The Fall of France

AVRO Proclamation Of Queen Wilhelmina On The Attack On Holland

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-10. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

Transmission

10 May

1940

Chamberlain Resigns As Prime Minister

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-10. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

10 May

1940

Edward R Murrow Much War News From England

Network

CBS World News

Running time

2 min

Broadcast 1940-05-10. CBS World News.

Transmission

10 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Germans Invade Low Countries

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-05-10. CBS World News.

Transmission

10 May

1940

HV Kaltenborn

Network

NBC News

Running time

14 min

Broadcast 1940-05-10. NBC News.

Transmission

10 May

1940

Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40

Holland Belgium Invaded

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-10. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

10 May

1940

Hubert Pierlot Dnonce Linvasion De La Belgique

Network

Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-10. Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40.

11 May 1940

Transmission

11 May

1940

Elmer Davis Reports On First Day Of Blitzkrieg

Network

CBS World News

Running time

9 min

Broadcast 1940-05-11. CBS World News.

Transmission

11 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Germans Advance In The Netherlands

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-05-11. CBS World News.

12 May 1940

Transmission

12 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Third Day of German Advances In The Netherlands

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-05-12. CBS World News.

13 May 1940

Transmission

13 May

1940

Bernard Stubbs On The BEF Advance Into Belgium

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-13. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

13 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Germans Ahead Of Schedule In Low Countries

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-05-13. CBS World News.

Transmission

13 May

1940

Winston Churchill The New Administration

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

5 min

Broadcast 1940-05-13. BBC Home Service.

14 May 1940

Transmission

14 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Dutch Army Surrenders

Network

CBS World News

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-14. CBS World News.

Transmission

14 May

1940

German Advance On Antwerp

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-14. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

14 May

1940

Sec State Anthony Eden Calls For Local Defense Volunteers

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-14. BBC Home Service.

17 May 1940

Transmission

17 May

1940

Sonny Boy Williamson War Time Blues

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

2 min

Broadcast 1940-05-17. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

19 May 1940

Transmission

19 May

1940

Churchill 1st Speech as PM

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-19. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

19 May

1940

I Was There Wilson Vs Hughes Election

Network

CBS World News

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 1940-05-19. CBS World News.

Transmission

19 May

1940

Radio Address By Charles A Lindbergh

Network

The National Archives Collection

Running time

15 min

ARC Identifier 2173204

Transmission

19 May

1940

Winston Churchill First Speech As Prime Minister

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

11 min

Broadcast 1940-05-19. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

19 May

1940

Winston Churchill's First Address To The Nation As Prime Minister

Network

The National Archives Collection

Running time

14 min

"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 System (CBS) analyzed the speech following the broadcast."National Archives Identifier: 2173222

20 May 1940

Transmission

20 May

1940

Robert Arden News Commentary A Biography of Hitler

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

15 min

Broadcast 1940-05-20. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

21 May 1940

Transmission

21 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Germans Push Toward Channel Ports

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-05-21. CBS World News.

22 May 1940

Transmission

22 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Allies Counter Retake Arras

Network

CBS World News

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-22. CBS World News.

23 May 1940

Transmission

23 May

1940

Elmer Davis The News Battles In France Belgium Undecided

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-05-23. CBS World News.

24 May 1940

Transmission

24 May

1940

King George VI's Empire Day Address

Network

The National Archives Collection

Running time

14 min

"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

Transmission

24 May

1940

Story Behind The Headlines Third Invasion Of France

Network

NBC News

Running time

14 min

Broadcast 1940-05-24. NBC News.

27 May 1940

Transmission

27 May

1940

News Bob Trout Paul Renaud Speech

Network

CBS World News

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 1940-05-27. CBS World News.

28 May 1940

Transmission

28 May

1940

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw Holland Belgium Invaded

Network

Germany Calling

Running time

13 min

Broadcast 1940-05-28. Germany Calling.

Transmission

28 May

1940

Winston Churchill On Capitulation Of Belgium

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

2 min

Broadcast 1940-05-28. BBC Home Service.

29 May 1940

Transmission

29 May

1940

An Appeal For Boating Skills

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-29. BBC Home Service.

30 May 1940

Transmission

30 May

1940

WOL Fulton Lewis Commentary

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

15 min

Broadcast 1940-05-30. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

31 May 1940

Transmission

31 May

1940

Bernard Stubbs On Evacuated Troops From Dunkirk

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

31 May

1940

Bernard Stubbs On Evacuated Troops In London

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

31 May

1940

Bernard Stubbs Reports On The Returning Troops

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

31 May

1940

Bernard Stubbs Trains Full of Evacuatee

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

31 May

1940

Bernard Stubbs Troops From Dunkirk

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service.

2 June 1940

Transmission

2 June

1940

Anthony Eden Dunkirk

Network

NBC News

Running time

11 min

Broadcast 1940-06-02. NBC News.

Transmission

2 June

1940

Edward R Murrow On Dunkirk

Network

CBS World News

Running time

3 min

Broadcast 1940-06-02. CBS World News.

Transmission

2 June

1940

Elmer Davis The News Germans Near Dunkirk

Network

CBS World News

Running time

3 min

Broadcast 1940-06-02. CBS World News.

