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Title: CBS Covers the D-Day Invasion (5:52 - 6:22 AM)
Date: 1944-06-06
Description: CBS. Parts 13-14. Major Eliot continues with a bulletin -- Nazis report Allied landings, etc. Then Bob Trout reviews the morning's events, reads SHAEF bulleting-Allied battleships support invasion, re-reads Gen. Pershing's statement. Switch to London for brief recap of invasion news. Trout resumes with a recap of events. Then Major Eliot has a feature item about an American sergeant, other invasion stories about Allied preparation. Then Trout resumes with New York reaction to invasion.
Series: News programs
Subject: World War II; World War, 1939-1945 Campaigns France Normandy
Subject -- Personal Name: Trout, Robert
Local Identifier: news-680
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17172
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Concert by Marian Anderson, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C.
Date: 1939-04-09
Description: NBC Blue Network. Special concert given by Marian Anderson at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, sponsored in conjunction with Howard University and the Department of the Interior. Unidentified announcer. Introduction by Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes. 1. Introduction - Ickes. 2. "America" 3. "O Mio Fernando" 4. "Ave Maria" Intermission. Remarks by NBC announcer on size of crowd, view from the Memorial and a short review of Anderson's career. 5. "Git on Board" 6. "Trying to Make Heaven My Home"
Series: News programs
Subject: Women singers
Subject -- Personal Name: Anderson, Marian, 1897-1993
Local Identifier: news-633
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17179
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth (Reel 1)
Date: 1953-06-02
Description: ABC Radio. John McVane is in New York and reporting the ceremonies in London are Tom Flemming, Raymond Baxter, Ted Malone, Mary Margaret McBride, Fredrick B. Opper, Blevins Davis, Jack Parker, Audrey Russell, Bob Studavent. BBC describes the procession to the Abbey as it passes Trafalgar Square, Mary Margaret McBride outside the Abbey describes the dignitaries arriving, various descriptions of the procession.
Series: News programs
Subject: Coronations
Subject -- Personal Name: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-
Local Identifier: news-750
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17178
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: FDR Declaration of War (Reel 1)
Date: 1941-12-08
Description: Mutual Broadcasting System. Fulton Lewis, Jr. and Walter Compton in the House Radio Gallery. Disc 1 begins with FDR's address. He backgrounds the recent peace talks, etc.
Series: News programs
Subject: World War II; Pearl Harbor (Hawaii), Attack on, 1941
Subject -- Personal Name: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945; Compton, Walter, 1912-1959; Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966
Local Identifier: news-673
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17176
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Fulton Lewis Jr. and The News
Date: 1940-11-07
Description: From WGN, Chicago. Guy Savage, announcer. FDR wins third term and Mr. Lewis offers detailed and interesting election results.
Series: News programs
Subject: Presidents United States Election
Subject -- Personal Name: Lewis, Fulton, 1903-1966; Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
Local Identifier: news-656
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-17175
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 01)
Date: 1950-12-15
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Music composed by Dave Diamond and conducted by Alfredo Antonini. Warren Sweeney, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. The letters of President Harry Truman. News in Washington. Poet Carl Sandburg speaks on freedom. Audio portrait of General Douglas MacArthur.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.; Sandburg, Carl, 1878-1967; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Local Identifier: HearItNow-001
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50159
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 02)
Date: 1950-12-22
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Music composed by Dave Diamond and conducted by Alfredo Antonini. Warren Sweeney, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. Bomb shelters in Washington. Dwight Eisenhower returns to the service. British Prime Minister Atlee comments on his recent meeting with President Harry Truman. Segment with Connie Mack, baseball old-timer.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Local Identifier: HearItNow-002
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50160
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear it Now (Episode 03)
Date: 1950-12-29
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Warren Sweeney, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. Opening of the new United Nations Building in New York. Christmas night in Los Angeles, record for traffic accidents, death and drunk drivers. Pope Pius XII seals St. Peter's Door ending the Holy Year. Don Hollenbeck reports on The Press and the Enemy how Soviet Union interprets American newspapers. Rose Bowl preview, biggest sports event of 1950. Red Barber reports on golfer Ben Hogan's recovery. Close-Up: The American Fighting Man, Model 1950.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; United Nations
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958
Local Identifier: HearItNow-003
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50163
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 04)
Date: 1951-01-05
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: CBS announcer with the arrival of the New Year. Opening of 82nd Congress with roll call, Representative Joe Martin introduces Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn. Developments in Korea including the fall of Seoul. Atomic Energy Commission Chairman Gordon Deane comments on whether the Soviets have the bomb. Dwight Eisenhower comments on his future military role.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; United States. Congress (82nd, 1st session : 1951)
Subject -- Personal Name: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Local Identifier: HearItNow-004
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50164
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 05)
Date: 1951-01-12
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea including serious refugee problem. New 10 cent phone call. Dwight Eisenhower leaves Washington for European command. Highlights of President Harry Truman's State of the Union message. Senator Robert Taft's opposing views. Bing Crosby's 20th anniversary in radio.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Local Identifier: HearItNow-005
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50165
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 07)
Date: 1951-01-26
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Congressional debate about sending troops to Europe. Eric Sevareid comments on Dwight Eisenhower's tour of Europe. Developments in Korea. David Lillienthal on the value of the A-bomb as a guarantee of victory. Leo Durocher sends greetings to an umpire. Advice to graduating New York police class. Close-Up: The biography of a pound of steak.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Cold War; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Durocher, Leo, 1906-; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-007
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50166
