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| R-947 | 8 | 2 | Emperor Norton · Ina Coolbrith Daughter of Don Carlos Smith · San Francisco earthquake of April 1906 · The United Nations · Ina Coolbrith |
| R-1397 | 11 | 1 | Speech at the City of Danzig · Germany · Speech translated by Reichstag Resume into English supplied to MBC · Germany Calling · CONGRESSIONAL DECLARATION OF WAR ON JAPAN · To Washington Press Club. · Comments on Sputnik. · A Reporter Remembers Vol. #1. THE WAR YEARS · (commercial record album) Roosevelt's 1st Draft pick; Roosevelt and Wilkie debate; Col. Lindbergh speaks against U.S. involvement; Great Britain supports U.S.A.; Japanese peace envoys; 1st announcement of Pearl attack; Roosevelt's Dec. 7 · broadcast; Great Britain declares war on Japan; LaGuardia warns of air raids; Day of injany speech; MacArthur accepts Japanese surrender; · Eyewitness report of Arthur Gage from Germany. · Eyewitness report MBS |
| R-1463 | 13 | 1 | reminiscing radio's role in politics. · Theodore Roosevelt · OVERSEAS REACTION TO JFK ASSASSINATION · The Man they couldn't Hang · Katharine of Russia · Harvey Jones · The Kelly Gang · The Dueling President · RADIO HALL OF FAME · 10th ANNIVERSARY OF MOVIE/RADIO GUIDE · THE MAGIC KEY OF RCA · JOE PYNE Interviews Arch Oboler · Radio address concerning the switch from wartime economy to a Peacetime economy. |
| R-1614 | 39 | 2 | THE STORY OF FRISCO · UTAH · Selling the Mine · A Town is Born · Our Own Brand of Law · The Election · The 1880 Shoot-out · Frisco Chinese Laundry Firewood · The Buggy & the Parade · Frisco · Utah · Southern Utah Times · THE HISTORY OF KSL RADIO · THE HISTORY OF KBYU RADIO · OLD TIME RADIO DISCUSSED BY LEE STOTT & DR. P. D. KIMBALL · SIR WALTER RALEIGH · Youth in LSD tapes why he is committing suicide just before the crime. · JOSEF SCHMIDT · TENNOR · THE JOSEPH SMITH STORY (Covenant Record) · THERE'S GREATNESS WITHIN YOU · TOR HEYERDAHL (Kon Tiki) · SCOPES MONKEY TRIAL · THE HISTORY OF KBYY RADIO · TOR HEYERAHL (Kon Tiki) |
| R-1707 | 53 | 1 | The 1st of the Royal Christmas Broadcasts. King George V. speaks from Sandringham. · Very 1st broadcast of British monarch · King Geo.V. opens British Empire Exhibition. · King George V. opens the World Economic Conference in London. · King Geo. V. & Queen Mary speak at launching ceremony of the liner "Queen Mary · Prince Edward (Prince of Hayles & Duke of Windsor) broadcast on voluntary service. · Unemployed Welch miners sing "Ebenezer" in the streets of London. · Announcement of Betrothal of Prince George (Duke of Kent) to Princess Marina. · Wedding of Prince George to Princess Marina of Greece. · The Silver Jubilee of King George V's Reign. · King George V. last Christmas broadcast. · Announcement by Stuart Hibbard: King George V. dies. · Proclamation of accession of Edward · Albert · Christian · George · Andrew · Patrick · David as: King Edward VIII. · Funeral of His Majesty King George V. at Windsor castle. · Prince Edward speaks to the Empire from Windsor Castle following his ABDICATION. · Proclamation of accession of Albert · Frederick · Arthur · George as King George VI. · Coronation of King George VI. · Last hour of the Coronation broadcast. NBC - short wave to the U.S. · King George VI's broadcast to the Commonwealth the evening of the Coronation. · Other political voices of the time - Adolph Hitler. · Duke of Windsor's broadcast from Verdun. · Onset of War. · Princess Elizabeth & Princess Margaret speak to children of the Empire. · King George VI's 1st Christmas broadcast of the War. · King George VI's message on the 2nd Christmas of the War. · King George