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World War II On The Air: Edward R. Murrow And The Broadcasts That Riveted A Nation

Introductrion -- Dan Rather

Anschluss - March 13, 1938 -- Edward R. Murrow

Eve Of War - August 28, 1939 -- Edward R. Murrow and William L. Shirer

War Is Declared - September 3, 1939 -- Edward R. Murrow

A Peace Of Sorts - September 29, 1939 -- William L. Shirer

The "Phony War" - January 18, 1940 -- Edward R. Murrow and William L. Shirer

Hitler's Return - January 30, 1940 -- Mary Marvin Breckenridge

Netherland, Luxembourg, And Belgium Invaded - May 10, 1940 -- William L. Shirer and Thomas Grandon

Chamberlain Resigns - May 10, 1940 -- Edward R. Murrow

German Bombing Of Paris - June 3, 1940 -- Eric Servareid

Italy To Enter War - June 4, 1940 -- Cecil Brown

Dunkirk / Churchill: "We Shall Never Surrender" -- Edward R. Murrow

German Troops Enter Paris - June 14, 1940 -- William L. Shirer

France Surrenders At Compiègne Forest - June 21-22, 1940 -- William L. Shirer

London After Dark - August 24, 1940 -- Edward R. Murrow and Eric Servareid

Bombs Over Berlin - August 25, 1940 -- William L. Shirer

London Is Burning - September 8, 1940 -- Edward R. Murrow

A Few German Pilots - September 10, 1940 -- Edward R. Murrow

Rooftop Air Raid - September 20, 1940 -- Edward R. Murrow

Christmas / "So Long And Good Luck" - December 24, 1940 -- Edward R. Murrow

"The Bombing Has Been Heavy" - April 16, 1941 -- Edward R. Murrow

Big Ben Bombed - May 11, 1941 -- Larry LeSueur

Japanese Embassy - December 7, 1941 -- Eric Servareid

"A Day That Will Live In Infamy" - December 8, 1941 -- Franklin Delano Roosevelt

Repulse Sunk, Brown Saved - December 12, 1941 -- Cecil Brown

Suicide Job Of The 1942 War - May 16, 1942 -- Larry LeSueur

Algiers - November 15, 1942 -- Charles Collingwood

Axis Retreat In North Africa - December 16, 1942 -- Winston Burdett

Invasion Of Sicily - July 10, 1943 -- Winston Burdett

Chinese Situation - September 10, 1943 -- Eric Servareid

Race For The Possession Of Italy - September 10, 1943 -- Winston Burdett

Orchestrated Hell - December 3, 1943 -- Edward R. Murrow

Capture Of Rome - June 5, 1944 -- Winston Burdett

"Sterner Stuff Lies Ahead" - June 5, 1944 -- Edward R. Murrow

Eisenhower's "Order Of The Day" / D-Day - June 6, 1944 -- Edward R. Murrow

Flying Over Normandy - June 6, 1944 -- Richard C. Hottelet

Utah Beach - June 6, 1944 -- Charles Collingwood

Liberation Of Paris (Premature Report) - August 23, 1944 -- Richard C. Hottelet

Paris Not Yet Free - August 24, 1944 -- Larry LeSueur

Market Garden / Parachute Drop - September 17, 1944 -- Edward R. Murrow

Street Fighting - October 16, 1944 -- Richard C. Hottelet

Crossing The Rhine - March 24, 1945 -- Howard K. Smith

Paratroopers - March 24, 1945 -- Bill Downs

Buchenwald - April 15, 1945 -- Edward R. Murrow

V-E Day In New York - May 18, 1945 -- William L. Shirer

V-E Day In Piccadilly Circus - May 8, 1945 -- Edward R. Murrow

9:15 Over Hiroshima - September 10, 1945 -- Edward R. Murrow

Professor Emeritus Rick Musser :: rmusser@ku.edu
University of Kansas, School of Journalism & Mass Communications, 1976-2008

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