At Ease
AFRS
AFRS · 1943–1945
Broadcasts
69
Cadence
Twice weekly
Rated
PG
Since
1943
The run
- Network
- AFRS
- Years active
- 1943–1945
- Surviving broadcasts
- 69
- Genre
- music
At Ease was an Armed Forces Radio Service music transcription series built from studio orchestra sessions and library recordings, cut to fill the off-duty hours on military stations. The discs carry the AFRS programme numbers used for worldwide distribution. Government-produced and public domain; digitised by the Internet Archive.
Source collection
Internet Archive audio collections
Rights
Public domain — no renewed US copyright
Cataloguing
Air dates and notes from the Archive item record
The shape of the run
What survives, year by year
3 dated broadcasts across 26 years on the air, with 25 years where nothing is known to survive. Brightness is transfer quality; empty cells are months lost to time.
Episodes
Start here
Listen to the run in order
Restored broadcasts from 1920, in original transmission order.
- 1. AFRS - At Ease - 0111 - A Little Spanish Town · 11 Jan 1920
- 2. AFRS - At Ease - 0115 - Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time · 15 Jan 1920
- 3. AFRS - At Ease - 0121 - Tell Me Your Dreams · 21 Jan 1920
- 01
AFRS - At Ease - 0111 - A Little Spanish Town
11 Jan 1920 · 14 min
- 02
AFRS - At Ease - 0115 - Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time
15 Jan 1920 · 15 min
- 03
AFRS - At Ease - 0121 - Tell Me Your Dreams
21 Jan 1920 · 14 min
- 04
AFRS - At Ease - 0127 - Every Time
27 Jan 1920 · 14 min
- 05
AFRS - At Ease - 0213 - One Night of Love
13 Feb 1920 · 16 min
- 06
AFRS - At Ease - 0225 - Pastel Blue
25 Feb 1920 · 17 min
- 07
AFRS - At Ease - 0307 - Tico, Tico
7 Mar 1920 · 16 min
- 08
AFRS - At Ease - 0313 - Autumn Nocturne
13 Mar 1920 · 16 min
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