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11 March
No. 2
1938
BBC Home Service
Reports Resignation Of Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1938-03-11. BBC Home Service.
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28 August
No. 4
1938
CBS World News
William Shirer In Berlin Before Invasion
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1938-08-28. CBS World News.
Transmission
4 October
No. 12
1938
BBC Home Service
Ralph Murray Reports From Prague After Invasion
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
8 min
Broadcast 1938-10-04. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
27 August
No. 6
1939
CBS World News
HV Kaltenborn Reports On The Eve Of War
Network
CBS World News
Running time
5 min
Broadcast 1939-08-27. CBS World News.
Transmission
28 August
No. 8
1939
CBS World News
London Before War Murrow
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-08-28. CBS World News.
Transmission
31 August
No. 18
1939
BBC Home Service
Alvar Liddell Reports On German 16 Point Plan
Network
BBC Home Service
Broadcast 1939-08-31. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
1 September
No. 20
1939
BBC Home Service
Alvar Liddell Reports On Evacuation Of Children
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
1 September
No. 21
1939
BBC Home Service
Alvar Liddell Reports The Invasion Of Poland
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
1 September
No. 21
1939
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
PPR Radio Warsaw Reports On German Invasion
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 September
No. 26
1939
BBC Home Service
S J de Lotbinire Reports Further On Evacuation
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
1 September
No. 27
1939
BBC Home Service
S J de Lotbinire Reports Train Now Leaving
Network
BBC Home Service
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
3 September
No. 36
1939
BBC Home Service
Reports Defense Order Closing Places Of Entertainment
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
4 September
No. 11
1939
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow British Class System
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1939-09-04. CBS World News.
Transmission
7 September
No. 12
1939
CBS World News
William L Shirer In Berlin
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1939-09-07. CBS World News.
Transmission
7 September
No. 13
1939
CBS World News
William L Shirer News From Berlin
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1939-09-07. CBS World News.
Transmission
20 September
No. 10
1939
NBC News
Reports On Adolph Hitlers Danzig Address
Network
NBC News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-20. NBC News.
Transmission
7 October
No. 17
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis With The News
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-10-07. CBS World News.
Transmission
24 October
No. 18
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports City Of Flint Still Missing
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-10-24. CBS World News.
Transmission
30 October
No. 19
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports On Neutrality Bill
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-10-30. CBS World News.
Transmission
31 October
No. 20
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports On Molotovs Speech
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-10-31. CBS World News.
Transmission
27 November
No. 21
1939
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Underground Air Raid
Network
CBS World News
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1939-11-27. CBS World News.
Transmission
30 November
No. 23
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports Russian Air Raids On Helsinki
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-11-30. CBS World News.
Transmission
1 December
No. 24
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports The Defense Of Finland Continues
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-12-01. CBS World News.
Transmission
2 December
No. 25
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports Germany Accuses Sweden
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-12-02. CBS World News.
Transmission
13 December
No. 3
1939
Germany Calling
Lord Haw Haw NY Times Reports Cruiser Exeter Damaged
Network
Germany Calling
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-12-13. Germany Calling.
Transmission
18 December
No. 26
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports On Russo Finnish Front
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-12-18. CBS World News.
Transmission
19 December
No. 27
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports German Liner Columbus Scuttled
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-12-19. CBS World News.
Transmission
20 December
No. 28
1939
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports Swedish Volunteer Units For Finland
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1939-12-20. CBS World News.
Transmission
18 January
No. 31
1940
CBS World News
Today in Europe Murrow from Amsterdam
Network
CBS World News
Running time
12 min
Broadcast 1940-01-18. CBS World News.
Transmission
8 May
No. 43
1940
CBS World News
Murrow On Non Confidence Debate In Commons
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-05-08. CBS World News.
Transmission
10 May
No. 45
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Much War News From England
Network
CBS World News
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1940-05-10. CBS World News.
Transmission
11 May
No. 47
1940
CBS World News
Elmer Davis Reports On First Day Of Blitzkrieg
Network
CBS World News
Running time
9 min
Broadcast 1940-05-11. CBS World News.
Transmission
31 May
No. 69
1940
BBC Home Service
Bernard Stubbs Reports On The Returning Troops
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-05-31. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
2 June
No. 57
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow On Dunkirk
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-06-02. CBS World News.
Transmission
2 June
No. 72
1940
BBC Home Service
RAF Dispatched To Dunkirk Edward R Murrow
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-06-02. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
4 June
No. 74
1940
BBC Home Service
Edward R Murrow Churchill News Of Dunkirk
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-06-04. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
14 June
No. 80
1940
BBC Home Service
Eyewitness Account From Paris
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-06-14. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
21 June
No. 43
1940
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Eric Sevareid On The Fall Of Paris
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Broadcast 1940-06-21. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
21 June
No. 66
1940
CBS World News
French Surrender Wm Shirer
Network
CBS World News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1940-06-21. CBS World News.
Transmission
21 June
No. 45
1940
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
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.
Transmission
14 July
No. 87
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
24 August
No. 82
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
No. 84
1940
CBS World News
Murrow on Blackout
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-08-24. CBS World News.
Transmission
25 August
No. 86
1940
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Blitz Effects
Network
CBS World News
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1940-08-25. CBS World News.
Transmission
15 September
No. 95
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
20 September
No. 92
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
22 September
No. 94
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.
Transmission
2 December
No. 96
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.
Transmission
24 December
No. 100
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.
Transmission
5 January
No. 109
1941
BBC Home Service
Bruce Belfrage With The News
Network
BBC Home Service
Broadcast 1941-01-05. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
9 March
No. 104
1941
CBS World News
Edward R Murrow Spring
Network
CBS World News
Running time
7 min
Broadcast 1941-03-09. CBS World News.
Transmission
22 June
No. 58
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
PCPT Russian Radio reports on German Invasion
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Broadcast 1941-06-22. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
6 December
No. 112
1941
CBS World News
World News Today
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-12-06. CBS World News.
Transmission
7 December
No. 21
1941
Mutual Broadcasting System
Flash UPI Bulletin Reports Attack On Pearl Harbor
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Broadcast 1941-12-07. Mutual Broadcasting System.
Transmission
7 December
No. 117
1941
CBS World News
John Charles Daly Reports Pearl Harbor Attack
Network
CBS World News
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1941-12-07. CBS World News.
Transmission
8 December
No. 115
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
0009 NBCB Bert Silen Reports Manila Bomb
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-12-08. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
9 December
No. 122
1941
CBS World News
World News Today
Network
CBS World News
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1941-12-09. CBS World News.
Transmission
19 August
No. 148
1942
BBC Home Service
Canadian Soldier Dieppe Eyewitness
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1942-08-19. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
23 September
No. 149
1942
BBC Home Service
Midway Eyewitness US Captain Elliot Buckmaster
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1942-09-23. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
22 October
No. 11
1942
CBC Wartime Service
Covering The Battle In El Alamein Matthew Halton
Network
CBC Wartime Service
Running time
5 min
Broadcast 1942-10-22. CBC Wartime Service.
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