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15 February 1942

The Fall of Singapore

The largest capitulation in British military history, announced in Tokyo as a victory and in London as a catastrophe.

14 recordings · 6 broadcasters · 10 days

Who carried it

11 February 1942

Transmission

11 February

1942

CBS World News

News Of The World

Network

CBS World News

Running time

15 min

Broadcast 1942-02-11. CBS World News.

Transmission

11 February

1942

CBS World News

News of the World AM Edition

Network

CBS World News

Running time

15 min

Broadcast 1942-02-11. CBS World News.

14 February 1942

Transmission

14 February

1942

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

This is War 01 Archibald MacLeish Robert Montgomery Written Dir by Corwin

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 1942-02-14. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

15 February 1942

Transmission

15 February

1942

Radio Tokyo

Japanese Victory Over Singapore

Network

Radio Tokyo

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1942-02-15. Radio Tokyo.

Transmission

15 February

1942

NBC News

News Roundup John MacVane

Network

NBC News

Running time

14 min

Broadcast 1942-02-15. NBC News.

Transmission

15 February

1942

BBC Home Service

Winston Churchill Reviews Atlantic Charter Summit

Network

BBC Home Service

Running time

24 min

Broadcast 1942-02-15. BBC Home Service.

19 February 1942

Transmission

19 February

1942

The National Archives Collection

Ezra Pound's Remarks During An Italian Radio Broadcast

Network

The National Archives Collection

Running time

38 min

"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

21 February 1942

Transmission

21 February

1942

NBC News

News Roundup John MacVane

Network

NBC News

Running time

29 min

Broadcast 1942-02-21. NBC News.

22 February 1942

Transmission

22 February

1942

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Denver Darling Cowards Over Pearl Harbor

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

2 min

Broadcast 1942-02-22. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

Transmission

22 February

1942

The National Archives Collection

Speech On Equal Pay And Women's Contribution To The War Effort

Network

The National Archives Collection

Running time

17 min

"This sound recording captures a speech by Mary Anderson, Director of the Labor Women's Bureau, on American and British women's contribution to the war effort. She discussed women's pre - war difficulties getting into industry, their usefulness once employed, and the types of jobs women took. Anderson also urged equal wages for women in war plants."National Archives Identifier: 1772533

23 February 1942

Transmission

23 February

1942

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Battle Of Los Angeles News Report

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

1 min

Broadcast 1942-02-23. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

25 February 1942

Transmission

25 February

1942

CBS World News

News of the World AM Edition

Network

CBS World News

Running time

12 min

Broadcast 1942-02-25. CBS World News.

28 February 1942

Transmission

28 February

1942

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

This is War Your Navy

Network

American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations

Running time

30 min

Broadcast 1942-02-28. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.

1 March 1942

Transmission

1 March

1942

NBC News

News Roundup John MacVane

Network

NBC News

Running time

14 min

Broadcast 1942-03-01. NBC News.