Archive for the ‘CBS’ category

Episode 144: China

April 11th, 2014

A man who sells gasoline to both sides encounters an American woman and Chinese children who are fleeing from the Japanese. Original Air Date: November 22, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 133: Cromer

March 31st, 2014

Norman Corwin examines how life has changed during the war in the Small English town of Cromer. Original Air Date: December 1, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

An army intelligence officer (Humphrey Bogart)  goes through a fake court martial so that he can infiltrate the ranks of a spymaster for Japan (Sidney Greenstreet) Original Air Date: January 25, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 121: Spitfire

March 19th, 2014

Basil Rathbone stars as the mind behind the legendary Spitfire planes. From Screen Guild Theater. Original Air Date: August 9, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

The Lux Radio Theatre of the Irving Berlin’s World War 2 classic musical. Original Air Date: February 22, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

The Mayor of the town helps a deaf man find the courage to continue his musical career. From Mayor of the Town. Original Air Date: December 2, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 112: Al Jolson Show

March 9th, 2014

Monty Wooley interviews a Colonel from Guadalcanal and guest Monty Wooley appears. From the Colgate program. Original Air Date: January 19, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.  

A wealthy matriarch struggles with the changes that the war brings to her life. From the Lux Radio Theatre. Original Air Date: December 7, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 100: My Favorite Blonde

February 25th, 2014

A vaudeville performer (Bob Hope) with a trained penguin gets mixed up with a female British agent who needs to deliver an encoded jewel to Los Angeles. Original Air Date: October 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 096: Occupied Paris

February 21st, 2014

From Big Town. Steve Wilson and Loreli  are in Europe covering the war and are  mis-directed from Vichy to Nazi occupied Paris to catch an old friend of Wilson’s who is aiding the underground. Original Air Date: May 14, 1942   Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 094: K-9 Corps

February 19th, 2014

From Man Behind the Gun, a jockey has to learn to train dogs for war. Original Air Date: June 6, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 087: The Company Aid Man

February 12th, 2014

Man Behind the Gun focuses on the work of a medic in the Italian theater. Original Air Date: May 16, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.

A look at the Nazi book burning campaign and censorship and what it would mean to America if it happened here. Original Air Date: July 24, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode082: You Were Wonderful

February 7th, 2014

A singer (Lena Horne) is caught in a web of intrigue in Rio. From Suspense/ Original Air Date: November 9, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.

Episode 074: So Proudly We Hail

January 30th, 2014

The story of nurses serving in the Pacific as chronicled in the Oscar-nominated film with all-star case. Original Air Date: November 1, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.