VI's message on the 4th Christmas of the War. · King George VI's message on the last Christmas of the War. · King George VI's broadcast to people on the day of victory · VE-DAY. · King George VI's broadcast on the first Christmas of Peace. · Princess Elizabeth broadcasts her speech of dedication on her 21st birthday. · Wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Phillip Montbatten. · Silver Jubilee celebration of King George VI's reign. · Funeral of King George VI. · Funeral of Queen Mary. · Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. · Fanfare from Coronation service "Vivat Regina" sung by scholars of Westminster. · Ceremony of the Keys in Scotland. · Mr. Winston Churchill. · Her Majesty creates her eldest son · Charles · the "Prince of Wales". · Marriage of Margaret to Anthony Armstrong Jones. · Prince Philip at the Muscovite Society dinner. · Philip at Mansion House with a segment of his speech on conservation. · Prince Charles during a radio interview. · The Investiture of the Prince of Wales. · The Prince of Wales speaks at a Cymata Ganu. · The Princess Anne at the Institute of Journalists dinner. · Queen Elizabeth speaking at the Silver Jubilee luncheon. · Queen Elizabeth speaking at the State Banquet at Windsor Castle. · Wedding of Princess Anne and Capt. Mark Phillips. · Kenneth Langtree remembers the "Charge of the Light Brigade" of Oct. 25 · 1854. Florence Nightengale - The Lady of the Lamp. Thomas A. Edison speaks. P. T. Barnum - 1890. William Jennings Bryan - Gold Standard. 1896. Lillian Russell; John Barrymore; Enrico Caruso's 1st recording; W.C. Handy- "The Blues" Teddy Roosevelt- The Square Deal; Cmd. Robert E. Perry- 1st to the North Pole in 1909. Teddy Roosevelt- The Bullmoose Party; Wm. Howard Taft; Eugeen P. Debbs- Socialist Party; Pres. Woodrow Wilson- 1912 to Indians; Eva Langtree sings "I Don't Care"; Gen. John J. Pershing; Marshall Ferdinan Foch of France; Lennin; Henry Cabot Lodge- Isolationism; · Glenn Miller; Atomic Test; Martin Luther King; 1940 James Stewart; Theodore Roosevelt Al Smith; Calvin Coolidge & Charles Lindberg; Amelia Earhardt; Mary McCloud Bethune; Albert Einstein; WPA (A Negro Chorus); Marion Anderson; Will Rogers; Eddie Cantor; Gracie Allen & Jack Benny; OPA & Pete Seeger (A $ Ain't a $ Anymore); FDR; Pres. D. Eisenhower; Winston Churchill; Carl Sandberg; Gen. Douglas MacArthur - "Old Soldiers never Die · They just Fade Away"; Adolph Hitler; John F. Kennedy; Kate Smith. · An eyewitness. · An eyewitness by General Julius Howe. · Documentary on Winston Churchill & his finest hours. |
| R-1713 | 88 | 1 | SIDE 1 · THE SPIRIT OF '76 Presented by your Neighborhood Union Oil Dealer · JAMES OTIS · Attorney Boston Tea Party · RAY DUVALL - Pearl Harbor Alertist · ARCHIBALD WILLARD - Spirit of '76 artist · GRAVILLE T. WOODS - Trolllys · R.R. & Tele · Capt. JOHN BARRY - 1776 Navy's 1st capture · HENRY WELLS & Wm. FARGO - Transpt. & bank · BELVA LOCKWOOD - Female lawyer/Pres. candi · BARNEY ROSS - Boxer · soldier · addict · MOTHER CABRINI - 1st American "Saint" · ALLAN PINKERTON - Detective Agency · FLOYD BENNETT - Pilot 1st Polar flight · W.C. HANDY - Black band leader - Blues · JOSHUA SLOCUM - 1st to sail around World · SIDE 2 · WILLIAM BARETT TRAVIS - Texan · CARL SANDBURG - Writer · IDA LEWIS - Lighthouse keeper · rescuer · JOHN ERICKSSON - Monitor boat designer · SAM HOUSTON - Texan · DOROTHEA DIX - Insane assylums · JIM BRADDOCK - Boxer · PROFILE OF A PATRIOT Narrator: Arthur Kennedy · JAMES BRIDGER ANDREW WYETH · PHINEAS TAYLOR BARNUM IGNANCE PADEREWSKI · NOAH WEBSTER RUPERT BROOKE · JAMES OGLETHORPE JOHN FORD · ELEANORE OUSE