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 08)
Date: 1951-02-02
Description: Narrated by Charles Collingwood and Douglas Edwards (Edward Murrow ill). Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Eric Sevareid comments on Dwight Eisenhower's address to Congress, then Congressional reactions. Senator Robert Taft speaks out against Truman Administration policies in Europe, Sam Rayburn doesn't share Taft's views. Vice President Alben Barkley talks about Rayburn's long tenure as Speaker of the House. British Prime Minister Atlee raises taxes and reaction from man on the street about meat rationing. Developments in Korea. Famine in India and Eleanor Roosevelt on why we should help out. The A-bomb in Nevada, reaction to a test by the public. National League's 75th anniversary.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Baseball; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Nuclear weapons 1884-1962; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-008
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50168
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 10)
Date: 1951-02-16
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Joseph Stalin's major pronouncement on Far East policy. Tributes to President Abraham Lincoln. Statement from Senator Joseph McCarthy who one year ago said the State Department is full of Communists. Debate on sending troops to Europe. Developments in Korea. Portrait of boxer Sugar Ray Robinson, before, during, and after his recent championship match.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Cold War; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957; Murrow, Edward R.; Stalin, Joseph, 1879-1953
Local Identifier: HearItNow-010
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50169
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 12)
Date: 1951-03-02
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Vice President Alben Barkley speaks in Topeka, Kansas about Republican unification. Congress holds hearings on sending troops to Europe. Voices of Governor Thomas Dewey, Senator Robert Taft, former President Herbert Hoover, and Governor Earl Warren. Developments in Korea. John Foster Dulles speaks about Communists and the Far East.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Cold War; Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-012
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50170
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 13)
Date: 1951-03-09
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: In Korea, General MacArthur predicts stalemate. Senator Margaret Chase Smith on those who oppose Dwight Eisenhower as possible GOP candidate in 1952. Dr. Vanaver Bush speaks of the A-bomb. Close-up: The American Working Man, Model 1951.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Nuclear weapons; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-013
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50171
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 14)
Date: 1951-03-16
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Crime USA. Senate Crime Committee Hearings in New York. Anniversary of the Scopes Trial. John Scopes recalls the event and comments on recent repeal of law. Washington, D.C. cab drivers offer their views on corruption in government. Developments in Korea. Close-up: Making a Soldier, 1951. The story of an inductee at Fort Dix, N.J. Documentary takes him from day one to the end of basic training.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Scopes, John Thomas
Local Identifier: HearItNow-014
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50172
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 15)
Date: 1951-03-23
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Public reaction to the Crime hearings, from New York and St. Louis. UnAmerican Activities Committee questions Larry Parks on Communism in Hollywood. Winston Churchill comments on the goals of England and the free world. Seoul recaptured.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-015
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50173
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 16)
Date: 1951-03-30
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Enrico Fermi and Leo Szilard comment on South American report that the A-bomb can be made without uranium. Controversy over war mobilization continues. Developments in Korea. 23rd Oscar award presentations: Judy Holiday, Gloria Swanson, and Jose Ferrer. Close-up: Hollywood, 1950. A close-up which includes Hedda Hopper, Bob Hope, Groucho Marx, John Wayne.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Academy Awards (Motion pictures); Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Nuclear weapons; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Fermi, Enrico, 1901-1954; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.; Szilard, Leo
Local Identifier: HearItNow-016
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50174
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 17)
Date: 1951-04-06
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: Developments in Korea. The debate on sending troops to Europe continues. College youth and faculty of University of North Carolina react to the new Selective Service deferment program. Governor James Byrnes of South Carolina comments on separate education for whites and blacks. Dr. Ralph Bunche comments on Byrnes' remarks. Ringling Brothers Circus Opening Night at Madison Square Garden, New York.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Radio programs; Radio talk shows; Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Combined Shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Bunche, Ralph J. (Ralph Johnson), 1904-1971; Byrnes, James F. (James Francis), 1882-1972; Friendly, Fred W.; Murrow, Edward R.
Local Identifier: HearItNow-017
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50175
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

Title: Hear It Now (Episode 18)
Date: 1951-04-13
Description: Edited and produced by Fred W. Friendly and Edward R. Murrow. Olan Tice, announcer. Content includes: President Harry Truman removes General Douglas MacArthur from command in Korea on April 11. Ed Murrow reads Truman's telegram to MacArthur relieving him of command. Major General Courtney Whitney, MacArthur's aide, describes how the general received the news. Background of Truman-MacArthur relationship. British Minister of State Kenneth Younger comments on general. Congressman Joe Martin reads secret letter from MacArthur on winning the war in Korea. Joe Martin comments on special Republican meeting about firing. Various Senators comment on the firing. President Truman addresses the nation on situation in Korea and firing. Newspaper editors comment. Close-up: the Korean casualty at Walter Reed. Close-up of the Korean veteran receiving specialized treatment at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
Series: News programs -- Hear It Now
Subject: Interviewing on radio; Korean War, 1950-1953; Radio programs; Radio talk shows
Subject -- Personal Name: Friendly, Fred W.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964; Murrow, Edward R.; Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Local Identifier: HearItNow-018
Type: Sound recordings
Physical Location: American University Library -- Special Collections
URI/handle: http://hdl.handle.net/1961/2041-50176
Rights statement: Reproduction and copyright information regarding this recording is available from the American University Library -- Special Collections.

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