World War Two-1944
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Disc 1 |
Track 1)LUX RADIO THEATRE “O.S.S. Alan Ladd, Veronica Lake
Track 13) FIRESIDE CHAT President F.D. Roosevelt; news brief from Italy
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Disc 2 |
Track 1) HARRY JAMES & HIS MUSIC MAKERS-12:45AM Hotle Astor, NY, 2nd ½ of program, Kitty Kallen singing “In Times Like These” is interrupted with first unofficial news bulletin of Normandy Invasion
Track 3)SPECIAL NEWS BULLETIN-1:30AM Irwin Darlington. Return to LENNY KAHN’S ORCH, Hollywood; 2:00 AM- NBC NEWS BULLETIN,New York
Track 5) 2:30- AM WORLD NEWS TODAY-Robert Trout with further invasion news, still unconfirmed, plus military analyst Major George Fielding Elliott
Track 7) 3:00 AM -NBC REPORT, WASHINGTON .D.C. Richard Harkness
Track 8) Morgan Beatty, analyst
Track 9) 3:33 AM-NBC, ROBERT ST. JOHN- with still unconfirmed bulletins. News from London comes with first official Allied Communique, D-Day, H-Hour is here
Track 10)Reaading of Supreme Commander Eisenhower’s first order of the day
Track 11) 4:15 AM-NBC, Herbert Clark gives report of take-off from flagship
Track 15) Robert St. John Track 16) CBS Robert Trout gives recap of London report with Supreme Commander Eisenhower
Track 17)NBC correspondent Wright Bryan tells of experience with paratroopers across English Channel, behind enemy lines
Track 18) Bulletin from Washington D.C.
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Disc 3 |
Track 1) 6:11 AM- CBS, New York. Maj. George Elliott Fielding analysis of situation
Track 2) 6:17 AM- ROBERT TROUT tells how news received in NY
Track 3) Explanation of D-Day, H-Hour
Track 4) Charles Shaw tells of London’s reaction to news; NBC-9 AM John Vandercook
Track 5) Correspondent Ed Harker describes invasion
Track 6) 9:45AM-CBS NEWS Robert Trout, Washington; Joe McCapperie from Pentagon Bldg with narration “Hit ‘em Where They Ain’t”. President Roosevelt sleeps
Track 9) Major Fielding tells of mine sweepers
Track 10) Quentin Reynolds talks about weapons used & tries to reassure worried parents; CBS News-12:36 PM Winston Churchill's news & views
Track 12) 1:00 PM-CBS NEWS from Moscow
Track 13) Charles DeGaulles message to the French people
Track 14) Edward R. Murrow
Track 15) 3:00 PM-KING GEORGE VI, via short wave from London.
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Disc 4 |
Track 1) 4:30 PM-NBC NEWS Morgan Beatty, Washington D.C.
Track 3)Report on President Roosevelt’s press conference where he gave his impressions of the invasion
Track 5) 6:00 PM- CBS NEWS updates of day’s events
Track 11) 7:15PM-THE PASSING PARADE-7:15 PM John Nesbitt uses day’s events to predict news 100 years later
Track 13) 7:30 PM - RONALD COLMAN reads “A Poem & Prayer for an Invading Army”
Track 1) 8:00 PM – Prayer: RABBI ISRAEL GOLDSTEIN Track 2) NBC THE GINNY SIMMS SHOW with patriotic songs, wounded soldier, Dr. Wassell Tracks 11-21) 9:00 PM - NBC Ben Grauer
Track 1) 9L00 PM - BURNS & ALLEN SHOW George to sing at War Bond Rally, Guest: Dinah Shore; Track 9) 9:30PM - FIBBER MC GEE & MOLLY-9:30 PM Change their regular programming to Service Songs by the King’s Men with Billy Mills Orchestra
Track 1) 10:00 PM - PRAYER TO THE NATION- read by President Franklin D. Roosevelt Track 2) FRED WARING& THE PENNSYLVANIANS with patriotic songs Track 5) 10:15 PM - BOB HOPE SHOW abbreviated show. Track 10) June 7th, NBC George Hicks with report of actual landing of ships involved in Allied Invasion of Normandy Beaches Track 16) ROY SHIELD & THE ORCH; NBC NEWS Robert St. John with news flashes of invasion Track 17) CBS NEWS Bob rout recaps with Quentin Reynolds in N.Y., Charles Collingwood in London.
Track 1) WORLD NEWS Ned Kalmer, Quinton Howe Track 2) KATE SMITH Prayer. News Track 3) MERCURY THEATER “D-Day Special” Orson Welles, Agnes Moorehead (June 7th) |