HENRY M. STANLEY · HANK AARON GIUSEPPE GARIBALDI · SIDE 1. TRACK 2 · GEORGIA O'KEEFE FERDINAND MAGELLAN · TY COBB JAMES OTIS · EMILE ZOLA SARAH POLK · JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER SANDY KOUFAX · SIR EDMUND HALLEY GEN. JAMES M. GAVIN · GEN. CLARE CHENNAULT JOHN JAY · EDMUND RANDOLPH REMBRANDT VAN REJN · LOUIS LEAKEY CATHERINE de MEDICI · EDWARD JENNER THADDEUS KOSCIUSKO · SIDE 2. TRACK 2 · THE AMERICAN SPIRIT ** 1776 - 1976 · PATRICK HENRY - Burt Lancaster · THOMAS JEFFERSON - Richard Carlson · THOMAS PAINE - Lee Bowman · GEORGE WASHINGTON - Lloyd Nolan · ANDREW JACKSON - Jonathan Winters · COL. WILLIAM B. TRAVIS - Forrest Tucker · DOROTHEA LYNDE DIX - Anne Baxter · PLATFORM SPEAKER - Daws Butler · JEFFERSON DAVIS - George Hamilton · ABRAHAM LINCOLN - Walter Pidgeon · TRACK 1 · REPUBLICAN CONV. 1860 - Abe Lincoln & ? · PET WYSHNER - One armed ball player · HELEN KELLER - Deaf & Dumb · CRISPUS ATTUCKS - Black Colonial Soldier · STEPHEN A. DOUGLAS - Lincoln's opponent · THEODORE ROOSEVELT - Speak softly · big stick · JOHN PAUL JONES - "I have just begun to fight" · JACKIE COCHRAN - Woman Aviator · JOHN MARSHALL - The Marshall Plan · DR. MARY WALKER - Army doctor · THOMAS JEFFERSON - Author Decl. of Independence · HENRY MORTON STANLEY - Dr. Livingston · I Presume" · CLARA LOUISE MAAS - Nurse dies testing yellow fever · SAMUEL ADAMS - Writer & business failer. Tea Party · JANE FROMAN - Singer · HERBERT YARDLEY - Cryptographer · JOHN HONEYMAN - Geo. Washington's spy · JOSHUA & SAMUEL HEMPHRIES - Constructed US Navy · WILMA RUDOLPH - Black female track star · TRACK 2 · SARGENT YORK MARIA MONTESSORI · WALT DISNEY GENERAL MORGAN · ROBERT LASALLE ADMIRAL HART · MAUDE ADAMS CHARLES RUSSELL · JUDGE REVA BECK BOSONE · COMMENTATORS: Susan Oliver · Virginia Gregg · Lee B · AN INDIAN CHIEF - Cesar Romero · THE LADY OF LIBERTY - Joan Foster · WOODROW WILSON - John Forsythe · FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT - Lorne Greene · HARRY S. TRUMAN - Ernest Borgnine · JOHN F. KENNEDY - Henry Fonda · DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING - Roscoe Lee Browne · LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON - Hugh O'Brian |
| R-1714 | 95 | 1 | THE SPOKEN ARTS TREASURY OF AMERICAN SPEECHES · BALLADS & DOCUMENTS · Read by: Roy P. Bassler · Ilurd Hatfield & Richard Kiley · REVOLUTIONARY TIMES: · (8:50) Patrick Henry's speech in Virginia Convention. March 23 · 1775 · (2:33) A Junto Song · (16:25) Thomas Pain- Thoughts on state of American Affairs- "Common Sense" Jan. 1776 · (2:10) Song: "In the Days of '76" · (10:14) The Declaration of Independence June 4 · 1776 · WASHINGTON: · (1:38) The Riflemen's Song at Bennington · (12:20) George Washington's First Inaugural Address. April 30 · 1789 · (1:50) Song: "Yankee Doodle" · (1:30) George Washington's Second Inaugural Address. March 4 · 1793 · JEFFERSON · (12:32) Thomas Jefferson's First Inaugural Address. March 4 · 1801 · (2:58) Song: "Jefferson and Liberty" · (14:08) Thomas Jefferson's Second Inaugural Address. March 4 · 1805 · JACKSON: · (3:15) Song: "The Hunters of Kentucky" · (7:13) Andrew Jackson's First Inaugural Address. March 4 · 1829 · (7:52) Andrew Jackson's Second Inaugural Address March 4 · 1833 · THE GREAT DEBATES OF HAMILTON & JEFFERSON w/E. G. Marshall as · Alexander Hamilton & Shepperd Strudwick as Thomas Jefferson · (2:07) Jefferson- Declaration of Independence. July 4 · 1776 · (2:13) Franklin- Speech at Federalist Convention. Sept. 12 · 1787 · (0:25) Preamble to the Constitution. Sept. 17 · 1787 · (3:03) Jefferson- On Agrarian Democracy. 