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Posted by: Matthew Barton
On May 24th, 1922, President Warren G. Harding spoke into a recording horn prepared for him at the White House. He recreated a speech he had given a year and a day earlier at a memorial ceremony held at Pier 4 on the Hoboken, NJ waterfront, where the remains of 5,212 Americans killed in World …
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Posted by: Matthew Barton
This post originally appeared on this blog in May of 2020. As detailed in the previous blog post, VE Day – Take One, Monday, May 7, 1945, was a day of confusion and restrained celebration for CBS Radio and the news media in general. Tuesday, May 8, however, brought clarity and all out jubilation. Speaking …
Posted in: Recorded Sound, World War II
Posted by: Matthew Barton
The following post originally appeared on this blog in May of 2020. The Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) and other radio networks all covered the last hours of World War II in Europe in depth, and these recordings are preserved in the Library of Congress, where they are available for listening in the Recorded Sound Research Center …
Posted in: Recorded Sound, World War II