Transmission

2 June

1940

RAF Dispatched To Dunkirk Edward R Murrow

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-02. BBC Home Service.

3 June 1940

Transmission

3 June

1940

Dunkirk Evacuation BEF Experiences

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

9 min

Broadcast 1940-06-03. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

3 June

1940

Elmer Davis The News Germans Bomb Paris

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-06-03. CBS World News.

4 June 1940

Transmission

4 June

1940

Edward R Murrow Churchill News Of Dunkirk

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-04. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

4 June

1940

Elmer Davis The News Germans Capture Dunkirk

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-06-04. CBS World News.

Transmission

4 June

1940

Winston Churchill We Shall Never Surrender

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

12 min

Broadcast 1940-06-04. BBC Home Service.

5 June 1940

Transmission

5 June

1940

JB Priestley Pays Homage To The Small Boats Of Dunkirk

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

3 min

Broadcast 1940-06-05. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

5 June

1940

JB Priestly On Dunkirk

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

2 min

Broadcast 1940-06-05. BBC Home Service.

6 June 1940

Transmission

6 June

1940

Minister Of Shipping Ronald Cross

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

5 min

Broadcast 1940-06-06. BBC Home Service.

8 June 1940

Transmission

8 June

1940

EIAR — Italian State Radio

Charles Martin Describes Dunkirk

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-08. BBC Home Service.

10 June 1940

Transmission

10 June

1940

Benito Mussolini Italy Declares War On Allies English Translation

Network

EIAR — Italian State Radio

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-10. EIAR — Italian State Radio.

Transmission

10 June

1940

EIAR — Italian State Radio

Benito Mussolini La Dichiarazione di Guerra

Network

EIAR — Italian State Radio

Running time

3 min

Broadcast 1940-06-10. EIAR — Italian State Radio.

Transmission

10 June

1940

Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40

Benito Mussolini Reading Italy's Declaration Of War

Network

The National Archives Collection

Running time

16 min

"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: 2174239http://research.archives.gov/description/2174239

13 June 1940

Transmission

13 June

1940

Paul Reynaud Tours La France Ne Peut Pas Mourir

Network

Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-13. Radiodiffusion Nationale — France 1939-40.

14 June 1940

Transmission

14 June

1940

Eyewitness Account From Paris

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-06-14. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

14 June

1940

Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft

Last Marseillaise Broadcast As Paris Falls

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-14. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

Transmission

14 June

1940

Nazi Radio Announces Fall Of Paris

Network

Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-14. Reichs-Rundfunk-Gesellschaft.

Transmission

14 June

1940

Rebroadcasts Nazi Announcement

Network

CBS World News

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-14. CBS World News.

17 June 1940

Transmission

17 June

1940

CBC Wartime Service

Princess Juliana Of The Netherlands On Asylum In Canada

Network

CBC Wartime Service

Running time

5 min

Broadcast 1940-06-17. CBC Wartime Service.

Transmission

17 June

1940

Winston Churchill Their Finest Hour

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 1940-06-17. BBC Home Service.

18 June 1940

Transmission

18 June

1940

Churchill Finest Hour Speech

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-18. BBC Home Service.

19 June 1940

Transmission

19 June

1940

Elmer Davis And The News

Network

CBS World News

Running time

9 min

Broadcast 1940-06-19. CBS World News.

20 June 1940

Transmission

20 June

1940

Elmer Davis And The News

Network

CBS World News

Running time

9 min

Broadcast 1940-06-20. CBS World News.

Transmission

20 June

1940

Elmer Davis The News French To Surrender Tomorrow

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-06-20. CBS World News.

Transmission

20 June

1940

News of the World

Network

NBC News

Running time

14 min

Broadcast 1940-06-20. NBC News.

21 June 1940

Transmission

21 June

1940

Elmer Davis The News French Receive Armistice Terms

Network

CBS World News

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. CBS World News.

Transmission

21 June

1940

Eric Sevareid On The Fall Of Paris

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

Transmission

21 June

1940

French Surrender Wm Shirer

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. CBS World News.

Transmission

21 June

1940

HV Kaltenborn

Network

NBC News

Running time

14 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. NBC News.

Transmission

21 June

1940

Germany Calling

Lord Haw Haw The Fall Of France

Network

Germany Calling

Running time

13 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. Germany Calling.

Transmission

21 June

1940

NBC Coverage of French Surrender

Network

CBS World News

Running time

25 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. CBS World News.

Transmission

21 June

1940

WIlliam C Kirker On French Armistace At Compiegne

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

Transmission

21 June

1940

Wm Shirer Coverage Of French Surrender

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

25 min

Broadcast 1940-06-21. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

22 June 1940

Transmission

22 June

1940

BBC News John V Kennedy

Network

NBC News

Running time

14 min

Broadcast 1940-06-22. NBC News.

Transmission

22 June

1940

Charles DeGaulle la Rsistance Contre Loccupant Allemand

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-22. BBC Home Service.

Transmission

22 June

1940

Conversation Tlphonique Entre Le Gnral Huntziger Et Le Gnral Weygand

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1940-06-22. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

Transmission

22 June

1940

Elmer Davis The News French German Armistice Signed

Network

CBS World News

Running time

4 min

Broadcast 1940-06-22. CBS World News.

27 June 1940

Transmission

27 June

1940