This episode of New World A Comin’ features interviews with six Black New Yorkers talking about their hopes for the future after World War II. Original Air Date: May 20, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 255: The Meaning of VE Day to Negroes
Episode 254: Hollywood Victory Program
Observance of the end of VE Day with Pat O’Brien, Charles Boyer, and more. Original Air Date: May 13, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 253: On a Note of Triumph
CBS Special by Norman Corwin looks back at VE Day: Who we defeated, what it costs, what we learned, and how another war can be avoided. Original Air Date: May 13, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 252: VE Day
VE News reports from NBC News featuring HV Kaltenborn, President Truman, Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Original Air Date: May 7 and 8 ,1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 251: GI Journal #92
Lucille Ball, Bob Hope, Eddie Anderson, Arthur Treacher, and more appear in this episode of GI Journal from May 4, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 250: Dick Tracy in B Flat
An all-star cast including Bing Crosby, Dinah Shore, and Bob Hope perform a comic operate to at last have Dick Tracy marry Tess Truehart. Original Air Date: February 15, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 249: On the Flanders
Sherlock Holmes and Watson take a trip to Flanders on the eve of a great battle of World War I. Holmes finds treachery and espionage afoot. Original Air Date: May 14, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 248: Brave Men
This episode of Words at War is based on famed war correspondent Enrie Pyle’s last book. Original Air Date: April 24, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 247: The Philippines Never Surrendered
The story of a meek academic who organized guerilla warfare against the occupying Japanese among Filipino natives. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: April 30, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 246: Music Loved by All The World
An all music episode of the Radio Hall of Fame following the death of President Roosevelt featuring Paul Whiteman and his orchestra. Original Air Date: April 15, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Don Fisher reports from Warm Springs, Georgia where President Roosevelt died. Original Air Date: April 12, 1945 Edward R. Murrow reports what he saw on the liberation of Buchenwald. Original Air Date: April 15, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 244: The Andrews Sisters with Guest Marjorie Main
Guest Marjorie Main provides some educations to the rough and tumble crew on their ranch including Gabby Hayes. Original Air Date: March 11, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 243: Mail Call #136
A musical program hosted by Nelson Eddy and featuring the Andrews sisters and others. Original Air Date: March 14, 1946 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 242: Death Comes to Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hilter tries a desperate gambit to escape the fall of the Third Reich aboard a sub only his victims won’t allow it. From the Horror anthology series, The Mysterious Traveler. Original Air Date: March 24, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Episode 241: Escaped POWS
The FBI searches for two escaped Nazi POWs from This is Your FBI. Original Air Date: April 27, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.