1784 · (4:37) Hamilton- Report on Manufactures. Dec. 5 · 1791 · (2:07) Jefferson- to Mr. Lithson Jan. 4 · 1805 · (2:07) Hamilton- The Federalist · No. 15. Jan. 4 · 1805 · (1:55) Jefferson- To John Taylor. June 1 · 1798 · (0:22) Jefferson- to John Taylor. Nov. 26 · 1798 · (2:06) Jefferson- The Kentucky Resolutions. Nov. 16 · 1798 · (20:14) Hamilton- Plan of Government. June 18 · 1787 · (22:33) Hamilton- N.Y. ratifying Convention. June 24 · 1787 · THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF BENJAMIN FRANKLIN Narrator: Michael Rye · Moral Perfection; 13 Virtues; Daily Examination; Temperance; Mottoes · Prayers; A time-table; A speckled Az; The Art of Virtue; A Friendly · Admonition; Humility; Pride; A Creed · From Poor Richard's Almanack: 1733 · 1749 · 1756 & 1757 · From The Dogwood Papers: An Economical Project; Franklin's Epitaph · (in these selections on the subject of self improvement · Franklin discusses · the virtues of:) Temperance; Silence; Order; Resolution; Frugality · Industry; Sincerity; Justice; Moderation; Cleanliness; Tranquility · Chastity; Humility & his great effort to achieve perfection · JEFFERSON LEGACY · 1715. ABRAHAM LINCOLN · LINCOLN'S SPEECHES AND LETTERS: Read by Roy P. Basler · To Mrs. Eliza P. Gurney 9/4/1864 · Augument against Slavery. 7/1/1854 · A House divided against Itself · speech at Springfield · Ill. 6/16/1858 · Address in Independence Hall · Philadelphia 2/22/1861 · First Inaugural Address 3/4/1861 · Gettysburg Address 11/19/1863 · Second Inaugural Address 3/4/1865 · (32:34) THE GREAT DEBATES- LINCOLN & DOUGLAS (Fritz Weaver & Jose Ferrer) · Debate at Ottawa · (8:13) Debate at Ottawa (concluded) · (24:47) Debate at Freeport · (26:23) Debate at Jonesboro · (7:56) Debate at Galesburg · (15:07) Debate at Quincy · (4:37) Debate at Alton · (5:00) Lincoln's 2nd Inaugural Address · GREAT MOMENTS WITH MR. LINCOLN- Walt Disney Presents. w/Royal Dano · LINCOLN: · (1:48) A House Divided against Itself. 6/16/1858 · (1:36) Song: "Lincoln and Liberty" · (10:49) Abraham Lincoln's 1st Inaugural Address. 3/4/1861 · (1:50) Song: "Old Abe Lincoln Came Out of the Winderness" · THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES: · (1:00) Emancipation Proclamation (excerpts) 9/22/1862 · (3:27) Song: "The Valiant Conscript" · (4:03) Lincoln's Annual Message to Congress. (conclusion) · (3:14) Song: "Virginia's Bloody Soil" · (4:03) Letter to General George Meade · (2:48) Lincoln's Gettysburg Address. (complete) · (2:22) Song: "Just before the Battle · Mother" · (6:10) Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address · (0:49) Song: "What was your Name in the States?" · (1:30) General Robert E. Lee's farewell to the Army of Northern Virginia · (2:15) Song: "The Southern Girl's Reply" · DEAR ABE LINKHORN · THE SATIRE OF THE CIVIL WAR · A selection from the contemporary Satirical writing of Artemus Ward; Petroleum · V. Nasby; Bill Arp; and "A Disbanded Volunteer" Read by David Cort · The 1840's - 60's was a golden age of American satire and burlesque humor · and · in their sometimes bitter writings there is a history · an irreverent · uncivil · history · of the Civil War. As one writer put it · "...the spirit of burlesque · was abroad in the land like a powerful genie let out of a windbag." · SONGS OF THE CIVIL WAR: · I Wish I was in Dixie's Land; All Quiet along the Potomac Tonight; We are · Coming · Father Abra'am; Mother · is the Battle Over?; Tenting on the old · Camp Ground; The Drummer boy of Shiloh; Beauregard's Retreat from Shiloh · Jeff in Petticoats; Weeping · Sad and Lonely; I'm a Good Old Rebel; When · Johnny comes Marching Home; We are coming from the Cotton Fields |