The War
Summary: Follow America's journey from isolationism to Pearl Harbor and V-J day through old time radio. Host Adam Graham is your guide through speeches, public affairs programs, comedies, dramas, and more. Hear the story of World War 2 told through the golden age of radio.
- Visit Website
- RSS
- Artist: The War
Podcasts:
Jimmy Stewart narrates this look at America’s air forces. Original Air Date: April 4, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.
A band remote from the Hotel Zanzibar that aired over WEAF featuring Ella Fitzgerald and the Ink Spots. Original Air Date: February 28, 1945 Click here to add to Itunes.
Cab Calloway, Nat King Cole, and Burns and Allen appear on Jubilee. Original Air Date: February 14, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.
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.
The story of Doris Miller, Ship’s mess attendant and Pearl Harbor hero. From Destination Freedom. Original Air Date: December 5, 1948 Click here to add to Itunes.
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.
Edward G. Robinson appears on Eddie Cantor’s It’s Time to Smile. Original Air Date: March 31, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
The wife of a newly enlisted US Soldiers meets Hitler on a country road in New York State. From Plays for Americans. Original Air Date: June 21, 1942 Click here to add to Itunes.
An all-soldier show from Jubilee. Original Air Date: November 1, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
Erskine Hawkins and Eddie “Rochester” Anderson appear. Original Air Date: October 25, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
The story of one nurse’s struggle against prejudice to get into the Army Nurse Corps. Original Air Date: April 22, 1944 Click here to add to Itunes.
Paratroopers go on a secret mission with one trooper who has issues with jumping out of planes. From Cavalcade of America. Original Air Date: April 26, 1943 Click here to add to Itunes.
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.
In this episode of Fibber McGee and Molly, Fibber tries to find a substitute for the rationed sugar. Original Air Date: May 5, 1942 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.
