Transmission
11 March
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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Transmission
28 August
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
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
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
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
1939
BBC Home Service
Alvar Liddell Reports On German 16 Point Plan
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-08-31. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
1 September
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
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
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
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
1939
BBC Home Service
S J de Lotbinire Reports Train Now Leaving
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-01. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
3 September
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1940
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
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
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
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
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
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
Murrow on Blackout
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1940-08-24. CBS World News.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Transmission
22 June
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
PCPT Russian Radio reports on German Invasion
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-06-22. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
6 December
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
1941
Mutual Broadcasting System
Flash UPI Bulletin Reports Attack On Pearl Harbor
Network
Mutual Broadcasting System
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-12-07. Mutual Broadcasting System.
Transmission
7 December
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
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
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
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
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
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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