Transmission
1 July
1940
BBC Home Service
Radio Newsreel Fannie Hurst
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
12 min
Broadcast 1940-07-01. BBC Home Service.
← The Radio War
Summer-Autumn 1940
The Battle of Britain and the Blitz
Fighter Command over Kent, then bombs on London every night for eight months. The BBC broadcast from a city being hit while Lord Haw-Haw broadcast about it from Hamburg.
113 recordings · 11 broadcasters · 84 days
Who carried it
1 July 1940
4 July 1940
Transmission
4 July
1940
Mutual Broadcasting System
Arthur Mann In London
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-07-04. Mutual Broadcasting System.
8 July 1940
Transmission
8 July
1940
BBC Home Service
Bill Herbert Bombing of Caen
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-07-08. BBC Home Service.
14 July 1940
Transmission
14 July
1940
BBC Home Service
Charles Gardner On Convoy Attack Dogfight
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-07-14. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
14 July
1940
BBC Home Service
Charles Gardner Reports More On Dogfight
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-07-14. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
14 July
1940
BBC Home Service
Dogfight Over The Channel
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-07-14. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
14 July
1940
Mutual Broadcasting System
Sigrid Schulz From Berlin
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
9 min
Broadcast 1940-07-14. Mutual Broadcasting System.
Transmission
14 July
1940
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill War Of The Unknown Warrior
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
17 min
Broadcast 1940-07-14. BBC Home Service.
15 July 1940
Transmission
15 July
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News Democratic Convention Opened Today
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-07-15. CBS World News.
16 July 1940
Transmission
16 July
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News FDR To State 3rd Term Shortly
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-07-16. CBS World News.
17 July 1940
Transmission
17 July
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News Wheeler Withdraws As Candidate upcut
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-07-17. CBS World News.
18 July 1940
Transmission
18 July
1940
NBC News
News Carlton Smith Eleanor Roosevelt
Network
NBC News
Running time
13 min
Broadcast 1940-07-18. NBC News.
19 July 1940
Transmission
19 July
1940
Mutual Broadcasting System
Raymond Gram Swing Hitler offered peace to Britain in a speech today
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
13 min
Broadcast 1940-07-19. Mutual Broadcasting System.
21 July 1940
Transmission
21 July
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News Havana Inter American Conference Opens
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-07-21. CBS World News.
22 July 1940
Transmission
22 July
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News Cordell Hull Suggests Inter American Collective Trusteeship
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-07-22. CBS World News.
23 July 1940
Transmission
23 July
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News Germans Say Die Is Cast
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-07-23. CBS World News.
Transmission
23 July
1940
CBS World News
European News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-07-23. CBS World News.
24 July 1940
Transmission
24 July
1940
BBC Home Service
Lord Beaverbrook On Aircraft Production
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
7 min
Broadcast 1940-07-24. BBC Home Service.
27 July 1940
Transmission
27 July
1940
CBS World News
European News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-07-27. CBS World News.
1 August 1940
Transmission
1 August
1940
BBC Home Service
Dangers Of Combat
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
6 min
Broadcast 1940-08-01. BBC Home Service.
6 August 1940
Transmission
6 August
1940
CBS World News
European War
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-08-06. CBS World News.
14 August 1940
Transmission
14 August
1940
CBS World News
European News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-08-14. CBS World News.
16 August 1940
Transmission
16 August
1940
CBS World News
Battle Of Britain
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-08-16. CBS World News.
Transmission
16 August
1940
CBS World News
European News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-08-16. CBS World News.
19 August 1940
Transmission
19 August
1940
CBS World News
European News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-08-19. CBS World News.
20 August 1940
Transmission
20 August
1940
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill The First Year
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
10 min
Broadcast 1940-08-20. BBC Home Service.
22 August 1940
Transmission
22 August
1940
BBC Home Service
Convoy Shelled In Straits Of Dover
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-08-22. BBC Home Service.
24 August 1940
Transmission
24 August
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Trafalgar Blitz
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-08-24. CBS World News.
Transmission
24 August
1940
CBS World News
March Of Time Wartime Recipes
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-08-24. CBS World News.
Transmission
24 August
1940
CBS World News
Murrow on Blackout
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-08-24. CBS World News.
Transmission
24 August
1940
CBS World News
Special Broadcast London After Dark
Network
CBS World News
Running time
29 min
Broadcast 1940-08-24. CBS World News.
25 August 1940
Transmission
25 August
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Blitz Effects
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-08-25. CBS World News.
2 September 1940
Transmission
2 September
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News Heavy Damage In Night Raids Over Britain
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-09-02. CBS World News.
Transmission
2 September
1940
CBS World News
European News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-09-02. CBS World News.
3 September 1940
Transmission
3 September
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News FDR Pledges 50 Destroyers To Britain upcut
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-09-03. CBS World News.
Transmission
3 September
1940
CBS World News
We The People Boy Finds A Dog
Network
CBS World News
Running time
28 min
Broadcast 1940-09-03. CBS World News.
8 September 1940
Transmission
8 September
1940
BBC Home Service
A Londoner On Shelters And The Blitz
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1940-09-08. BBC Home Service.
