadcast from Corregidor ; "D" Day to final victory ; Dwight D. Eisenhower announces "D" Day landings ; FDR prays on "D" Day ; "Live" report from landing ship ; Iwo Jima invaded, eyewitness account ; President Truman\u0027s congressional tribute ; Winston Churchill on VE day ; President Truman announces Hiroshima "A" bomb attack ; General MacArthur at signing of peace treaty with Japan -- Radio\u0027s great moments of pathos: Babe Ruth\u0027s final message ; Lou Gehrig says goodbye at Yankee Stadium.
- OCLC
- ocm19257589
- 19257589
- SCSB-5749170
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries