Transmission
3 September
No. 33
1939
BBC Home Service
PM Chamberlain Declaration of War
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-09-03. BBC Home Service.
← The Radio War
Home Front
Rationing, salvage, war bonds and the domestic machinery of total war.
58 recordings · 8 broadcasters
Transmission
11 November
No. 45
1939
BBC Home Service
HM Queen Elizabeth Calls on Women
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
8 min
Broadcast 1939-11-11. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
11 November
No. 46
1939
BBC Home Service
Queen Elizabeth Fortitude Of Women
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1939-11-11. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
13 May
No. 60
1940
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill The New Administration
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
5 min
Broadcast 1940-05-13. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
10 June
No. 7
1940
The National Archives Collection
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
Transmission
30 October
No. 1
1940
Radio-Paris & Vichy
Marchal Ptain Collaboration Franco allemande
Network
Radio-Paris & Vichy
Broadcast 1940-10-30. Radio-Paris & Vichy.
Transmission
1 January
No. 1
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.
Transmission
1 June
No. 116
1941
BBC Home Service
Clothes Rationing Announcement
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1941-06-01. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
3 July
No. 60
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
PCPT Josef Stalin On Peroration
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Broadcast 1941-07-03. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
8 December
No. 120
1941
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
1150 CBS Joint Congress Session Declaration Of War Proceedings
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1h 9m
Broadcast 1941-12-08. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
9 December
No. 12
1941
The National Archives Collection
President Franklin D Roosevelt's Fireside Chat Following The Declaration Of War On Japan
Network
The National Archives Collection
Running time
27 min
"This sound recording (captured the day after the declaration of war with Japan) is a fireside chat in which President Roosevelt said: 'We are going to win the war and we are going to win the peace that follows.'"National Archives Identifier: 2194627
Transmission
30 December
No. 3
1941
CBC Wartime Service
Winston Churchill Preparation Liberation Assault
Network
CBC Wartime Service
Running time
40 min
Broadcast 1941-12-30. CBC Wartime Service.
Transmission
20 January
No. 140
1942
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
The Rita Murray Show 04 Wartime Conservation Knitting For Soldiers
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1942-01-20. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
22 February
No. 17
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
Transmission
1 January
No. 172
1943
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Orson Welles War Bond Plea
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1943-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 January
No. 177
1943
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Your Own Victory Garden
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1943-01-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
7 February
No. 179
1943
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Shoe Rationing Harold Peary
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1943-02-07. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
10 May
No. 176
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
30 min
Broadcast 1943-05-10. CBS World News.
Transmission
11 May
No. 177
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-05-11. CBS World News.
Transmission
12 May
No. 178
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-05-12. CBS World News.
Transmission
10 June
No. 183
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-06-10. CBS World News.
Transmission
14 June
No. 184
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-06-14. CBS World News.
Transmission
16 June
No. 187
1943
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
The Voice Of New York War Bond Campaign
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
13 min
Broadcast 1943-06-16. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
27 August
No. 18
1943
CBC Wartime Service
Talk For Women CWAC Capt Cecile Bouchard
Network
CBC Wartime Service
Running time
10 min
Broadcast 1943-08-27. CBC Wartime Service.
Transmission
20 September
No. 195
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-09-20. CBS World News.
Transmission
29 September
No. 197
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-09-29. CBS World News.
Transmission
4 October
No. 199
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-10-04. CBS World News.
Transmission
5 October
No. 200
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter 107
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-10-05. CBS World News.
Transmission
8 October
No. 201
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-10-08. CBS World News.
Transmission
13 October
No. 203
1943
CBS World News
Your Home Front Reporter 113
Network
CBS World News
Running time
24 min
Broadcast 1943-10-13. CBS World News.
Transmission
23 October
No. 215
1943
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Eisenhower War Loan Drives Speech
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1943-10-23. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 November
No. 221
1943
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
043 V Disc A Harry James his Orchestra Caprice Viennois
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1943-11-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
10 December
No. 20
1943
CBC Wartime Service
Wartime Rations Christmas Dorothy Batchellor
Network
CBC Wartime Service
Running time
5 min
Broadcast 1943-12-10. CBC Wartime Service.
Transmission
20 December
No. 22
1943
CBC Wartime Service
Canadian Women Serving Overseas Marietta McPherson
Network
CBC Wartime Service
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1943-12-20. CBC Wartime Service.