15 September 1940
Transmission
15 September
1940
BBC Home Service
Alvar Liddell Reports 175 German Aircraft Destroyed
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-09-15. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
15 September
1940
BBC Home Service
Robin Duff Covers Convoy Attack Off Dover
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-09-15. BBC Home Service.
17 September 1940
Transmission
17 September
1940
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill House Of Commons Secret Session
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
10 min
Broadcast 1940-09-17. BBC Home Service.
18 September 1940
Transmission
18 September
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News One Raid In Eight Reaches London
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-09-18. CBS World News.
20 September 1940
Transmission
20 September
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow During Blitz
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-09-20. CBS World News.
Transmission
20 September
1940
CBS World News
European News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
15 min
Broadcast 1940-09-20. CBS World News.
22 September 1940
Transmission
22 September
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow London Rooftop Blitz
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-09-22. CBS World News.
23 September 1940
Transmission
23 September
1940
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
J Edgar Hoover On The Opponents Of War Preparedness
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1940-09-23. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
29 September 1940
Transmission
29 September
1940
Mutual Broadcasting System
CBC Canadian Red Cross Emergency Funds Appeal
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
1h 0m
Broadcast 1940-09-29. Mutual Broadcasting System.
5 October 1940
Transmission
5 October
1940
BBC Home Service
Robin Duff in Air Raid Shelter
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-10-05. BBC Home Service.
10 October 1940
Transmission
10 October
1940
NBC News
Earl Browder CPUSA Communist Nominee
Network
NBC News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-10-10. NBC News.
13 October 1940
Transmission
13 October
1940
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
3AW AU Pepsodent Presents Sunday Night At 8
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
25 min
Broadcast 1940-10-13. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
13 October
1940
BBC Home Service
Princess Elizabeth Margaret Speak To Evacuated Children
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-10-13. BBC Home Service.
15 October 1940
Transmission
15 October
1940
BBC Home Service
Blitz Emergency Services
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-10-15. BBC Home Service.
21 October 1940
Transmission
21 October
1940
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill Pledge To Free France
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
10 min
Broadcast 1940-10-21. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
21 October
1940
BBC European Services
Winston Churchill To France En Franais Pt2
Network
BBC European Services
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-10-21. BBC European Services.
Transmission
21 October
1940
BBC European Services
Winston Churchill To France En Francais Pt1
Network
BBC European Services
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-10-21. BBC European Services.
27 October 1940
Transmission
27 October
1940
Mutual Broadcasting System
NY Worlds Fair Closing
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
32 min
Broadcast 1940-10-27. Mutual Broadcasting System.
30 October 1940
Transmission
30 October
1940
Radio-Paris & Vichy
Marchal Ptain Collaboration Franco allemande
Network
Radio-Paris & Vichy
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-10-30. Radio-Paris & Vichy.
10 November 1940
Transmission
10 November
1940
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
3AW AU Pepsodent Presents Sunday Night At 8
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
26 min
Broadcast 1940-11-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
15 November 1940
Transmission
15 November
1940
BBC Home Service
Coventry Loudspeaker Announcement
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-11-15. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
15 November
1940
BBC Home Service
Very Reverend RT Howard Coventry Cathedral Destroyed
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1940-11-15. BBC Home Service.
17 November 1940
Transmission
17 November
1940
CBS World News
The World Today
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-11-17. CBS World News.
1 December 1940
Transmission
1 December
1940
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Radio Eireann Ireland ID
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-12-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
2 December 1940
Transmission
2 December
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow London At War At Night
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-12-02. CBS World News.
16 December 1940
Transmission
16 December
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News British Request Aid From US
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-12-16. CBS World News.
17 December 1940
Transmission
17 December
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News FDR Outlines British Finance Plans
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-12-17. CBS World News.
18 December 1940
Transmission
18 December
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News FDR Aid Plan Receives Mixed Reception
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-12-18. CBS World News.
19 December 1940
Transmission
19 December
1940
NBC News
Kaltenborn Edits The News FDR To Appoint New Defense Council
Network
NBC News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1940-12-19. NBC News.
20 December 1940
Transmission
20 December
1940
BBC Home Service
Robin Duff Sees London Burning
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1940-12-20. BBC Home Service.
23 December 1940
Transmission
23 December
1940
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill Address To Italy
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
17 min
Broadcast 1940-12-23. BBC Home Service.
24 December 1940
Transmission
24 December
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Grim Christmas In London
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-12-24. CBS World News.
25 December 1940
Transmission
25 December
1940
BBC Home Service
Christmas
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
27 min
Broadcast 1940-12-25. BBC Home Service.
31 December 1940
Transmission
31 December
1940
BBC Home Service
Herbert Morrison Minister For Home Security
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-12-31. BBC Home Service.
1 January 1941
Transmission
1 January
1941
Transmission
1 January
1941
BBC Home Service
Battle Of Britain A Radio Dramatisation
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
57 min
Broadcast 1941-01-01. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
1 January
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
California Governor Olson On Japanese Residents
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 January
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Charles Lindbergh On US Non Intervention
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 January
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Robert Arden News Commentary New Year War News
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
15 min
Broadcast 1941-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 January
1941
ABC Australia at War
Sybil Irving Australian Womens Army Service
Network
ABC Australia at War
Running time
7 min
Broadcast 1941-01-01. ABC Australia at War.
