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Seabiscuit Horse Races 1937-1940
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5 horse race broadcasts, which feature Seabiscuit. I'm not sure the provenance of these....
What Are We Fighting For?
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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…
1949 Radio News
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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 …
AFRS Proudly We Hail
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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, …
The Eisenhower Years
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The Eisenhower Years was a 13-part radio documentary that was produced by Kansas State University in 1969 & 1970. According to http://ww…
Europe Confidential
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Basil Rathbone hosted this series of "The World's Greatest Mysteries." BasilRathbone.net gives the show a date of 1957. Files via …
Jack Benny USO Show Cairo Egypt
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Jack Benny USO Show from Cairo, Egypt on September 13, 1943. Not sure if this was broadcast on AFRS?
AFRS One Night Stand
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One Night Stand was a program of live music ("remotes") that was produced & broadcast by the US government via the Armed Force…
AFRS Jill's All-Time Jukebox
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Martha Wilkerson (AKA G.I. Jill) hosted a couple shows on the United States government-produced Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS). One progr…
America Looks Abroad
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America Looks Abroad was a 15-minute news and commentary show produced by the nonpartisan American Foreign Policy Association (FPA.org) and …
1944 Esquire All-American Jazz Concert
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1944 Esquire All-American Jazz Concert at the Metropolitan Opera House. Broadcast on NBC Blue and also AFRS as part of "One Night Stand…
Esquire's 1946 All-American Jazz Band Concert
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This jazz concert was Emcee'd by Orson Welles and featured Duke Ellington & his Orchestra, the Nat "King" Cole Trio, and Woody…
AFRS Jubilee!
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Jubilee! was broadcast on the Armed Forces Radio Service (AFRS) and featured "Negro" performers. The dates on these files, as well…
We Will Never Die Ben Hecht & Kurt Weill
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1944 NBC broadcast of the Ben Hecht & Kurt Weill Holocaust "dramatic pageant" We Will Never Die. Live from the Hollywood Bowl.…
1945 WTIC The War Goes On
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June 1945 radio interview with torpedoman Alfred E. Amos of Hartford CT & gunner's captain Stanley J. Olander of Manchester CT - survivo…
Vox Pop
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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…
1942 OWI Mileage Rationing Program
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Special syndicated OWI program that promoted gas rationing. Starring Jack Benny, Dinah Shore, Eddie Cantor, Paul Whiteman, & Burns &…
WGN Hallicrafters Hour
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A 1945 episode of the The Hallicrafters Hour, featuring the mononymous cabaret singer & early gay icon, Hildegarde. Ham radio, Hallicraf…
Kentucky Derby Broadcasts
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Here are some radio broadcasts of the Kentucky Derby horse race in Louisville, Kentucky and a few related old time radio shows. More broadca…
1946 WCCO Stay At Home Campaign
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Polio outbreaks in the United States in the summer of 1946 were at an all-time high. In Minneapolis, Minnesota there was a voluntary quarant…