Transmission
1 February
No. 277
1944
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
135 V Disc B Mildred Bailey with Teddy Wilson Scrap Your Fat
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1944-02-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
7 February
No. 116
1944
Transmission
6 June
No. 339
1944
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
1000 CBS Valiant Lady Buy War Bonds
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1944-06-06. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
13 June
No. 141
1944
NBC News
Words At War D Day 5th War Bond Drive Special
Network
NBC News
Running time
11 min
Broadcast 1944-06-13. NBC News.
Transmission
19 June
No. 390
1944
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
US Treasury 5th War Loan Drive
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
29 min
Broadcast 1944-06-19. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 August
No. 30
1944
The National Archives Collection
Jennings Randolph Congratulating The French People On The Liberation Of Paris
Network
The National Archives Collection
Running time
3 min
"Jennings Randolph, Congressman from West Virginia, and chairman of the House District Committee, congratulating the French people on the liberation of Paris."National Archives Identifier: 2320082
Transmission
25 August
No. 229
1944
BBC Home Service
Richard Wessel On The Liberation Of Paris
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1944-08-25. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
25 August
No. 421
1944
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
The Liberation Of Paris
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1944-08-25. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
26 August
No. 33
1944
CBC Wartime Service
Matthew Halton The Liberation Of Paris
Network
CBC Wartime Service
Running time
3 min
Broadcast 1944-08-26. CBC Wartime Service.
Transmission
20 September
No. 235
1944
BBC Home Service
Arnhem Food Arrives Stanley Maxted
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1944-09-20. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
1 November
No. 438
1944
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
304 V Disc A Donald Voorhees his Orchestra Caprice Viennois
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1944-11-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
28 January
No. 469
1945
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Healys Open House Nylon Stockings
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1945-01-28. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
1 April
No. 497
1945
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
First Service At Belsen Concentration Camp
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1945-04-01. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
25 April
No. 38
1945
The National Archives Collection
Harry S. Truman's Address To The Opening Of The San Francisco Conference Drafting The United Nation's Charter
Network
The National Archives Collection
Running time
12 min
"This sound recording captures a broadcast made by President Harry S. Truman from the White House to the conference in San Francisco that drafted the United Nation's (U.N.) Charter. On the task facing the new U.N. organization, he said: 'With ever-increasing brutality and destruction, modern warfare, if unchecked, would ultimately crush all civilization....The essence of our problem here is to provide sensible machinery for the settlement of disputes among nations.'"ARC Identifier 2131159
Transmission
30 April
No. 53
1945
CBC Wartime Service
Gnral Vannier Tmoigne De Lhorreur Des Camps De Concentration
Network
CBC Wartime Service
Broadcast 1945-04-30. CBC Wartime Service.
Transmission
4 May
No. 510
1945
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
War Bond Matinee George Olson
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
14 min
Broadcast 1945-05-04. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
5 May
No. 280
1945
BBC Home Service
Radio Newsreel From Belsen Concentration Camp
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
29 min
Broadcast 1945-05-05. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
8 May
No. 315
1945
CBS World News
London Picadilly Circus Celebrations Edward R Murrow
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1945-05-08. CBS World News.
Transmission
8 May
No. 292
1945
BBC Home Service
Winston Churchill VE Day Celebrations Ministry of Health Building
Network
BBC Home Service
Running time
2 min
Broadcast 1945-05-08. BBC Home Service.
Transmission
17 July
No. 553
1945
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
The French Radio The Liberation Of Paris Orson Welles
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
28 min
Broadcast 1945-07-17. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
14 August
No. 189
1945
NBC News
Ben Grauer On VJ Day Celebrations In Times Square
Network
NBC News
Running time
4 min
Broadcast 1945-08-14. NBC News.
Transmission
14 August
No. 331
1945
CBS World News
Reports VJ Day Celebrations In Cinncinati
Network
CBS World News
Running time
1 min
Broadcast 1945-08-14. CBS World News.
Transmission
14 August
No. 601
1945
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
WISN Japan Surrender Celebration Milwaukee 1
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
58 min
Broadcast 1945-08-14. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
Transmission
14 August
No. 602
1945
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
WISN Japan Surrender Celebration Milwaukee 2
Network
American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations
Running time
19 min
Broadcast 1945-08-14. American Networks — Pool Feeds & Stations.
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