2 January 1941
Transmission
2 January
1941
NBC News
Kaltenborn Edits The News New Session Of Congress Begins Tomorrow
Network
NBC News
Running time
13 min
Broadcast 1941-01-02. NBC News.
5 January 1941
Transmission
5 January
1941
BBC Home Service
Bruce Belfrage With The News
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-01-05. BBC Home Service.
6 January 1941
Transmission
6 January
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Four Freedoms
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
37 min
Broadcast 1941-01-06. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
10 January 1941
Transmission
10 January
1941
BBC Home Service
Alan Howland On German Air Attacks
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-01-10. BBC Home Service.
21 January 1941
Transmission
21 January
1941
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News British Attack Tobruk Italy
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1941-01-21. CBS World News.
22 January 1941
Transmission
22 January
1941
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News British Take Tobruk
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1941-01-22. CBS World News.
23 January 1941
Transmission
23 January
1941
CBS World News
Elmer Davis The News Charles Lindbergh Opposes Lend lease
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1941-01-23. CBS World News.
31 January 1941
Transmission
31 January
1941
9 February 1941
Transmission
9 February
1941
Transmission
9 February
1941
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill Give Us The Tools
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
36 min
Broadcast 1941-02-09. BBC Home Service.
24 February 1941
1 March 1941
Transmission
1 March
1941
Germany Calling
Lord Haw Haw La Tribuna Denies German Aims In Balkans
Network
Germany Calling
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1941-03-01. Germany Calling.
8 March 1941
Transmission
8 March
1941
9 March 1941
Transmission
9 March
1941
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Spring
Network
CBS World News
Running time
7 min
Broadcast 1941-03-09. CBS World News.
22 March 1941
Transmission
22 March
1941
NBC News
World News Roundup John MacVane
Network
NBC News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-03-22. NBC News.
3 April 1941
Transmission
3 April
1941
5 April 1941
Transmission
5 April
1941
NBC News
World News Roundup Earl Godwin
Network
NBC News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-04-05. NBC News.
18 April 1941
Transmission
18 April
1941
25 April 1941
Transmission
25 April
1941
Transmission
25 April
1941
BBC Home Service
Sir Walter Monckton Director General Of The Ministry Of Information
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
6 min
Broadcast 1941-04-25. BBC Home Service.
27 April 1941
Transmission
27 April
1941
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill Westward Look The Land Is Bright
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
27 min
Broadcast 1941-04-27. BBC Home Service.
2 May 1941
Transmission
2 May
1941
NBC News
Story Behind The Headlines The Riddle Of The Straits
Network
NBC News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-05-02. NBC News.
3 May 1941
Transmission
3 May
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
1941 Kentucky Derby Clem McCarthy
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-05-03. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
6 May 1941
Transmission
6 May
1941
NBC News
Kaltenborn Edits The News President Conferred With Defense Advisers Today
Network
NBC News
Running time
13 min
Broadcast 1941-05-06. NBC News.
9 May 1941
Transmission
9 May
1941
Mutual Broadcasting System
Raymond Gram Swing The Monitor And The Merrimac
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-05-09. Mutual Broadcasting System.
Transmission
9 May
1941
Mutual Broadcasting System
WTHT Cedric Foster News Commentary Largest British Plane Squadron Strikes Germany
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-05-09. Mutual Broadcasting System.
16 May 1941
Transmission
16 May
1941
The National Archives Collection
Public Service Broadcast By Ignace Jan Paderewski
Network
The National Archives Collection
Running time
15 min
"This is a sound recording of a public service broadcast by Ignace Jan Paderewski, President of the Council of Poland and former Prime Minister of Poland. In it, he urged Americans to buy U.S. defense savings bonds and discussed his experience in war - torn Europe, the German invasion of Poland, and the need to defeat Germany."National Archives Identifier: 1772533
Transmission
16 May
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Robert Arden News Commentary President Roosevelt Comments
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-05-16. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
17 May 1941
Transmission
17 May
1941
CBS World News
The World Today
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1941-05-17. CBS World News.
18 May 1941
Transmission
18 May
1941
24 May 1941
Transmission
24 May
1941
Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
German Announcment Sinking of HMS Hood
Network
Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-05-24. Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft.
27 May 1941
Transmission
27 May
1941
Mutual Broadcasting System
Fireside Chat On Pan American Unity FDR
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
33 min
Broadcast 1941-05-27. Mutual Broadcasting System.
Transmission
27 May
1941
NBC News
HV Kaltenborn Edits The News Comments On The Sinking Of The Battleship Bismark
Network
NBC News
Running time
13 min
Broadcast 1941-05-27. NBC News.
31 May 1941
Transmission
31 May
1941
BBC Home Service
First Sea Lord A V Alexander On Sinking Of Bismark
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-05-31. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
31 May
1941
BBC Home Service
Workers Playtime Signature Tune
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-05-31. BBC Home Service.